Casino Groups Step Up Lobbying
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As reported by This is London: "Foreign casino groups will step up their intensive lobbying of the Government this week when a leading operator sponsors a fringe meeting on gambling at the Labour Party ...
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The small business lobbying group that had a big part in derailing Hillary Clintonâs effort to overhaul health care in the early 1990s has staked out its position for the 2008 political season.
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Indianapolis said on Monday it would ask Indiana&#39;s General Assembly to approve electronic gambling devices similar to slot machines to raise money for a new stadium for the National Football League&#39;s Colts team.
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In the next few weeks leading up to Election Day, money will pour into candidates' coffers and voters will be able to see which lobby groups are trying hardest to buy their lawmakers' favor. The Sunlight Network is offering cash to citizens who do what it thinks is the "right thing." The nonprofit...
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The organization will let fans help call the shots on an upcoming pay-per-view event.
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By Journal staff and wire reports  The number of Rhode Island and Massachusetts residents who visited the gambling facilities at Lincoln Park has increased in the last two years.
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Non-party groups spending millions of dollars in unlimited donations on ads and get-out-the-vote drives in this year's presidential race will face some new ground rules starting with the 2006 election.
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Groups supporting competing formats build support from their latest partners.
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Casino operator files for coastal area development permit in Atlantic City.
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Casino fever continues to grip California, with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing agreements that will allow five Native American tribes to add thousands of slot machines.
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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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Hundreds of companies, trade associations and other lobbying groups are not about to miss the chance to entertain top members of the party in power.
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It&#39;s a sunny crisp day as gamblers file into the Mohegan Sun casino. Most on this typical Friday morning are retirees, some getting around with canes or wheelchairs, and a few with oxygen tanks in tow.
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In the next few weeks leading up to Election Day, money will pour into candidates' coffers and voters will be able to see which lobby groups are trying hardest to buy their lawmakers' favor.
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Casino employees will be able to hold caucuses at work  after a federal judge ruled the Democratic Party can set up "at-large" precincts for the Nevada contest on the Las Vegas strip Saturday. The state teachers union challenged the plan, saying it would give employees on the strip an unfair advantage. The culinary workers union -- which supports Sen. Barack Obama -- fired back, saying the teachers wanted to give the edge to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Democrat Tom Gallagher, a former casino executive, secured his party's nomination Tuesday in a closely watched battle for a congressional seat in Nevada.
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The multimillion-dollar lobbying effort to expand a children's health insurance program is creating some strange bedfellows.