Scott PowersMay 6, 2021
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'If that's not a time bomb for addiction, nothing is.'
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Scott PowersMay 6, 2021
Associated PressOctober 31, 2020
12min287
As of Friday afternoon, 86.8 million Americans had voted.
Associated PressSeptember 30, 2020
4min279
Economists forecast growth will slow significantly in final quarter.
Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2020
3min411
Mark Tester comes from Austin, with experience in Chicago too
Melissa S. RazdrihJune 24, 2019
3min606
"I love St. Pete," said Max Glazer, founder of Shave Cave
Scott PowersMarch 14, 2019
4min941
The multipurpose venue could give I-Drive a concert venue to compete with downtown Orlando.
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. […]
Staff ReportsMay 30, 2018
7min651
The first line of the press release says it all: “Florida’s biggest casino is getting even bigger.” The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa on Wednesday announced “a nearly $700 million expansion … with 5,000 slot machines and almost 200 gaming tables,” the release said. Work should be completed by mid-2019. “The expanded casino […]
Jim RosicaMarch 30, 2017
2min352
As expected, the Senate on Thursday passed its gambling overhaul for this year, including a renewal of exclusive rights to blackjack games for the Seminole Tribe. Sen. Bill Galvano, the chamber’s shepherd of this year’s legislation, told fellow lawmakers he couldn’t promise that “we’ll reach a state of resolution” this session. That said, he expects the […]
Jim RosicaMarch 20, 20172min295
The vast majority of Florida voters — 84 percent — “want to reduce or hold the line on gambling” and 60 percent also “are less likely to support a candidate … that votes to expand gambling,” a new poll released Monday shows. The latest Mason-Dixon poll included questions on gambling, according to a news release from No […]