{"id":117210,"date":"2017-03-02T15:06:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=117210"},"modified":"2017-03-02T16:19:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:19:01","slug":"lawmakers-state-owned-casinos-retaliatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=117210","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers: state-owned casinos, &#8220;Retaliatory&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-117161\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/StateOwnedCasino-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/StateOwnedCasino-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/StateOwnedCasino-260x175.png 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/StateOwnedCasino.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Some North Dakota lawmakers say a proposal by the state\u2019s top House Republican to allow state-owned casinos is retaliatory.<\/p>\n<p>The say the proposal by Fargo Rep. Al Carlson risks angering American Indian tribes even more when relations have already been rubbed raw by the Dakota Access pipeline dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson says his idea is not \u201canti-American Indian.\u201d He says it would establish casinos as \u201cdestination-oriented attractions\u201d and use profits from them to offset state taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Many lawmakers believe the measure has little chance of passing, but they fear it\u2019s further damaged the state\u2019s relationship with its tribes.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson\u2019s resolution is a proposed constitutional amendment that would go to voters if lawmakers give the OK. It does not need the governor\u2019s approval, but GOP Gov. Doug Burgum says he opposes the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Some North Dakota lawmakers say a proposal by the state\u2019s top House Republican to allow state-owned casinos is retaliatory. The say the proposal by Fargo Rep. Al Carlson risks angering American Indian tribes even more when relations have already been rubbed raw by the Dakota Access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117215,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117210\/revisions\/117215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}