High Court To Rule In Casino Tax Case - 2004-02-17
The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to rule today in a lawsuit challenging the way the state taxes racetrack casinos. The move is in response to a U.S
Supreme Court ruling last summer, which reversed the state Supreme Court's finding that the state taxes on racetrack casinos were unconstitutional.

The case affects Prairie Meadows Racetrack Casino in Altoona, Dubuque Greyhound Park and Casino, and Bluffs Run Casino and Greyhound Park in Council Bluffs.
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Port Huron Casino: All Bets May Be Off - 2004-02-17
After nearly 18 months of work, congressional lawmakers are giving up hope they will be able to pave the way for an Indian casino near Port Huron's Thomas Edison Inn. Legislation to make a necessary land swap possible has failed to pass the House of Representatives or Senate the past two years.

"This is something that we're just going to have to keep working with colleagues on," said U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat from Lansing.

She said there's no way to know if the deal, arranged in September 2002 by then-Michigan Gov. John Engler and the Bay Mills Indian Community, will win approval.
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