Californians set to vote on massive expansion of Indian casinos
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The four measures on the Feb. 5 ballot are being hotly debated. Officials say the state needs the revenue.
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LOS ANGLELES -- Californians voted to spend $3 billion on stem cell research Tuesday, as voters picked through 16 ballot measures that could rewrite the state&#39;s tough three-strikes sentencing law, expand casino gambling, and change the way elections are
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SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 17, 2004 - Even in California, the land of direct democracy, the list of major ballot initiatives facing voters this November is staggering: 16 in all.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The California Coastal Commission, in the waning hours of a daylong meeting late Wednesday afternoon, was poised to vote on the contentious issue of whether to approve zoning changes that would clear the way for a Clint Eastwood-backed golf course to be built at Pebble Beach.
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HARTFORD - The National Labor Relations Board yesterday ordered a union election at Foxwoods Resort Casino, which has been targeted by the United Auto Workers in a drive to organize 3,000 dealers.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger has thrown his support behind a massive Indian  casino to be built near San Francisco that could raise up to  $125 million in annual taxes to fill the state's looming budget  hole, a source close to their talks said on Wednesday.
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American Indian tribes, flush with casino cash, are contributing thousands of dollars to candidates in close Senate and House races, including to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle.
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The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a dispute over tribal gambling, a victory for California tribes and their new high-profile supporter, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Even in California, the land of direct democracy, the list of major ballot initiatives facing voters this November is staggering: 16 in all.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have beaten back ballot measures aimed at expanding gambling in California, but he hasn't succeeded in striking deals with a majority of casino-owning American Indian tribes to share revenue.
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Employees from 14 luxury hotels were voting Tuesday on whether to ratify a new contract that union negotiators hailed as "unprecedented" for the benefits it secured and expanded for the workers.
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By Molly R. Okeon, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Calif.  Sep. 18--GLENDORA -- The debate over Measure A, which would allow a  Texas-based developer to build up to 338 homes on a private golf course, is  heating up as the Oct. 3 special election draws near.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California&#39;s Nov. 2 ballot to devote $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 3--PASCAGOULA -- With their constituents wanting to know when they will get to vote on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' proposed casino, some Jackson County supervisors are wondering whether they can even hold an election.
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California Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger widened his lead over his Democratic   gubernatorial rival to ten points, according to the latest   Field Poll of 557 likely voters released on Wednesday.
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California racetrack officials who want the right to add slot machines to their gambling offerings sued the state over gambling compacts with five American Indian tribes.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, under fire from American Indians for telling voters that tribes were "ripping off" the state with their casinos, refused on Friday to back down.