State files lawuit over poker plan
Maureen Dolan Hagadone News Network | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years AGO
COEUR d’ALENE — A rift between Idaho and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe widened Friday as the Tribe began offering poker at its Worley casino, and the state filed a federal lawsuit to stop it.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court by Gov. Butch Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, contends that by offering poker, the Tribe is violating the Idaho Constitution and its gaming compact with the state.
“We believe we are well within our right to offer poker,” said Tribe Chairman Chief Allan, in a prepared statement issued Friday in response to the state’s legal action.
For the rest of the story, see the print edition of the Bonner County Daily Bee or subscribe to our e-edition.
MORE IMPORTED STORIES
ARTICLES BY MAUREEN DOLAN HAGADONE NEWS NETWORK
Sky's the limit for Idaho, NIC aerospace program
HAYDEN — There were 20,300 commercial airplanes in service worldwide in 2012.
Idaho GOP: City elections should be partisan
COEUR d’ALENE — A push is on to drive political party identification into city council elections in Idaho.
KC sheriff denies wrongdoing with forfeiture funding
COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger maintains his department’s sharing of drug asset forfeiture funds with the North Idaho Children’s Advocacy Center was legal and vetted by the county prosecutor and U.S. Department of Justice.