Rhode Island News - Page 13

News Brief: The chances of a special-election vote this year on the proposed Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino grew dimmer yesterday when the Rhode Island Supreme Court said it would not consider the constitutionality of the proposal until mid-August.

A law firm hired by the governor to review a prospective buyer for Lincoln Park has cleared the would-be purchaser, despite some lawmakers' reservations.

News Brief: The West Warwick Town Council has fired its chief negotiator with Harrah's Entertainment, just days before it hoped to restart talks with the company over its proposed casino venture.

News Brief: Rhode Island Senate President Joseph Montalbano is signing on to the House of Representatives’ request that the Supreme Court give an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of casino legislation that is working its way through the General Assembly.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment has asked to restart negotiations with West Warwick, Rhode Island, on a host agreement.

News Brief: The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted Wednesday to ask for a Supreme Court advisory opinion on the constitutionality of casino legislation introduced this year.

News Brief: The Supreme Court will get to say whether Rhode Island casino legislation is constitutional before it becomes law.

International News Brief: Chief Wilfred 'Eagle Heart' Greene is threatening to derail the planned £230 million sale of gaming company Wembley's money-spinning Rhode Island complex to South African tycoon Sol Kerzner.

News Brief: West Warwick officials, Narragansett Indian Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas and Harrah's officials unveiled the new casino plan: a 115,000-square-foot gaming facility .

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment has increased its projections for how much money will be gambled each year at its proposed West Warwick casino.

Harrah's Entertainment rolled out its most detailed proposal yet for a casino in Rhode Island yesterday, displaying plans for a sleek glass-and-stone design on heavily landscaped land.

News Brief: If Massachusetts puts video slot machines in its racetracks near the Rhode Island border, Lincoln Park and Newport Grand would stand to lose about $100 million a year, which in turn would cost the state over $60 million.

News Brief: Each year, gambling represents a larger and larger portion of the Rhode Island’s income.

News Brief: A reworked version of the casino-referendum bill that was effectively knocked off the ballot by the Rhode Island Supreme Court will be unveiled at a State House news conference today.

A group of investors which formerly bid on Lincoln Park's parent company now plans to buy the park itself, according to the governor and legislative leaders.

International News Brief: The bribery case against a director of Wembley could spell the end of the UK leisure group’s future in the US.

News Brief: Backers of the casino that Harrah's Entertainment and the state's Narragansett Indians are seeking to build in West Warwick say they are within days of introducing new legislation to allow a voter referendum on the proposal.

Lawyers in the Lincoln Park bribery conspiracy trial said that the case hinged on whether jurors believe gambling executives intended to pay a bribe or a bonus to the law firm of former House Speaker John Harwood.

GTECH Holdings Corporation reports that Paget L. Alves has been appointed to serve as a director on the Company's Board of Directors.

News Brief: With a trial now three weeks away -- and a potential buyer circling again -- lawyers on both sides of the alleged Lincoln Park bribery-conspiracy case have been sharpening their arguments.