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Poarch Creeks stories
Legislature
SB214 would create a state lottery and allow casino gambling including electronic slot machines at a limited number of sites.
News
Strange said that a compact with the PCI would be negotiated after the Legislature passed the constitutional amendment.
News
The 876-page report ultimately lays out five options for Ivey and state legislators to consider.
Economy
Monday, Wind Creek casinos in Atmore, Wetumpka, and Montgomery re-opened on Monday. The Wind Creek Casinos are operated by the Poarch Band of Creek...
Legislature
Thursday, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, told reporters that public opinion is driving the debate on gambling. Speaker McCutcheon praised Alabama Governor...
Governor
Tuesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) laid out an ambitious agenda in her annual State of the State Address that includes: building three new...
Legislature
Thursday, former Auburn head football Coach Pat Dye expressed his opposition to a proposal giving the Poarch Creek Band of Indians (PCI) a monopoly...
Elections
Wednesday, Scott Dawson, Bill Hightower and Tommy Battle were on stage at the historic Lyric Theatre in Birmingham for the Republican candidates debate sponsored...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, March 9, 2017, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to give the Poarch Creek Indian Tribal Police...
