Hawaii County Council rejects high-stakes bingo

Published August 28, 2013

Hawaii County Council rejects high-stakes bingo

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"It's like an addiction," said Hamakua Councilwoman Valerie Poindexter. "We're dangling this carrot in front of these people." Those in favor of the idea said the county needs to explore creative ways to make money. "I don't see any other outside-the …
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Our Growing Digital Divide

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The problem has grown so much that the Internet Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center will open to inpatient treatment at Pennsylvania's Bradford Regional Medical Center. The center will be the first in the nation to offer medically based digital …
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State placed its bet

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State officials shouldn't have any trouble finding productive ways to spend the $ 1.2 million the Legislature has provided for the current fiscal year to locate and help Kansans addicted to gambling. The funding allocation is about $ 400,000 more than …
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