09.15.2009 5:24 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The public was aware that developers of a casino entertainment complex in Spanish Lake had to go through a lot of hoops to get the approvals for their project.
On Monday, the staff of the county planning department listed several…
07.27.2009 11:01 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 on a proposal for a casino complex on 376.82 acres along Riverview Drive in north St. Louis County.
The site is just south of the…
04.16.2009 11:35 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rhone, left, and Cedric
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed St. Louis promoter Eric C. Rhone, manager and confidant of local favorite Cedric the Entertainer, to the state Tourism Commission.
Rhone has long been the right-hand man to Cedric, who was born in…
08.08.2008 6:14 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
While State Rep. Robin Wright-Jones was slugging it out with Rodney Hubbard for a Senate seat, an intense primary for her current job was quietly shaping up on the city’s near southside. 
The winner in that contest was Tishaura O. Jones, who…
06.16.2008 1:20 pm
Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
In a hastily called meeting today, the Missouri Gaming Commission voted to postpone consideration of any new casinos until after the November election.
As reported on the mother ship, commissioners said they wanted to wait to see what voters would do…
03.25.2008 12:24 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri’s political chattering class will be watching the clock today, waiting for 5 p.m.
It’s not because they are eager to head home - for many, it’s about the work that could lie ahead.
As Jeff City bureau chief Virginia Young told us earlier,…
03.10.2008 8:53 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The state’s gaming interests have found a captive audience for their latest initiative petition: gamblers.
As our Jeff City bureau chief, Virginia Young, reporter earlier, the Secretary of State’s office has approved the wording for a ballot question that would rescind…
02.27.2008 6:44 pm
Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
In an unlikely pairing, the gambling industry is pushing a bill sponsored by a conservative Republican, Sen. Jack Goodman of Mt. Vernon.
His bill (SB1171) would place a two-year moratorium on licenses for new casinos.
The bill was spurred, in part, by the…