Massachusetts Casino News & Massachusetts Gambling News
Current News: Wednesday Feb 15th, 2012 | News Location: Massachusetts | News Subject: Massachusetts Casinos and Gambling News
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February 13th, 2012
New Hampshire gambling proponents are doubling down in an effort to avoid potentially losing revenue to Massachusetts.
February 13th, 2012
President Obama's health care overhaul was largely based on one that then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law in Massachusetts in 2006. Now, more than 98 percent of state residents have health insurance, and the law has drawn unexpected supporters. But controlling costs remains a challenge.
February 14th, 2012
New Hampshire gambling proponents are doubling down in an effort to avoid potentially losing revenue to Massachusetts.
February 13th, 2012
President Barack Obama's new budget lays down the political themes he will pound as he campaigns for re-election — more spending on jobs and higher taxes for the wealthy. It sets him apart from the Republican contenders and gives Democrats a platform to run on.
February 14th, 2012
Add Taunton to the list of possible sites for a Massachusetts casino. Mayor Tom Hoye Jr. says he has had preliminary talks with the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council and the tribe's lobbyist, former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, about building a Taunton casino.
February 13th, 2012
CONCORD – The state stands to lose $150 million of existing tax receipts to Massachusetts casinos if efforts to expand gambling in New Hampshire sit idle. That was the warning from the state Senate’s chief budget writer Monday, a message that was countered by the leader of the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling, who argued new casinos would decimate gaming profit for local ...
February 14th, 2012
Incumbent US Senator Scott Brown continued to draw a large share of his campaign money from within Massachusetts in the final quarter of 2011, tapping the wealthy suburban enclaves throughout Greater Boston, according to an analysis of campaign finance documents. About 66 percent, or $1.5 million, of the itemized contributions Brown reported in the last quarter came from donors within the Bay ...
February 13th, 2012
Massachusetts residents who live near existing or proposed wind energy projects have a chance to respond to a recent report that found no major health risks from wind turbines.
February 15th, 2012
Massachusetts residents insistent that the drone and vibration of land-based wind turbines can shatter the health of nearby communities yesterday invoked the onset of the United States’ HIV/AIDS epidemic to reject a recent report debunking their claims. An independent report concluded last month that wind turbines present little more than an “annoyance’’ to residents and ...
February 14th, 2012
CONCORD — New Hampshire gambling proponents are doubling down in an effort to avoid potentially losing revenue to Massachusetts.