LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A Native American tribe has contributed about $1.4
million to a ballot initiative to authorize four casinos in Arkansas.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Quapaw Tribe in Oklahoma donated $191,000 to the Driving Arkansas Forward committee in August, pushing the tribe’s total contributions to $1.4 million.
The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the Arkansas State Racing
Commission to issue licenses two new casinos, one near Pine Bluff and the other
near Russellville. The ballot proposal will also expand gambling operations for
Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs and Southland Racing Corp. in West Memphis.
Republican Secretary of State Mark Martin certified the casino proposal for the
Nov. 6th ballot.
Two committees asked the state Supreme Court last week to strike the proposal
from the ballot.
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