Casino expansion bets on nonsmoking trend1/11/2009, North County Times VALLEY CENTER ---- The opening last month of North County's largest smoke-free casino wing was one step in a long evolution that's being shaped by health concerns, profit motive and improving technology, people in the gambling industry said last week.
Convicted tribal members fined, banned from reservation1/11/2009, The Sun SAN MANUEL INDIAN RESERVATION - In an unprecedented move, Chairman James Ramos has announced his tribe's decision to fine two convicted tribal members linked to a murder conspiracy and ban them from the reservation.
Editorial: Yolo helpless in casino impasse1/10/2009, Sacramento Bee Veteran Yolo County Supervisor Mike McGowan is frustrated, and understandably so. He complains that his county and others in the region are "victims of intense competition between three massive casinos each vying to become the largest and most profitable." As the county's lead negotiator with tribal leaders planning a huge expansion of the Cache Creek Casino, McGowan has felt the pressure firsthand.
High court hears land into trust, fiduciary duty, 'ceded land' cases1/9/2009, Indian Country Today WASHINGTON - An anti-Indian sovereignty business group from Michigan has piggybacked on a controversial lawsuit by an anti-Indian sovereignty state government that hopes to reverse the Interior Department's authority to take land into trust for American Indians. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Dec. 3 in the state suit, Carcieri v. Kempthorne, a crucial case that could limit the land-into-trust process to tribes that were recognized by the federal government in 1934 when the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) was passed.
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Smooth sailing for casino 1/9/2009, The Telegraph Predictions of traffic jams haven't panned out around Red Hawk Casino. But, as predicted, the casino has not been a crime-free locale. Then again, in three weeks since opening, no off-site reported crimes are regarded as related to the casino, said Sgt. Bryan Golmitz of the El Dorado County sheriff's office.
Tribes participate in sheriff's academy amid tension1/5/2009, Indian Country Today RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Some 22 Riverside County area Indians began participating in a citizens' law enforcement academy Dec. 6 meant to educate them on state laws that could apply to their respective reservations. But the training also comes on the heels of a year-long heated conflict between law enforcement and a local Indian tribe.
Miwok tribal chairman proud of role in adding a casino1/4/2009, Sacramento Bee Nick Fonseca didn't know he was American Indian until he was 13. Now, at age 54, he is the tribal chairman of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, which recently opened the $530 million Red Hawk Casino in Shingle Springs. Fonseca has spent his nine years as chairman battling lawsuits and eliciting support for the casino.
Will Gambling Continue to Grow? All Bets Are Off 1/1/2009, Wall Street Journal Late last month, at a house in West Philadelphia, there was a party that had little to do with the holidays. More than 100 members of Casino-Free Philadelphia observed the group's second anniversary with live folk music, food and the sale of T-shirts that read "We the People Reject Casinos in Our City." They were able to commemorate success in keeping casinos out of Philadelphia despite the fact that two huge gambling operators desperately want to locate there. "Neither casino has a [construction] shovel in the ground," noted Paul Boni, a local attorney and member of the group's board. "Neither of them have their permits yet. And there are still plenty more rounds to be played."
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