The federal authority that oversees Indian casinos strongly reinforced to Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange that, despite his recent attempted action against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the tribe does not have to follow the state definition of bingo and has a right to operate electronic bingo casinos in the state. Strange has pushed [...]
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore said Monday that Attorney General Luther Strange “has done an excellent job” trying to enforce gambling laws in Alabama. Moore, speaking to the Montgomery Rotary Club, said that gambling has been an issue since he first arrived on the court in 2001 for his first term as chief [...]
The attorney general’s office is trying to have Circuit Judge Tom Young Jr. removed from the case involving the seizure of machines and cash from the casino at VictoryLand and argues he is hostile toward the attorney general’s office, has prejudged key issues, and is biased against the state’s evidence in the case. Deputy Attorney [...]
Gov. Robert Bentley sat down with the Montgomery Advertiser Thursday for a wide-ranging interview about his first two years in office and the issues facing the state. We’ll be running excerpts from the interview over the next few days, along with video shot by Montgomery Advertiser photographer Mickey Welsh. (Transcripts will be edited for clarity.) [...]
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians, responding to a lawsuit filed by the office of Attorney General Luther Strange to try to stop gambling at Poarch Creek casinos in the state, said the lawsuit has no legal merit and does not recognize that the Poarch Creeks are a sovereign nation under federal and not state [...]