Two companies that operate local casinos have put even more coin towards a ballot question that would repeal state limits on gambling.

Ameristar, which has a boat in St. Charles, and Pinnacle Entertainment, whose Lumiere Place opened downtown last year,…

Be sure to check out our brother Business News blog on STLtoday.com, which has spending reports from “Yes for Schools First” — the euphemistically-named campaign seeking to repeal the $500 spending limits at state casinos. (It would also raise taxes on…

Senate Republicans will raise campaign funds tonight at what they’re billing as “a tropical cocktail hour underneath the cabanas on the pool deck of Ameristar Casino” in St. Charles.

The description comes from an invitation signed by Senate Majority Leader Charlies…

Rep. Shannon Cooper is among those headed to St. Louis tonight for the sold-out Jimmy Buffet concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Cooper, R-Clinton, said he got a complimentary room for the night at the nearby Ameristar Casino hotel.

“Of course they…