Legislature folds one-casino measure - 2004-02-20
When the Legislature adjourned for the day, the proposed constitutional amendment approving up to eight casinos in the state stayed intact, but stalled at the second stage of floor consideration.
Schimek named eight of the 19 senators who voted for the one-casino plan as foes of expanded gambling who may not actually vote to enact the measure. On the other side of the fence, she explained, a one-casino plan would lose the support of some senators who have agreed to the eight-casino proposal.
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