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News Brief: Saying their communities have few other options for economic development, the mayors of 10 south Chicago suburbs pledged to stick together Monday in the fight for the state's last casino license.

News Brief: It is alternatively portrayed as a way to revive Colorado's stagnant economy by increasing tourism promotion and painted as a boondoggle to give a British company a near-monopoly on gambling along the state's Front Range.

News Brief: French Lick, Indiana, is divided over a riverboat referendum. Ministers are preaching against the evils of gambling, while most county officials are in favor of a riverboat casino.

or a property with a small casino floor, a mere 657 rooms and roughly 1,200 parking spaces, the Hard Rock's influence extends far beyond its off-Strip location in the shadow of the city's megaresorts.

A selection of news and views from Atlantic City this week.

News Brief: The Ho-Chunk Nation plans to enlarge its truck stop stores in Tomah and Wittenberg to make room for new gambling operations by spring.

News Brief: Pennsylvania gaming regulators will get an eyeful when they begin their routine investigation of the Mississippi-based company applying for a horseracing license in Fogelsville.

News Brief: In a last-gasp effort to resuscitate their expiring industry, the owners of certain South Florida dog tracks want a transfusion. They want the very lifeblood of American gambling: slot machines.

News Brief: The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians is contemplating building a small casino in the coastal hills of Sonoma County about 4 miles east of Stewarts Point, California.

News Brief: Two men received prison sentences last week for unconnected robberies at Helena casinos last year.

News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot tribe, which runs Foxwoods Resort Casino, re-elected Michael Thomas as chairman and rejected candidates who called for reform on Sunday.

News Brief: Cheryl Schmit is a self-defined soccer mom is now on the front lines in the war against casino expansion in California. Her opponents note that Schmit also works as a paid consultant for card clubs and has ties to Nevada gambling interests.

News Brief: Only 14 Nevada hotel-casinos have complied with a new homeland security law requiring major resorts to file an emergency response plan with the state and police.

News Brief: Trying to pressure Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to decide on a settlement with the bankrupt Emerald Casino, the chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board sent a stinging letter to Madigan on Friday contending that inaction has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

News Brief: The long and winding road to a Catskills casino just grew another curve.

News Brief: Tropicana casino owner Aztar Corp, said it was unclear how the collapse of a parking garage under construction in Atlantic City on Thursday would affect its $245-million expansion of the Tropicana or its financial results.

News Brief: A proposal for an Indian casino in Suisun Valley could merge gambling wars with growth wars.

AirTran Airways, a discount passenger carrier that currently offers 12 nonstop round trips a week between McCarran International Airport and Atlanta, will link Las Vegas and Dallas with a pair of nonstop round trips early next year.

News Brief: Workers at MGM Grand Casino have ratified a new four-year contract, union officials announced late Thursday.