Poll finds Senate, governor races close
PROVIDENCE -- Call 2006 the year of unpredictable elections: A Rhode Island College public-opinion survey released yesterday shows very close state races for governor, U.S. Senate and the referendum that would allow the Narragansett Indians to...

06/20/2006

Montalbano target of ethics complaint
PROVIDENCE -- Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano violated the state ethics code by failing to disclose his role as a paid legal consultant to the Town of West Warwick in the yearly disclosure statements he is required to file as a public...

Council tied up in litigation over possible charter violations
EXETER -- Members of the Town Council are facing two Town Charter violation complaints, one of which is pending in the state Supreme Court.

06/15/2006

Anti-casino group plans to start over from scratch
West Warwick Citizens Against the Casino never expected to equal Harrah's Entertainment's budget. Now it looks as if the group has raised less money than a lemonade stand.

06/12/2006

Casino foes in West Warwick launch Web site
The major anti-casino group in West Warwick has launched a Web site assailing the proposed casino resort, ratcheting up its campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would allow the project.

06/07/2006

Opinions vary on casino question
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PROVIDENCE -- From the State House to the U.S. Senate campaign trail, candidate opinions vary widely on the merits of the proposed constitutional amendment to allow a Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick.

06/05/2006

West Warwick Council president looks to blunt casino protest
Hoping to undermine anti-casino protesters who plan to gather tomorrow at West Warwick Town Hall, Town Council President John J. Flynn today floated two proposals he said would head off allegations of secrecy and corruptions surrounding the town’s negotiations with Harrah’s Entertainment.

06/03/2006

Casino opponents, rivals take aim at bid for ballot
PROVIDENCE -- Don't put those bets down just yet on the chances of a November vote to allow the proposed privately owned Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino in a West Warwick industrial park.

Gambling excites older adults, but may be addictive
NEWPORT -- She swore she'd never play the slots. Eventually, she allowed herself to play, but only with quarters. Soon she was contemptuous of any machines that didn't let her bet up to $100.

06/01/2006

Surveying the road to a casino in R.I.
Gambling proposals have been a fixture in Rhode Island politics since the early 1970s, when voters amended the state Constitution to establish the state lottery.

Senate president's law firm did work for West Warwick
PROVIDENCE -- With the proposed West Warwick casino referendum up for a final State House vote today, Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano yesterday described as "inadvertent" his failure to disclose to the state Ethics Commission that his...

05/31/2006

Vote one step closer
PROVIDENCE -- Only one State House vote now stands between Rhode Islanders and their chance to vote, in November, on changing the state Constitution to allow the proposed Harrah's-Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick under terms that have...

Businesses form group to support casino bid
PROVIDENCE -- From restaurateurs and hotel owners to opticians and auto dealers, more than 60 Rhode Island business people yesterday declared their support for the proposed West Warwick casino.

Opponents say Harrah's hasn't studied casino impact
WEST WARWICK -- In pushing its proposed casino, Harrah's Entertainment has portrayed its competitor, Donald Trump, as a johnny-come-lately hopelessly unprepared to bring a resort casino to Rhode Island.