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Last year the General Assembly passed a bill allowing casino gambling, giving five cities the option to vote for a casino proposal. Voters in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Danville, and Bristol all approved casino projects in referendums. The Virginia Lottery will regulate the new casinos, which have gambling activities legally different from existing institutions like Rosies.
A rendering of the development proposed by the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, which is one of six groups hoping their proposal is referred to the Richmond City Council.
Credit Pamunkey Indian Tribe
A New Orleans-based consultant group, Convergence Strategy Group, estimated new tax revenue from the casino could be $30 million a year, based off estimates of gaming taxes and other taxes. They estimated gaming revenues could be between $270 million and $285 million, and estimates regarding
Tweet Share Many of us who rediscovered our home kitchens during the pandemic spent some time cleaning out our cabinets. If youâre one of those folks, you might have found some surprises. (âWhy do we have two salad spinners?â âIsnât that the wooden spoon that got chewed up in the blender when we were making margaritas five years ago?â) Hopefully youâve done a little culling of your culinary toolkit, but why not go one step further and gear up your kitchen with some really special utensils sourced from local providers? Investing in proper high-quality tools in the kitchen and beautiful serving vessels will pay off in many ways. Cooking is more enjoyable, quicker and safer when youâve got the right accoutrements, and some studies have suggested that food is actually perceived as being more appetizing when it is served on pretty plates with fancy flatware. So if youâre looking for somewhere to spend a lit
Herman: A judge warns his fellow judges
We lost a Twitter treasure (yes, such a species exists) when Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett was elevated to the federal bench in January 2018 and decided tweeting was below his esteemed station.
All’s the pity because Willett’s wit provided a needed respite from the all-to-often vitriol spit out on Twitter. For his efforts, the Texas House honored him as our state’s first (and still only) Twitter Laureate. Willett had regaled us with amusing tweets about his profession, his family and such important ponderables as this one that was among his last tweets in December 2017:
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic and things are still looking bleak for Canada’s restaurant industry. The financial relief provided to restaurant owners, especially by provincial governments, has been largely ineffective. Guidelines for opening and closing are ad hoc and sudden. Proactive solutions like loosening liquor laws to create even a sliver of extra income for businesses still remains to be seen in some places. For the workers of this industry, who were already precarious pre-pandemic, this has been a time of unparalleled instability.
In numbers alone, Canada’s 1.2 million restaurant workers, who represent 7 percent of the country’s workforce, are significant. They are a large enough demographic that they have the potential to affect virus contagion nationally, and yet, support for them and their industry has been waning at best. Of those who have remained employed throughout the pandemic, most are still without paid sick leave, even amid this global health crisis. A