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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is out with a new 60-second ad, aiming to rally support for a new gaming Compact with the state. The ad drops around two weeks before a Special Legislative Session will convene to finalize that agreement.
The new minute long-spot, titled “
The Seminole Story,” highlights existing economic benefits from the current gaming structure and argues the new compact will expand those benefits.
“Amid a storm of challenge and loss, this Florida story gave rise to hope and our spirit to persevere,” the ad’s narrator begins.
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Missouri latest state to thwart voter-approved policies
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri lawmakers recently shut down attempts to pay for Medicaid expansion, in what is the latest example of a statehouse fighting to undo voter-enacted polices.
Critics argued during a contentious debate in the state Senate on Thursday that voters didn t understand the potential cost of the federal health insurance program. Supporters, including Democrats and some Republicans, said lawmakers were going against the will of voters who amended the Missouri Constitution last year to make thousands more low-income adults eligible for government health insurance. The people voted for this. We put it in the Missouri Constitution. That s what they voted to do, Democratic Sen. Jill Schupp said. Now we have people who took an oath to uphold the constitutions of the United States and the state of Missouri, and here we are with people turning their backs.
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