Wisconsin News - Page 15

News Brief: The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Jim Doyle overstepped his authority in negotiating an expansive gaming compact with the Forest County Potawatomi tribe.

News Brief: A federal appeals court Thursday delivered one more dose of bad news to the owners of the defunct Hudson dog track and three Chippewa tribes that had hoped to convert it into a casino.

News Brief: Because an incorrect number was posted on the Wisconsin Lottery's Web site for Monday's Badger 5 drawing, two sets of numbers qualify as winners in the game, lottery officials said Tuesday.

News Brief: The Wisconsin Supreme Court split 3-3 on a lawsuit that could have triggered closing American Indian casinos in Wisconsin. The case has been sent back to a appeals court for further consideration.

News Brief: The state Supreme Court today split 3-3 on a lawsuit that could have triggered closing American Indian casinos in Wisconsin.

News Brief: Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt and County Executive Scott Walker announced an initiative to determine whether the Potawatomi Bingo Casino should move downtown, an idea tribal leaders greeted cautiously.

News Brief: Comments made to Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians spokesman Carl Edwards are fueling a dispute over a proposed Wisconsin tribal casino.

News Brief: The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has purchased a 92.7-acre tract of land in Shullsburg, Wisconsin on where a casino will be located.

News Brief: A Kaukauna man who said he was going to ‘invest $20’ on his way home from work Thursday ended up winning $1.6 million.

News Brief: If everything is not done for the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to proceed with its Shullsburg casino by 2005, it will be over, according to a tribal spokesman.

News Brief: Tribal casino financial records collected by the state should remain secret, according to Wisconsin’s Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager.

News Brief: The Ho-Chunk Nation's search for a site for its fourth Wisconsin casino will go on, tribal officials say.

News Brief: After conceding that Dane County residents had rejected his tribe's bid to turn the DeJope bingo hall into a casino, tribal president George Lewis says the Ho-Chunk Nation will refocus its attention on developing the land around the facility.

News Brief: The forces opposing a casino at the DeJope bingo hall brought out the big guns today to urge Dane County residents to vote no on Tuesday's referendum.

News Brief: After an emotional and big-money campaign that has divided residents, voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether they want a Ho-Chunk bingo hall transformed into a high-stakes casino offering craps and blackjack.

News Brief: Pro-casino supporters rallied Thursday and are confident that voters will say yes Tuesday and allow the Ho-Chunk Nation to make the DeJope bingo hall a full-blown casino.

News Brief: A Madison, Wisconsin, woman believes gambling played a significant role in her husband's death.

News Brief: 55 Ho–Chunk Nation employees have been laid off, including 35 people from the Baraboo Casino.

ews Brief: If Dane County residents vote next week against turning the DeJope bingo hall into a casino, Ho-Chunk Nation officials say they will not come back for a second try.

News Brief: A pro-casino group is criticizing Madison’s mayor for raising legal concerns about the Ho-Chunk casino two weeks before a referendum.