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With Gaming Poised To Expand In Florida, Top Developers Are On Opposite Sides Of The Issue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 23 signed a compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It would expand gaming in the state, guarantee the state $2.5B in revenue sharing in the next five years and $6B through 2030, and give the tribe the exclusive right to operate sports betting in the state through 2030. Critics have vowed to stop the plan, alleging it is unconstitutional. Some of the state’s biggest real estate players are lining up on either side of the figh...

Editorial: George W. Bush’s new book invites America to imagine a better story Dallas Morning News Editorial Board © AP "Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants" includes 43 portraits by the 43rd president, four-color paintings of immigrants he has come to know over the years In the 2009 engaging memoir "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by author Donald Miller, there is a story about a concerned dad whose teenage daughter is going off the rails. She’s hanging out with the wrong crowd, experimenting with drugs, dating a loser. The dad comes to Miller for ...

Dallas Morning News Editorial Board In the 2009 engaging memoir "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by author Donald Miller, there is a story about a concerned dad whose teenage daughter is going off the rails. She’s hanging out with the wrong crowd, experimenting with drugs, dating a loser. The dad comes to Miller for advice and Miller suggests that the girl is stuck in a bad story. In the absence of challenge and risk, she is choosing a story that offers some level of meaning, some way to assert agency over her own identity. Miller challenges the dad to offer her a more meaningful story...

George W. Bush’s new book invites America to imagine a better story The common theme of diverse immigrant stories is gratitude. Former President George W. Bush speaks at an event celebrating his Portraits of Courage, his book and exhibit of his original paintings honoring the sacrifice and courage of America's military veterans, on Sept. 6, 2017 at the George W. Bush Presidential Center Auditorium in Dallas. Bush's new book, Out Of Many, One, uses a similar format to highlight the contributions of immigrants. It was released last week. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)(Ashley Landis /...

Updated 1 hour ago For weeks, negotiators for the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis worked on an agreement for a gaming compact. Then, late Monday, the governor made what was likely a final offer: Florida would become the largest state in the nation to legalize sports betting, and the Tribe would control it. The Tribe would not stand in the way if legislators were to allow Miami Beach to become home to a controversial new casino. And the Seminole Tribe would give the state hundreds of millions of dollars in annual payments. It was an ambitious proposal designed to capitalize on...