Casino Funding Review Will Wait - 2004-01-24 The state Gambling Commission has not yet looked over the contract for the Stillaguamish Tribe's new $19 million loan for a casino. That's not unusual, because the state's gambling compact with the tribe does not stipulate a deadline for the tribe to provide the contract.
But the commission's investigative agents have some questions for the tribe. They want to know if the money will come from Marshall Bank of Minneapolis or The Marshall Group, an affiliated investment banking firm in the same city, if other banks involved in the loan and whether they are federally regulated and therefore exempt from the Gambling Commission's licensing process. Read the full story at GamblingMagazine.com
Donations during the month of March are often matched from the Minnesota Food Share program, a food drive from the Minnesota Council of Churches (MCC).
The MCC raises money and gives cash to local area food shelves, based on a formula that involves dollars and pounds of food donated during the month, and the annual consumption, based on food shelf use. Read the full story at Walker Pilot Independent
