The move falls in line with the Legislature’s penny-pinching efforts to alleviate state budget pressures amid a host of federal funding claw backs nearly a year into the second Trump administration. Gateway Cities with budgets already nearing a breaking point will now lose out on funds they have used for nearly a decade.
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Nangle arrest casts shadow on casino buy-in
WHEN MASSACHUSETTS ROLLED the dice in in 2011 and decided to join the casino bandwagon, it was certain that stories would eventually surface of lives ruined by the lure of legalized […]
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Nangle arrest casts shadow on casino buy-in
When the state rolled the dice in 2011 and decided to join the casino bandwagon, it was certain that stories would eventually surface of lives ruined by the lure of […]
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What are Wynn, MGM up to?
NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW what to make of last week’s announcement that MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts are engaged in conversations about the sale of Wynn’s Everett casino and hotel. […]
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Why a $20m fine looks like a Wynn win
Wynn Resorts was hit with $20 million fine yesterday by Nevada casino regulators, by far the largest sanction ever handed down there — and the company’s honchos were probably high-fiving […]
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Has Wynn’s luck run out?
It was a good run for Wynn Resorts, the gambling behemoth that landed the big prize in the state’s casino sweepstakes when it was awarded the one license to run […]
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MA-CT casino wars
Massachusetts stole GE from Connecticut, so now Connecticut is doing its best to undercut the $500-plus million MGM casino under construction in Springfield. Two Connecticut Indian tribes — the Mashantucket […]