Jacob OglesMarch 9, 2024
6min0
The Senate President cheered measures championed by the upper chamber this Session.
Tag: compact
Jacob OglesMarch 9, 2024
Haley BrownMay 19, 2021
4min1319
Supporters of the Compact are trying to sidestep Amendment 3, which No Casinos worked to pass.
Jason DelgadoMay 17, 2021
5min1101
The attorney will help lawmakers navigate federal laws.
Ryan NicolMay 11, 2021
6min1411
Duran sent a letter to the House Speaker questioning whether the state could secure more funds, among other concerns.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018
4min323
A Halloween-themed anti-Amendment 3 flier hit mailboxes this weekend warning voters to not be tricked by the ballot measure giving voters the exclusive right to vote on gambling expansion in Florida. “Amendment 3’s tricks are no treat,” the front of “Choose Me Not 3“ ’s mailer reads, next to a stock photo of a carved pumpkin. […]
Jim RosicaApril 4, 2018
7min542
Despite a legal right to cut off the money, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has decided to continue paying the state its share of Indian casino gambling revenue each month. The Tribe “confirmed” its decision Tuesday night, according to its outside counsel, Barry Richard of the Greenberg Traurig firm, who participated in a conference call. The Tribe pays $19.5 […]
Jim RosicaApril 3, 2018
7min389
Despite increasing calls for and against a Special Legislative Session on gambling, the Seminole Tribe‘s lawyer continues to back his client’s promise to keep paying millions to the state. “They’re not just going to stop paying just because they have the right to,” said Barry Richard on Tuesday. That said, if lawmakers come back with […]
Jim RosicaApril 2, 2018
5min290
The head of a group that opposes casino gambling in Florida is telling lawmakers to take a pass on a Special Session for unresolved gambling issues. “If ever there was an issue that the Legislature has already spent too much time, energy, intellectual capacity and political capital, it is gambling,” No Casinos president John Sowinski wrote […]
Jim RosicaNovember 22, 2016
5min288
Answering a $3 billion question, Senate President Joe Negron Tuesday said he backed passage next session of a renewed gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. But Negron also said he was comfortable with related initiatives gambling opponents have said constitute an expansion of gambling in the Sunshine State. For instance, regarding counties that […]