Rhode Island News - Page 8

ews Brief: Rhode Island sales of lottery tickets and other forms of gambling are either less than last year or flat.

News Brief: More than 50 recently terminated employees from Lincoln Park protested yesterday against the park's recent layoffs.

News Brief: Rhode Island legislative leaders have emphatically declared the General Assembly to be a casino-free zone in the upcoming session, but that doesn't mean gambling won't be on the agenda in one form or another this year.

ew Brief: Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas is reviving the idea of a slots casino on tribal lands in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

News Brief: No new casino plans will be considered by the General Assembly next year, but lawmakers will take another look at port development at Quonset Point, House Speaker William J. Murphy said yesterday.

News Brief: A federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Nov. 7 ballot question for a West Warwick casino was dismissed yesterday in a procedural move that has little bearing because 63 percent of voters rejected the question earlier this month.

News Brief: The Rhode Island casino referendum split the state and cities along class lines.

Two of the three casino-related issues on ballots Tuesday were rejected by voters.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. has issued a statement on the outcome of Rhode Island's state ballot referendum Question 1.

News Brief: The Harrah’s Entertainment has disciplined an ‘overzealous’ staffer for sending an ‘unauthorized’ e-mail on Saturday criticizing Republican candidates opposed to the casino and endorsing Democratic candidates in tomorrow’s election.

News Brief: The Rhode Island Parole Board, which has never taken a stance on a political issue before, has come out against the proposed West Warwick casino.

News Brief: Harrah’s Entertainment is spending nearly $140,000 a day trying to convince voters to amend the state Constitution for its proposed West Warwick casino.

News Brief: The anti-casino coalition Save Our State, together with the anti-casino group We the People, held a unity rally in opposition to the proposed Harrah's West Warwick casino last night at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Warwick.

News Brief: The Rhode Island Minority-Leadership/Legislative Caucus has publicly endorsed passage of Ballot Question 1, a referendum on the proposed Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick, and urged minority communities in the state to do likewise.

News Brief: The chief sachem of the Narragansetts yesterday accused an anti-casino group of misleading and lying to voters about how often the Rhode Island Constitution has been amended.

ews Brief: At a West Warwick Town Council hearing last night on its proposed casino host-community agreement with Harrah's Entertainment, resident expressed their concerns about the proposed casino.

ews Brief: The Narragansett Indian casino proposal is trailing by 14 points just three weeks from Election Day, according to a new poll of 402 likely Rhode Island voters, conducted by Fleming & Associates.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment will give West Warwick one-time payments totaling $5 million plus up to 2 percent of its revenue after 10 years of operation if a casino wins voter approval, according to a 75-page development agreement released yesterday.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment continues to pump millions of dollars into its push for a Rhode Island casino -- spending $3.2 million last month alone.

Harrah's Entertainment executives hope the electorate in Rhode Island will have gambling on its mind as it heads to the polls next month.