Resolution Draft Targets Michigan AG Amid Tribal Casino Closures
One state lawmaker is rebuking Gov. Whitmer's administration’s efforts to pressure tribal casinos to stay closed.
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One state lawmaker is rebuking Gov. Whitmer's administration’s efforts to pressure tribal casinos to stay closed.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is partially reopening the Upper Peninsula and much of Northern Michigan. The casinos in these areas might reopen soon.
Odawa Casinos reopened its Mackinaw City location Friday as more than 100 players waited for the 10 a.m. opening, the first in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
By June 1, 15 of Michigan's 26 casinos are scheduled to be reopened after all were closed by March 22 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the National Football League returned in September, so did heavy sports betting at Detroit casinos, with nearly a doubling of handle.
We're tracking how some of Michigan's most prominent media members do in making their NFL picks. It was a rough start for one of the state's biggest voices.