Rhode Island News - Page 12

News Brief: The deal signed between Rhode Island and BLB is setting a new precedent.

News Brief: The raging debate over a brief that West Warwick lawyers submitted to the Rhode Island Supreme Court in support of casino-referendum legislation fizzled last night, after the Town Council voted not to withdraw the brief.

News Brief: Pawtucket Rep. William San Bento sees a full-blown casino at Lincoln Park, complete with blackjack and table games like roulette and craps.

News Brief: Lawmakers return to the Rhode Island House to vote on legislation that would allow the state to sign contracts leading to major expansions of gambling at Rhode Island's two video-slot emporiums: Lincoln Park and Newport Grand.

News Brief: Just days before the threatened ‘drop dead date’ on which the sale of Lincoln Park would have fallen through, legislation to enable the deal that the House, Senate, governor and purchaser all find agreeable zipped through the House Finance Committee Wednesday evening.

Twelve jurors were selected Tuesday afternoon for the second bribery conspiracy trial for Rhode Island's Lincoln Park dog track and two of its former executives.

News Brief: The West Warwick Town Council will vote Tuesday night whether or not to withdraw the Rhode Island Supreme Court Brief that was filed by the Lynch and Friel law firm on the town’s behalf.

After a jury here deadlocked in February on a crucial conspiracy charge against the Lincoln Park dog track and two of its former executives, federal prosecutors moved swiftly for a retrial.

News Brief: Two Rhode Island gambling proposals may be affected by changes in the state lottery commission.

News Brief: Lincoln Park sale-and-expansion legislation was on the skids yesterday amid allegations by the top-ranked Republican in the House that House Speaker William J. Murphy was trying to ‘sabotage the sale.

News Brief: A brief supporting a statewide casino referendum filed by a law firm hired by West Warwick has drawn criticism from some council members.

News Brief: The Rhode Island House of Representatives argues that the latest legislative proposal for a Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino fixes the constitutional flaws that killed last year's casino bill.

News Brief: The shadow of the stalled West Warwick casino proposal cast a pall of uncertainty yesterday over eleventh-hour efforts to salvage a proposed Lincoln Park purchase-and-expansion deal before state lawmakers close up shop this week.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment has altered the design of its proposed casino complex in West Warwick, Rhode Island, envisioning a shorter hotel tower and placing the parking garage away from a residential neighborhood.

News Brief: As a result of an agreement to repay their former casino backers, Rhode Island’s Narragansett Indians might not see any of the new Lincoln Park slot revenue they have been promised until at least 2010.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment recently committed $25,000 to pay the West Warwick's casino negotiator, signaling interest in renewing discussions of a proposed host-community agreement despite apparent setbacks in promoting its casino bill in the legislature.

News Brief: Breaking with fellow casino supporters, Town Councilman John J. Flynn is opposing plans to restart negotiations with Harrah's Entertainment on a host-community agreement.

News Brief: The Rhode Island Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved legislation concerning the sale of the Lincoln Park greyhound track and slot hall to new owners with big expansion plans.

A Senate committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would pave the way for the sale of Lincoln Park gambling center and dog track to an investor.

News Brief: The West Warwick council voted, 4-1, to replace William A. Poore, of Poore & Rosenbaum, with Lynch & Friel, a Warwick law firm, to represent the town in negotiations with Harrah’s.