Boston Mayor Asks Regulators To Delay Casino Vote
Marty Walsh on Thursday said he does not want to spend tax money on casino issues since the law could be repealed.
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Marty Walsh on Thursday said he does not want to spend tax money on casino issues since the law could be repealed.
Massachusetts' highest court says voters will be allowed to decide whether to keep the state's casino gambling law. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that a measure calling to repeal the 2011 law can appear on the November ballot.
The state's highest court ruled Tuesday that voters can decide the fate of the casino gambling law, throwing the future of casinos in Massachusetts into question.
Casino opponents say they have more than double the required signatures to hold a referendum to repeal the state's 2011 casino law placed on the November ballot.
State gambling officials have voted unanimously to award the state's first casino license to MGM Springfield, pending acceptance by the Las Vegas-based casino giant of a number of proposed terms and conditions.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has lost a bid to give city residents a chance to vote on casinos proposed for neighboring Everett and Revere.
Both sides in the casino gambling debate are encouraged by the questions asked by Massachusetts supreme court justices in a case centered on a proposed voter referendum repealing the state's 2011 casino law.
The fate of casino gambling in Massachusetts may hinge on a case before the state's highest court Monday.
The gaming commission Thursday morning postponed a decision on the host community issue, after Walsh asked for at least a weeklong delay and Gov. Deval Patrick backed him.
Wynn Resorts says it has signed agreements with four more Boston-area communities as it seeks to build a $1.2 billion resort-style casino in Everett.
The process for awarding casino licenses in eastern and southeastern Massachusetts will take at least two months longer than hoped, state gambling officials said Thursday.
The state gambling commission is holding a hearing Tuesday on MGM Resorts' plan to build an $800 million resort casino.
State gambling regulators agreed Thursday to consider Boston Mayor Martin Walsh's bid to have the city declared a host community for resort casino proposals in the neighboring cities of Everett and Revere, a designation that, if granted, would give Boston voters the ability to kill the projects.
Over the next few months, casinos and slots are going to become much more than just a sketch and a distant promise.
Voters in Revere have approved Mohegan Sun's plan to build a resort casino on land owned by Suffolk Downs.
For the second time, Revere residents will vote on a proposed casino at Suffolk Downs.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says it may have to push back the timetable for awarding the sole eastern Massachusetts resort casino license.
By any measure, horse racing has been in marked decline for years in Massachusetts, leaving operators of the state's two tracks eyeing casino gambling as their last, best hope for survival.
WBZ NewsWatch with Joe Mathieu returned Tuesday on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 with Mitchell Etess, the CEO of the Mohegan Sun Tribal Gaming Authority, as Joe's guest.
Mayor William Flanagan and Foxwoods unveiled a plan to build a $750 million resort casino in Fall River.
Casino companies who are competing for Massachusetts' three gaming licenses say they'll go to the Supreme Judicial Court to try to stop a repeal of the casino law from making it onto the ballot. Our media partners at the Boston Globe report the filing could come as early as Monday.
An overflow crowd packed the Boston convention center on Wednesday to hear Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts make high-powered pitches.
Conn. State police say the man was caught "fishing" cash out of the dealers' tip box with chopsticks.
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has gotten a green light to pursue a casino in Massachusetts after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs opted to take no action to block a revised casino compact with the state.
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Crews placed truckload after truckload of sand on Salisbury Beach on Tuesday in an attempt to protect beachfront homes from flooding and high tides.
The son of a cold case victim is speaking out, questioning the investigation into his mother's death in Cambridge in 1992.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said recent drone sightings along the East Coast are "concerning," and should prompt action by Congress.
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Minnesota Vikings legend Randy Moss will step away from his broadcasting role at ESPN "to focus on a personal health challenge," the network announced Friday.
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A Cape Cod woman reached out to the I-Team's Call for Action after struggling to get her health insurance provider to approve an overnight hospital stay for a major surgical procedure.
Detective Lieutenant Brian Tully was disciplined for failing to supervise investigators who sent inappropriate text messages during Karen Read's investigation.
WBZ-TV's I-Team has uncovered a third attempted land grab by thieves in Massachusetts, this time in West Yarmouth.
Pink cocaine has reportedly made its way to the Boston area, federal investigators told WBZ-TV's I-Team.
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