She didn’t tell me,”<\/strong> Smith claimed. “Any involvement by her would not change my opinion that letting the people of that area vote on the issue is the correct vote.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt wasn’t known as of Friday afternoon where the Senate would direct HB702 for initial committee consideration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nProject Scope<\/b><\/h2>\n
P2E has presented St. Tammany with a $250 million blueprint featuring a 250-room hotel. The company is targeting land at the Lakeshore Marina near the Blind Tiger restaurant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe development would spur 1,600 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent positions, P2E suggests. The company has additionally sweetened the pot by telling the parish that it will donate $5 million to help build the $9 million Slidell ring levee that has been stalled since 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Louisiana House has passed a bill that would allow voters in St. Tammany Parish to decide whether they wish to authorize commercial gambling. After stalling on Wednesday, House lawmakers yesterday voted 63-28 in favor of House Bill 702. Introduced by Rep. Mary DuBuisson (R-Slidell), the legislation would place a ballot referendum question before local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":173666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Louisiana House Passes St. Tammany Casino Bill, Moves to Senate<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n