Few cities have experienced the kind of growth Everett has seen in the last seven years. Now, further transformation of the city’s once-blighted Lower Broadway district will be overseen by newly elected mayor Robert Van Campen, who was inaugurated on January 5.
Encore casino
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‘It couldn’t come at a worse time’: Legislature strips casino mitigation funds amid municipal budget woes
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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How incoming mayor Robert Van Campen will write Everett’s next chapter
In a closely watched upset, City Councilor Robert Van Campen beat DeMaria by 9 percentage points. His promise to restore trust and accountability in City Hall wasn’t hard to sell. But Van Campen has a tough act to follow, despite DeMaria’s scandals.
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Does living near a casino impact youth gambling habits?
A year-long study paid for with casino mitigation funds would explore how 14- to 25-year-olds in Charlestown experience gambling, their feelings about the Encore, and make recommendations about how the city of Boston can protect youths “from being harmed or exploited by gambling.”
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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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Healey says her office may have role in Wynn review
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY is anxious to read the findings of the Gaming Commission’s investigation into Steve Wynn and Wynn Resorts and is not foreclosing upon […]