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  1. April 26, 2019

    Tribes Wire $1M To Conn. Ahead Of New Casino's Opening

    A joint company created by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes has wired $1 million to Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection to offset state regulatory costs as plans move forward for the construction of a new casino in the town of East Windsor, the tribes said Friday.

  2. March 21, 2019

    DOI OKs Changes To Conn.'s Gambling Deal With Tribe

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved changes to Connecticut's gambling agreement with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, according to a notice to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, a move that could pave the way for a proposed $300 million casino project and resolve a related lawsuit.

  3. February 15, 2019

    Conn., Tribe Can Add Political Claims To Suit Against DOI

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday said Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe can renew their suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over a gambling agreement and a proposed casino, allowing them to claim that the DOI's actions were improperly influenced by the White House or Nevada lawmakers.

  4. December 20, 2018

    Biggest Native American Rulings In The 2nd Half Of 2018

    A Texas federal judge sent shock waves through Indian Country in 2018 by striking down the Indian Child Welfare Act, while the Federal Circuit ruled against a New York tribe involved in a novel patent deal and a planned Connecticut tribal casino project suffered a major setback in federal court.

  5. October 17, 2018

    Conn., Tribe Ask To Bring New Claims In DOI Casino Row

    Connecticut and a Native American tribe urged a D.C. federal court Wednesday to let them file an amended complaint in their recently dismissed suit seeking to force the U.S. Department of the Interior to act on proposed changes to procedures allowing the tribe to offer gambling in the state.

  6. October 01, 2018

    DOI Gets Conn. Tribe's Gambling Procedures Suit Axed

    A D.C. federal judge has tossed a suit seeking to force the U.S. Department of the Interior to act on proposed changes to procedures allowing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to offer gambling in Connecticut, saying the department didn’t have to act quickly on the procedures as it would for a tribal-state gambling compact.

  7. August 16, 2018

    DOI's Views In Calif., Conn. Casino Suits At Odds, Tribe Says

    A Connecticut tribe and the state told a D.C. federal court that the U.S. Department of the Interior is wrong to say that the tribe operates its Foxwoods casino under procedures set out by the DOI secretary that are inferior to a tribal-state gambling compact because the department took the direct opposite position in tribal litigation in California.

  8. July 30, 2018

    DOI Says Calif. Ruling Doesn't Back Pequot's Casino Suit

    The U.S. Department of the Interior told a D.C. federal court that the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation was wrong to suggest that a recent precedent supported its challenge to the government's alleged inaction on changes to a tribal-state gambling deal impacting its joint bid for a new casino.

  9. July 03, 2018

    Conn. Tells MGM To Butt Out In Suit Over Gambling Deal

    Connecticut has once again urged a D.C. federal court to reject MGM Resorts International's bid to intervene in a suit by the state and two tribes against the federal government over its alleged inaction on changes to a tribal-state gambling deal, arguing that MGM's involvement is improper.

  10. May 31, 2018

    BIA Says Mohegan-Conn. Gambling Deal Change Is In Effect

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs is set to announce Friday that changes to the Mohegan tribe's gaming compact with the state of Connecticut are going into effect, but has yet to sign off on similar changes sought by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to pursue a joint casino project in the state.

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