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SOMERVILLE – The $1.7 billion casino development in Everett has stalled, and leaders of the Wynn Resorts project blame Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who is challenging a permit to clean up the contaminated 33-acre Mystic River waterfront site. The $30 million remediation of the acreage which formerly held a Monsanto
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The state Gaming Commission on Thursday declined to award a license for a commercial casino on the Brockton Fairgrounds in southeastern Massachusetts near where the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has broken ground on a resort casino of its own. After about two and a half days of discussion and deliberation, the
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BOSTON — State Lottery revenues are "running a little bit over" projections, and officials at the money-making agency plan to consider readjusting their forecasts in April. Projected to produce $962 million in annual profits to supplement municipal budgets, the state-run gambling agency has clocked $686.3 million in net
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While gaming regulators review a proposed commercial casino in Brockton, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is eyeing April 5 as a "possible date" to break ground on its resort casino in Taunton. The tribe announced Monday that it has selected Dimeo Construction Company, The Penta Building Group and Talako
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BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker plans to step into the latest controversy holding up a planned $1.7 billion casino in Everett, telling WBZ-AM radio Wednesday night that he aims to get the development moving again by getting Somerville and Wynn Resorts casino officials to meet and iron out a solution.
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The long legal battle between Mayor Marty Walsh and developers of an Everett casino on Boston's doorstep is over. Walsh on Wednesday night announced he'd reached a surrounding community agreement after engaging in direct talks with Wynn Resorts Chairman & CEO Steve Wynn. According to Walsh&
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BOSTON – Plenty of Massachusetts news was fit to print in 2015. Here's our take on the 10 biggest Bay State stories of the year, in chronological order:
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BOSTON — Plans for a casino in Everett face a new roadblock after both Somerville and Boston sued to block the Wynn Resorts project on the shores of the Mystic River, claiming that the developer failed to adequately address environmental impacts, particularly traffic congestion it is likely to cause in Charlestown
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