Iowa Senate doesn't extend pause on new casinos, opening door for Cedar Rapids to seek license

Casino backers’ long-held dreams to build a gambling facility in Cedar Rapids stayed alive early Saturday after the Iowa Senate did not take up a five-year extension of a moratorium advanced by House lawmakers that would have blocked new casino licenses.

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