Kickapoo casino ready but Kansas slow on background checks
The Kickapoo Nation’s casino in Kansas is set with 315 slots, six blackjack tables, a craps table and a restaurant, plus a planned roulette wheel. The state’s KBI lacks agents to process 170 plus background checks, delaying licensing as tribes await state action.
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Kickapoo
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Kickapoo Reservation
Topeka
Horton
Finger
Kickapoo Gambling Commission
Natalie Haag
State Gaming Agency
Thomas
Witness ties Clinton to bogus Whitewater land deal
Star witness David Hale testifies he and McDougal and Tucker plotted to funnel proceeds from an $825000 land deal into Capital Management Services to raise lending capacity. He claims the scheme would aid Clinton and involved money to secure $3 million in federally backed loans to the Madison Guaranty/SLS group. Hale says McDougal mentioned cleaning up members of the political family.
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James McDougal
Jim Guy Tucker
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Bill Clinton
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James
Susan McDougal Clinton
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McDougals
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McDougal
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Stovall wary of trekking tobacco road
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall cautions about joining other states in suing tobacco companies for Medicaid illness costs. She notes potential complexity and cost, and questions Kansas law on recovering Medicaid claims. Major cigarette makers fund political campaigns, prompting scrutiny.
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Topeka
Kan
Carla Stovall
Kansas
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Bushes attend gala opening of Lee Greenwood theater
In Sevierville Tennessee Lee Greenwood opened his new 1776 seat music theater with a star studded gala. Former President Bush and Barbara Bush attended the event as the $10 million venue anchors a 295 acre development including two hotels.
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Sevierville, Tenn
Lee Greenwood
Greenwood
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