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Lost in much of the attention to devoted to Twin River's lien issues is how Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's casino plan has been soundly defeated . It remains to be seen where this issue goes from here in our neighbor to the north (Patrick is continuing...
Also joining us for today's taping was Pat Crowley , Bob Walsh's right-hand man at the National Education Association Rhode Island, and a peripatetic union-media figure in the Ocean State. Taking issue with statements made by Governor Carcieri during...
Rhode Island teeters on the economic brink, as Governor Carcieri told us last night. In Connecticut, they're looking to fill jobs at the MGM Grand hotel at Foxwoods. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, where Dan Kennedy has kept a close eye on the casino issue...
When Matthew Thomas , chief sachem of the Narragansett Indians, recently asked the Carcieri administration to disclose any relationships that the governor or his advisers had with the two principals of BLB Investors, the owner of Twin River , Carcieri...
Today's Boston Globe looks at how the renovations at Twin River are said to be drawing lots of visitors from north of the border. The makeover at Lincoln Park, now known as Twin River, cost $220 million. Investors doubled the size of the complex, which...
Fresh from an appearance yesterday with Bill Rappleye on 10 News Conference, Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas this morning released a statement, asserting that it is time "for the governor to stop his schizophrenic posturing on the issue of full...
Before coming to the Phoenix, N4N once wrote an analysis of the Massachusetts lottery (which produces $900 million a year in state revenue) showing how the per-capita play ranged from about $300 to $500 in working class communities, and from about $20...
URI's Maureen Moakley and I discuss "casino creep" in Rhode Island, the gov's privatization push, the Burrillville teachers' strike, a drop in childhood poverty, Peter Ginaitt's departure, and the imminent release of Steve Laffey's book. The segment will...
Two days after the Sunday ProJo outlined how the advent of casinos in Massachusetts would devastate one of Rhode Island's top sources of revenue, we learn that "virtual blackjack" has been proposed for Twin River. You didn't have to be a genius to see...
We're all waiting for the next shoe to drop. RI Report wonders aloud about what might be happening. Local talk radio has gotten more interesting, IMHO, with the return of John DePetro . I don't agree with everything he says, but John is smart, he knows...
Providence Schools Superintendent Donnie W. Evans, fresh from his first State of the Schools Address , appears on Newsmakers this Sunday. The show is broadcast at 5:30 am on Channel 12 (CBS) and at 10 am on Fox 64. Also appearing this week is UMass/Dartmouth...
Today's Boston Globe has the details of how the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts, appears to be closing in on a deal to host a casino: The Middleborough Board of Selectmen has agreed to support an Indian-owned casino in exchange for a promise from developers...
UPDATE: The growth of the blogosphere is leading to greater discussion of hyper-local coverage as an alternative or addition to the waning newspaper industry. I learned of Dr. Denny's interesting proposal -- an offer to pay someone to cover his community...
While Rhode Island voters last year overwhelmingly rejected a Harrah's Entertainment-Narragansett Indian casino, it increasingly seems a matter of time before the gambling parlors in Lincoln and Newport are converted into full-fledged casinos. In large...
