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Compact covers debt, impacts, other tribes
Under the terms of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria's 20-year gaming compact, millions of dollars a year would flow not only to the tribe, but to local governments, other Indian tribes and the Las Vegas company that is to manage the casino.  Graton Rancheria5/22/2013
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Residents Rage Over Casino at Town Hall Meeting
(California) -- The Graton Resort & Casino, scheduled to open this November, surfaced as a top issue at a Wednesday night town hall meeting organized by Mayor Pam...
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Rohnert Park casino training potential dealers
(California) -- Vince Rooks stood in the dealer’s spot and released two stacks of blue-backed playing cards into each other, the cards whirring faintly as they...
5/20/2013
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Judge Tosses Suit By Anti-Casino Group
(California) -- The suit against Rohnert Park filed by a group opposed to the Graton Rancheria Casino & Resort has been thrown out by a Sonoma County Superior Court...
5/16/2013
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Suit against Calif. Indian casino dismissed
(California) -- A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by opponents of a Native American casino under construction in Northern California.
5/15/2013
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Casino opponents' lawsuit against Rohnert Park dismissed
(California) -- A lawsuit filed against Rohnert Park by opponents of the Indian casino under construction outside the city has been dismissed in court.
5/9/2013
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Share your thoughts: Rohnert Park casino hiring to affect job market?
(California) -- In less than a year’s time, Sonoma County will be home to the Bay Area’s largest casino, a prospect that has some people and businesses...
5/6/2013
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Casino operator hires for full house upon opening
(California) -- Joe Hasson is the newly appointed general manager of the Graton Resort & Casino currently being constructed by the Federated Indians of Graton...
4/26/2013
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Big changes are due for ‘rural’ Wilfred Avenue
(California) -- Not many Rohnert Park residents drive along Wilfred Avenue except for single-family homeowners and ranchers. The pending arrival of the Graton Tribe...
4/22/2013
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Casino Kicks Off Hiring Frenzy
(California) -- The Mountain Shadows Shopping Center has not exactly been a hub of activity ever since Pacific Market left.
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Future Rohnert Park casino to hire nearly 2,000 employees
(California) -- The Graton Resort and Casino that is currently in the process of being built in Rohnert Park off the 101 Freeway has begun its hiring process as they are...
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Hopes high as thousands apply for Rohnert Park casino jobs
(California) -- In a small building in a shopping plaza on Rohnert Park's east side, Phantasia Gabriel nursed her dreams, which lay across Highway 101 at the fast-...
4/18/2013
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Cotati-Rohnert Park schools ponder annual $1 million tribal donation
(California) -- Officials at cash-strapped Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District are pondering how to spend $1 million a year that the Federated Indians of Graton...
4/16/2013
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Indian casino at Rohnert Park expects to hire 2,000
(California) -- Operators of a Las Vegas-size casino/resort scheduled to open late this year in Sonoma County expect to fill about 2,000 positions with job seekers...
4/15/2013
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New casino may hire as many as 2,000
(California) -- A new $800 million casino and resort to open later this year in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County is expected to hire as many as 2,000 workers.
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Now Hiring: Casino Opens Up Application Process
(California) -- The Graton Rancheria Resort & Casino is hiring and set to start interviewing prospective candidates today, Monday, the Press Democrat is reporting.
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Sonoma County casino to hire 2,000 people
(California) -- Graton Resort & Casino, an $800 million complex scheduled to open late this year in the Sonoma County community of Rohnert Park, has begun accepting...
4/14/2013
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Hiring process begins Monday for Rohnert Park casino positions
(California) -- The Graton Resort & Casino is to start interviewing for dealers and security personnel Monday, another sign that the $800 million project on the...
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Taxi drivers hoping for Rohnert Park casino boom
(California) -- From his property just west of Rohnert Park, Danny Nakash has watched with anticipation the rapid rise of the casino being built by the Federated Indians...
4/8/2013
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City Manager Talks Budget, Casino and Why Rohnert Park Can't Afford to Reopen the M Pool
(California) -- Last week, Patch sat down with Rohnert Park City Manager Gabe Gonzalez to discuss the casino, the budget deficit and address some of the questions...
4/5/2013
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Graton Rancheria tribe's growth likely limited
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria's constitution, and recent changes made to it, are a partial map to how the tribe has evolved as a body...
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Graton Rancheria's disenrollment rules defy trend
(California) -- As bitter membership disputes roil many California tribes with casinos, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria has moved to avoid such problems by...
3/30/2013
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Millions at stake as RP-area fire agencies weigh how to divvy casino payouts
(California) -- Talks are under way about how three fire agencies should divide a one-time $1.5 million payment that the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is giving...
3/28/2013
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Rohnert Park council OKs revised Graton Rancheria casino MOU
(California) -- The contrast told the story. A decade ago, a noisy, tumultuous crowd of 350 mostly opposed to the casino nearly packed Spreckels’ main theater when...
3/26/2013
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Rohnert Park signs new casino compact, gets $40 million more
(California) -- Rohnert Park and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria have agreed to a new revenue-sharing deal worth $40 million more than one they signed in 2003...
3/21/2013
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Property Values Around Casino Site Skyrocketing
(California) -- Station Casinos, the Las Vegas developer of the Rohnert Park casino, has spent more than $17 million to purchase land in the surrounding area, according...
3/20/2013
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Santa Rosa job fair draws hundreds
(California) -- A dozen employers, including Rohnert Park's Graton Resort and Casino, on Wednesday drew several hundred job seekers to a Santa Rosa employment fair...
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The Big Winners: Those owning land adjacent to the new Rohnert Park casino sitting on a real estate jackpot
(California) -- Striking it rich at a casino might seem like a long shot to many, but it's a reality for landowners adjacent to the gambling palace under...
3/12/2013
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Lawsuit challenging gambling Compact with CA tribe set for trial
(California) -- Stop the Casino 101 Coalition’s (STC101) legal challenge to Governor Brown’s gambling Compact with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria...
3/6/2013
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Lawsuit seeking to block Rohnert Park casino to go to trial
(California) -- A lawsuit against Gov. Jerry Brown that challenges the legal status of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria's reservation outside Rohnert Park...
2/25/2013
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RP casino shows off look as ’13 opening looms
(California) -- Station Casinos recently unveiled early drawings of the forthcoming Graton Resort & Casino, offering a glimpse of what the $800 million project will...
2/15/2013
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Station Casinos unveils images of the $800 million Graton Resort in Northern California
(California) -- Station Casinos unveiled the first images last week of the $800 million Graton Resort & Casino near Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Road to casino getting smooth / RP invokes powers of eminent domain on Wilfred Avenue
(California) -- There was a palpable sense of urgency Tuesday night in Rohnert Park’s City Hall when the city council approved slicing off about 35 feet of land...
2/14/2013
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Road to casino getting smooth
(California) -- There was a palpable sense of urgency Tuesday night in Rohnert Park’s City Hall when the city council approved slicing off about 35 feet of land...
2/12/2013
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Rohnert Park begins eminent domain proceedings to widen road to casino
(California) -- Rohnert Park on Tuesday asserted its power of eminent domain, finding it is in the public's interest to condemn and purchase parts of several...
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RP Casino Begins To Take Shape
(California) -- North Bay residents can get a sneak peek of the future Graton Resort and Casino outside Rohnert Park just by clicking their computer mouse. The developer...
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Station Casinos unveils Graton Resort & Casino design
(California) -- The future shape of gambling in Sonoma County gained greater detail Monday as Station Casinos released the first official drawings of the enormous Indian...
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Tribe Unveils Casino Design
(California) -- Graton chairman says he wanted something tasteful and in tune with surrounding Sonoma County landscape; Casino scheduled to open this fall
2/11/2013
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Station Casinos unveils Graton Resort & Casino design
(California) -- Station Casinos on Monday released drawings of what the enormous Las Vegas-style Indian casino under construction now outside Rohnert Park will look like...
2/9/2013
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Rohnert Park may use eminent domain to widen road near casino
(California) -- Rohnert Park may use its eminent domain powers to acquire parts of several properties needed to widen Wilfred Avenue to accommodate the huge Indian...
1/25/2013
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RP faces difficult housing dilemma
(California) -- The subject of affordable housing in Rohnert Park hasn’t been discussed very much at the city council level these past few months. But it arose at...
1/22/2013
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Local Union workers lose promised casino construction jobs to out-of-state labor
(California) -- Graton Rancheria’s promises to Sonoma County union workers have been dashed by lay-offs of local union members as out-of-area workers are being...
1/19/2013
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Neighbors of Rohnert Park casino want wells monitored
(California) -- For immediate neighbors of the Indian casino being built on the edge of Rohnert Park, worries about the project’s impacts have been underlined by...
1/14/2013
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Graton Resort and Casino project proceeds despite opposition
(California) -- In roughly a year’s time, Sonoma County will be home to the Bay Area’s largest casino, a prospect that has some people and businesses...
1/9/2013
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Graton Rancheria marks topping-off for $825M gaming facility
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria of California is on track to open its $825 million gaming facility by the end of this year, The North Bay...
1/8/2013
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North Bay casino construction hits a milestone
(California) -- There was a major milestone Tuesday in the construction of a controversial North Bay casino resort. ABC7 News was there in Rohnert Park as workers lifted...
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Rohnert Park casino reaches key milestone
(California) -- The massive $800 million Graton Resort and Casino today reached a key phase in construction, as hundreds of workers and officials involved in the project...
1/4/2013
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Graton Tribe MOU takes effect in 2014
(California) -- “Near the western end of RPX the Graton Tribe casino is rapidly taking shape. But our share of the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) doesn’t...
12/31/2012
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Signs of economic recovery among top Sonoma County stories in 2012 [3rd Item]
(California) -- ... Casino rising: The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria crossed a nine-year divide filled with controversy, fierce opposition, government...
12/17/2012
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Tolay Lake park takes a big step forward
(California) -- The long-awaited Tolay Lake Ranch took a giant step toward opening to the public as Sonoma County’s largest regional park when county supervisors...
12/3/2012
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Union jobs get boost from casino rising in Rohnert Park
(California) -- Five months after its tribal backers won final federal approval to move ahead, the largest casino resort in the Bay Area is starting to take shape on the...
11/25/2012
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Sonoma County votes to accelerate transfers of open space land to other agencies
(California) -- They are some of the most iconic Sonoma County landscapes, taking in sweeping coastal vistas and oak-studded inland ridges, all of it set aside with...
11/24/2012
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Letter of the Day: Gambling around us
(California) -- EDITOR: I notice how everyone gets upset, outraged and chagrined each time an Indian tribe gets together with a high-rolling Las Vegas developer to build...
11/3/2012
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Station Casinos Advisor Part of Press Democrat Purchase. What Do You Think?
(California) -- The Press Democrat on Thursday reported that the paper is being purchased by the same investment group that owns Sonoma Index-Tribune.
11/2/2012
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No update for MOU planned between RP, Graton tribe
(California) -- As of Oct. 26, the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Rohnert Park and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is still holding firm...
11/1/2012
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Opponents of Rohnert Park casino file lawsuit over road widening plans
(California) -- Opponents of the Indian casino being built next to Rohnert Park have sued the city over its recent agreement with the tribe to widen Wilfred Avenue.
10/24/2012
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PD Editorial: County played its best hand in casino deal
(California) -- Sonoma County salvaged a bad hand with its casino mitigation pact. The agreement, ratified Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, guarantees payments of at...
10/23/2012
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County to reap $9 million annually with RP casino deal
(California) -- Sonoma County supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a multimillion-dollar revenue-sharing agreement with the tribe that is building a casino next to...
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Sonoma County Supervisors approve groundwater study
(California) -- Sonoma County supervisors Tuesday formally approved preparation of a plan aimed to more closely study and manage groundwater in the Santa Rosa Plain.
10/19/2012
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Tribal casino to pay at least $9 million a year to Sonoma County
(California) -- The tribe building a casino in Rohnert Park has agreed to pay at least $9 million annually to Sonoma County to offset the impacts of the project, plus up...
10/3/2012
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Relative of Tribe Chairman: "I'm Not an Indian and Neither Is He"
(California) -- The second cousin of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Chairman Greg Sarris says the tribal leader's claims to Native American heritage are false.
9/28/2012
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Petaluma to Receive More Than $100K From Casino
(California) -- Petaluma will receive $102,591 from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, money that will be directed to law enforcement, the Press Democrat is...
9/27/2012
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Local cities in line for mitigation money from Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- An unexpected pot of cash for law enforcement agencies in four Sonoma County cities is at play in negotiations underway between the county and the...
9/26/2012
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Rohnert Park approves $10 million deal to widen Wilfred Avenue
(California) -- The Rohnert Park City Council acted quickly Tuesday to approve an agreement under which the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will pay the full cost...
9/24/2012
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Casino Access Road Widened Tribe To Pay Costs
(California) -- The Graton Rancheria tribe planning to build a Las Vegas-style casino on th outskirts of Rohnert Park will take on the full cost of widening the access...
9/23/2012
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Rohnert Park casino takes on more road cost
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will pay the full $10 million cost of widening Wilfred Avenue, the access road to the Rohnert Park casino...
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Rohnert Park, tribe reach casino access road deal
(California) -- A Native American tribe planning to build a Las Vegas-style casino about 50 miles north of San Francisco will take on the full cost of widening the...
9/17/2012
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Casino Opponents Challenging Department of Interior in Court
(California) -- Opponents of the casino planned by The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria near Rohnert Park is fine tuning a legal challenge against the Department of...
9/13/2012
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Casino Opponents Prepare to Challenge Department of Interior in Court
(California) -- Opponents of the casino planned by The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria near Rohnert Park are fine tuning a legal challenge to be filed against the...
9/10/2012
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Financial analysts welcome Station Casinos’ proposed debt deal
(Wall Street) -- Las Vegas locals gaming operator Station Casinos LLC received a thumbs-up Monday from Wall Street analysts for its latest financing deal. Station is...
8/23/2012
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Backer Secures Largest Financial Package Reported in Indian Gaming for Tribe’s Sonoma County Casino
(California) -- What is said to be the largest financial package in the history of American Indian gaming has been secured for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria...
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RP Wants Comment On Land Near Casino/Resort
(California) -- Rohnert Park residents are being asked what they would like to see surrounding the controversial casino planned for the outskirts of the city west of...
8/20/2012
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Agencies say tribe seeks up to $825 million in financing for casino project
(California) -- The tribe building a Las Vegas-style casino with Station Casinos LLC in Northern California is seeking between $800 million and $825 million in financing...
8/16/2012
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Coffeegrounds: RP, casino MOU still exists despite claims
(California) -- I’VE GOT TO ADMIRE the tenacity of casino opponents digging into every nook and cranny to find poison for their darts speedily sizzling along to...
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Graton Rancheria Gets Financing For Controversial RP Casino
(California) -- The Graton Rancheria has reportedly secured financing for their controversial Las Vegas-style casino planned for the outskirts of Rohnert Park. Station...
8/15/2012
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$850 million secured for Rohnert Park casino, backer says
(California) -- An $850 million financing package, said to be the largest in the history of Native American gaming, is now secured, the Las Vegas-based backer of the...
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Station Casinos poised to pay off $150 million in debt
(Las Vegas) -- Station Casinos LLC of Las Vegas on Wednesday said it plans to pay off $150 million in debt, thanks to a financing deal for one of its Indian gaming...
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Tribal project overseen by Station Casinos secures financing
(California) -- The tribe building a Las Vegas-style casino in Northern California has secured $825 million needed to finance the project, according to Station Casinos...
8/9/2012
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Are Rohnert Park's Government Officials Acting Like Las Vegas Mobsters?
(California) -- The big news around Rohnert Park these days is the coming of a casino that's said to bring millions of dollars of revenue for the city and schools in...
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Rohnert Park Casino Tribe Seeks $800 Million
(California) -- $800 million. That’s how much money the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria want to build their casino-resort on Wildfred Avenue, according to a...
8/8/2012
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Rohnert Park casino opponents seek to block construction
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria continue to work with Station Casinos LLC to build a $443 million hotel-casino development in Northern...
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Tribe seeks $800M in Rohnert Park casino financing
(California) -- The tribe building a Las Vegas-style casino next to Rohnert Park is seeking $800 million in financing, according to Standard & Poor's, which has...
8/7/2012
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Rohnert Park casino opponents challenge revenue-sharing agreement
(California) -- Foes of an Indian casino on which work has started next to Rohnert Park have challenged the legality of a 2003 revenue-sharing agreement between the city...
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S&P rates Graton Economic Development Authority prelim 'B'
(Wall Street) -- On Aug. 7, 2012, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned Rohnert Park, Calif.-based Graton Economic Development Authority (the Authority)...
7/29/2012
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Missouri Orders Gaming Investors to Sever Station Casinos Stake
(California) -- A report earlier this week in Vegas Inc. said regulators from the state of Missouri ordered investors in Ceasar's Entertainment Corp. "to sever...
7/12/2012
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Casino water talks under way
(California) -- About the best you can say at this point, is a team of engineers and lawyers from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) are in conference with...
7/10/2012
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Interior’s Inaction Allows Tribe to Move Forward With Sonoma County Casino
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria has weathered through nine years of opposition to its proposed casino in Sonoma County. At last, the tribe has...
7/6/2012
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Graton Rancheria tribal casino in Rohnert Park clears last hurdle
(California) -- Nine years after the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria announced plans to open a casino in Sonoma County, inciting opposition and controversy, the...
7/2/2012
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Sonoma County Residents Seek to Block Indian Casino
(California) -- Some Sonoma County residents are taking legal action to block the construction of a major Indian casino just outside Rohnert Park. The Santa Rosa Press...
6/28/2012
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Casino gets use of RP sewer pipes
(California) -- Rohnert Park’s City Council approved a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) to allow wastewater to be...
6/27/2012
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RP To Handle Casino / Resort Sewage Requirements
(California) -- One outstanding issue over the proposed Rohnert Park casino and resort project has been disposed of. The city will handle the sewage disposal...
6/26/2012
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Rohnert Park to take casino sewage
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria casino resort next to Rohnert Park will be connected to the city’s sewer system under a deal approved by...
6/24/2012
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PD Editorial: Getting off to a better start with casino talks
(California) -- The obvious benefit of building a casino near an urbanized area such as Rohnert Park with quick access to a major highway is that it brings gaming closer...
6/23/2012
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Supes Zane, Rabbitt hosted RP casino talk
(California) -- Sonoma County Board of Supervisors members Shrilee Zane and David Rabbitt hosted a town hall meeting on Thursday, June 21, at the 4-H Club in Rohnert...
6/22/2012
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Questions linger for RP casino
(California) -- Legal roadblocks have been swept away, and groundbreaking rituals are roughly sketched out as the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria’s casino on...
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RP casino forum draws mostly opponents
(California) -- You've got to give credit to Sonoma County Supervisors David Rabbitt (2nd District) and Shirlee Zane (3rd District) for their diligence in collecting...
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SCOTUS Ruling Bouys Spirits Of Casino Opponents
(California) -- Opponents of the very controversial casino / resort now under construction on the outskirts of Rohnert Park are planning to file yet another legal...
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Water, Lights and Noise Top Concerns Voiced at Casino Mitigation Meeting
(California) -- About 70 people made their way to the Rohnert Park 4-H Center tucked behind Grocery Outlet, around the corner from the Goodwill Store, to vent their...
6/21/2012
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Rohnert Park casino opponents see new hope in Supreme Court decision
(California) -- Foes of the casino proposed on Rohnert Park’s northwest boundary have been energized by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that creates new legal...
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Zane vows to do 'best we can' on casino
(California) -- A small fleet of heavy machinery in a field just south of Rohnert Park’s Home Depot served notice Thursday evening that work has started on a 3,000...
6/20/2012
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COURSEY: 'Take it or leave it' is not negotiation
(California) -- Greg Sarris refuses to talk to the Press Democrat these days, and considering the short interview he granted on Tuesday to KGO television, silence is...
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Fitch: Station Casinos project likely unaffected by Indian gaming ruling
(California) -- An Indian casino under development in California in partnership with Station Casinos LLC isn't among the Indian gaming projects around the country...
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Tribe behind Rohnert Park casino blasts county for 'misleading' information
(California) -- Relations between Sonoma County officials and an Indian tribe that has started work on a casino outside Rohnert Park appear to have deteriorated markedly...
6/19/2012
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Rohnert Park Casino Faces New Legal Challenge
(California) -- A Supreme Court ruling in a Michigan case could revive the legal effort to stop a tribal casino in Rohnert Park. The U.S Supreme Court ruled on Monday...
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RP Casino Construction Begins
(California) -- To the delight of some and the dismay of others, construction has begun on a massive casino and resort project on the outskirts of Rohnert Park. After...
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Start of construction doesn't end casino controversy
(California) -- After nine years of controversy, legal battles and bureaucratic hurdles, the construction of a casino resort is underway. The prospect of an Indian...
6/18/2012
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Construction begins on Rohnert Park casino hotel
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria today announced construction has started on the tribe’s resort and casino project just west of Rohnert...
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Ground breaking work begins on Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria broke ground Monday on a $433 million hotel-casino in Northern California. The tribe received local approval...
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Groundbreaking work begins on Rohnert Park casino project
(California) -- Groundbreaking work was to start Monday at the site of the planned casino just outside Rohnert Park, said the Sonoma County tribe behind the project.
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Help Anti-Casino Effort
(California) -- The Stop the Casino 101 Coalition (STC101) is hailing Monday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a Michigan man to move ahead with his...
6/15/2012
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Packed house for RP casino hearing
(California) -- The subject was impact on water wells and a monitoring system to print up a baseline report. Not exactly a headline-grabber. But the subject concerned...
6/13/2012
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County Attorney Says RP Casino Appears Inevitable
(California) -- Legal experts with Sonoma County says there appears to be very little opponents can do to stop the Las Vegas-style gambling casino and resort planned for...
6/12/2012
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Casino fans, foes have their say
(California) -- A hearing Tuesday night into the impacts of the Indian casino planned outside Rohnert Park recalled the passions that roiled Sonoma County from 2003 to...
6/11/2012
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County at disadvantage in Rohnert Park casino talks
(California) -- County officials hold most of the cards when negotiating conditions for new developments. But they now have a weak hand in confronting a project they...
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COURSEY: Frustration with a sovereign nation
(California) -- The debate over the merits of a proposed Indian casino on the outskirts of Rohnert Park will continue on Tuesday evening at a special public hearing...
6/10/2012
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County supervisors to hear from public on Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- With negotiations expected to start soon between the county and the Indian tribe planning to open a casino outside Rohnert Park, the Board of Supervisors...
6/5/2012
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Sonoma Co. residents seek to block Indian casino
(California) -- Some Sonoma County residents are filing suit to block the construction of a major Indian casino just outside Rohnert Park.
6/4/2012
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Experts doubt lawsuit will stop Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- A lawsuit that questions the right of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria to open a casino next to Rohnert Park may delay the project but is...
5/28/2012
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WHITTLESEY: United States: Graton’s Never-Ending Battle To Develop Gaming
(California) -- The Graton Rancheria was federally recognized as an Indian tribe on December 27, 2000, by an Act of Congress. The Tribe has been continuously pursuing...
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OP/ED: Casino threats surround Petaluma
(California) -- Now that the state legislature has moved with remarkable alacrity to approve a gaming compact enabling construction of an unwanted mega-casino in...
5/24/2012
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Greg Sarris Defends Casino on KQED's 'Forum'
(California) -- Greg Sarris, the tribal chairman for the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria, whose offices are located in town, rarely gives interviews. Dozens of...
5/23/2012
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Letter of the Day: ‘Feinsteinville' casino
(California) -- EDITOR: While I'm a Barack Obama supporter in every sense of the word, the last person I would vote for in the U.S. Senate race is Dianne Feinstein...
5/22/2012
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Last-Ditch Effort To Block Planned Rohnert Park Casino
(California) -- A last-ditch effort is underway to stop the Graton Rancheria Indians from beginning construction on a huge casino / hotel project just west of Highway...
5/21/2012
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County likely to set public meeting on Rohnert Park casino; critics file lawsuit
(California) -- Sonoma County supervisors today will consider giving the public a chance to weigh in on the impacts of an Indian casino next to Rohnert Park that is in...
5/19/2012
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Editorial: Rohnert Park makes bad bet on casino
(California) -- With a final signature, Gov. Jerry Brown made it official: a 3,000-slot casino is coming to Rohnert Park, the biggest gambling facility yet on the edge...
5/18/2012
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Casino in RP gaining steam
(California) -- California’s State Assembly voted 63-4 to approve a gambling pact for a tribal casino on 254 acres of former hayfields west of Rohnert Park on the...
5/17/2012
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Brown approves Rohnert Park casino compact
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed AB 517, the bill that ratifies his gambling agreement with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.
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Brown approves tribal casino in Sonoma County
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown has moved a Northern California Indian tribe one step closer to building a casino about 50 miles north of San Francisco.
5/15/2012
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Rohnert Park casino could open by 2013
(California) -- Construction work on an Indian casino outside Rohnert Park could start within months and it could be up and running next year, the Las Vegas company that...
5/14/2012
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California State Assembly Approves Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria’s Controversial Casino Compact
(California) -- On May 10, the California State Assembly ratified the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria’s compact for the tribe’s proposed 3,000-slot...
5/11/2012
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RP Casino Gets Another Legislative Green Light
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are just one approval away from clearing the decks for construction on a massive gambling casino and hotel...
5/10/2012
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State Assembly approves Rohnert Park casino compact
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria's plans to build one of California's largest casinos just outside Rohnert Park moved to the verge of...
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State Assembly approves Rohnert Park casino compact
(California) -- The plan to build one of California’s largest casinos just outside Rohnert Park moved to the verge of fruition Thursday when the state Assembly...
5/9/2012
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Assembly could vote Thursday on Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- Legislation ratifying a compact between Gov. Jerry Brown and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria to open a 3,000-slot machine casino in Rohnert...
5/8/2012
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Assemblyman Allen: Lawmaker explains opposition to area gaming compact
(California) -- Last week, the legislature held informational hearings on the proposed tribal gaming compact between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton...
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State Senate Okays Petaluma Casino Project
(California) -- Plans for a massive gambling casino and resort hotel in Rohnert Park have taken a major step forward as the State Senate in Sacramento ratifies an...
5/7/2012
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Casino Project Passes With 34-4 Senate Vote
(California) -- It's a sealed deal: The State Senate today gave the green light for the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria to open up a casino on Rohnert Park...
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Senate approves tribal casino in Sonoma County
(California) -- The state Senate has approved an agreement with a Northern California Indian tribe that plans to build a casino about 50 miles north of San Francisco.
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State Legislature fast-tracks casino plans
(California) -- The California State Legislature held its first hearing on an agreement to build a new casino on Rohnert Park’s northwest edge last Tuesday, which...
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State senate approves Rohnert Park casino compact
(California) -- The agreement that would allow the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria to proceed with a 3,000-slot machine casino outside Rohnert Park sailed through...
5/6/2012
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State Senate to vote on Rohnert Park casino compact Monday
(California) -- The state Senate is set to vote Monday on the governor's agreement with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria that the tribe needs to start work...
5/5/2012
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Casino Compact Expected to Pass State Legislature
(California) -- After a saga of embroiled community discourse, political banter and in part, a divided town, the long-planned casino directly to the west of Rohnert Park...
5/4/2012
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Southern California Tribes Divided Over Proposed Indian Casino near Rohnert Park
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria’s proposed 3,000-slot machine casino adjacent to Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California got its first...
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State Senate to vote on Rohnert Park casino compact Monday
(California) -- The state Senate is set to vote Monday on the governor's agreement with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria that the tribe needs to start work...
5/3/2012
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Healy voice of opposition to casino
(California) -- Petaluma City Councilmember Mike Healy and about a dozen other members of the Stop the Casino 101 Coalition traveled to Sacramento on Tuesday to voice...
5/2/2012
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Sarris touts Rohnert Park casino in Sacramento
(California) -- The head of the Indian tribe that plans to build a Las Vegas-style casino outside Rohnert Park said Tuesday its agreement with the state allowing the...
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Southern California tribe won't oppose Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- The Sonoma County Indian tribe that wants to open a casino adjacent to Rohnert Park secured some significant — if not exactly enthusiastic —...
5/1/2012
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BLOG: Sarris Presents “New and Novel” Argument for Rohnert Park Casino
(California) -- In hearings before the state Senate committee meeting regarding the compact between the Graton Rancheria Pomo and the State of California authorizing a...
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Sarris touts proposed Rohnert Park casino in Sacramento
(California) -- The tribal chairman of the Indian tribe that wants to build a Las Vegas-style casino outside Rohnert Park said Tuesday morning the controversial project...
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Share your thoughts on the proposed Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- A Las Vegas-style Indian casino has been proposed — and is nearing approval — for the outskirts of Rohnert Park, prompting a high-pitched...
4/30/2012
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Rohnert Park casino opponents, supporters press legislators
(California) -- Opponents of a proposed Las Vegas-style Indian casino adjacent to Rohnert Park, in what may be a last-ditch effort, are pressing state legislators to...
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Weekend Poll Shows High Percentage of Residents Oppose Casino
(California) -- A weekend "flash poll" conducted following Friday's announcement that the Graton Rancheria's bid to construct a casino in Rohnert Park...
4/29/2012
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Legislature to Decide on Casino Deal
(California) -- A month after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a tribal-state gaming compact, allowing the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria to open a Las Vegas-style...
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The enigmatic leader behind Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- Greg Sarris read, flawlessly and in a voice that carried to the corners of the high-ceilinged gallery, the new children's story he's written...
4/27/2012
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Legislature fast-tracks Rohnert Park casino deal
(California) -- The agreement to allow the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria to open a 3,000-slot machine casino on the northwest edge of Rohnert Park gets its first...
4/25/2012
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OP/ED: Rohnert Park casino: Huge site has many pros, cons
(California) -- As someone who enjoys gambling, I felt a surge of excitement when I heard that a big, Vegas-style Indian casino was approved for Rohnert Park.
4/22/2012
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OP/ED: Legislature may be last hope to stop casino
(California) -- Hopes of avoiding the crushing impacts of an unwanted mega-casino in Rohnert Park may be fading, but are not yet completely dimmed.
4/18/2012
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COURSEY: Waiting for answers on the casino
(California) -- It's the biggest private development ever proposed for the North Bay and probably the most controversial, but most of our leaders don't want to...
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Heat is on for North Coast Lawmakers to Decide on Casino Project
(California) -- The compact signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last month, giving the green light for the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria to build a proposed $433...
4/17/2012
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Casino compact puts North Bay legislators on the spot
(California) -- Political pressure is building on North Coast lawmakers to reject a gaming compact that would give the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria the right to...
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City to Send Letter Urging Legislators to Oppose Rohnert Park Casino
(California) -- The Petaluma City Council will send a letter to North Bay legislators urging them to reject the gaming contract recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that...
4/16/2012
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City Manager Issues Statement to Staff on Casino
(California) -- Over the past several days you have undoubtedly heard or read about the latest developments with the casino project in Rohnert Park. In short, Governor...
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Petaluma asks North Bay legislators to vote no on casino deal
(California) -- The Petaluma City Council Monday night agreed to ask North Bay legislators to vote against ratifying the governor’s gaming contact with the...
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Tribal gaming compact could benefit Station Casinos
(California) -- A $433 million tribal casino project in Sonoma County involving Station Casinos LLC is a step closer to becoming a reality after California Gov. Jerry...
4/15/2012
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Compact covers debt, impacts, other tribes
(California) -- Under the terms of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria's 20-year gaming compact, millions of dollars a year would flow not only to the tribe,...
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New gaming ground
(California) -- The new gaming compact giving the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria the right to open a Las Vegas-style casino resort outside Rohnert Park pushes the...
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Petaluma City Council to Take Up Vegas-Style Casino Monday
(California) -- When Gov. Jerry Brown signed the tribal-state gaming compact March 30, giving the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria to build a Las Vegas-style...
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Petaluma seeks help to halt Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- Petaluma City Council members will be asked Monday whether the city should urge North Bay legislators to reject the governor's gaming agreement with...
4/9/2012
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Rohnert Park casino project is back on
(California) -- Bring on the slot machines, card tables and martinis, Rohnert Park. A big step was taken in favor of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria for the...
4/8/2012
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OP/ED: Casino creep comes to Rohnert Park
(California) -- Indian gaming is creeping into the urban Bay Area. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a compact last month with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which...
4/5/2012
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Opponents plan to keep fighting Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- The 254-acre Indian casino-resort proposed for Rohnert Park took a major step forward last Friday, despite ongoing concern from local groups and leaders...
4/4/2012
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RP Casino Plan Clears Major Hurdle
(California) -- Construction on a controversial casino / hotel complex in Rohnert Park could begin in just a few months. Governor Jerry Brown has signed off on a gaming...
4/3/2012
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PD Editorial: Making the best of a casino in our backyard
(California) -- In the nine years since the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria first proposed building a casino and resort near Rohnert Park, the plan has been the...
4/2/2012
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Work on Rohnert Park casino could start this summer
(California) -- Work could start this summer on a $433 million Indian casino and resort project planned for the outskirts of Rohnert Park. That delights labor leaders,...
4/1/2012
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Governor Brown Signs Compact with Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
(California) -- Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Friday signed a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.
3/31/2012
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City Council on the Casino: "At This Point, We Have to Deal With It"
(California) -- In its final environmental impact statement, the Federated Inidans of the Graton Rancheria said it's lofty project — a hotel, resort and casino...
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RP casino has supporters, detractors
(California) -- Rohnert Park’s Philip Naber lived in Rocklin in 2003 when Thunder Valley Casino opened about 10 miles down the road, so he has seen what happens in...
3/30/2012
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Brown inks pact with Northern California tribe
(California) -- In the biggest tribal casino deal of his tenure, Gov. Jerry Brown signaled Friday that he wants tribes and surrounding communities, not the state, to...
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Brown OKs deal for Indian casino in Sonoma County
(California) -- There's one less obstacle to a casino in Sonoma County as of Friday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a gaming compact between the state and the...
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Brown signs casino compact with tribe
(California) -- A Native American tribe's plans for a Las Vegas-style casino about 50 miles north of San Francisco got a big boost on Friday when the governor signed...
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Gov. Brown OK's Gaming Compact for Rohnert Park Casino
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown today signed a tribal-state gaming compact, allowing the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria to open a Las Vegas-style casino in...
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Governor grants gaming compact for Rohnert Park casino
(California) -- The Indian casino-resort proposed for the outskirts of Rohnert Park cleared a major final hurdle Friday, securing the state compact needed before...
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Jerry Brown signs compact for Sonoma County Indian casino
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown today signed an Indian gambling compact allowing development of a casino near the Sonoma County city of Rohnert Park.
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