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Casinos and consulting? Pandemic spurs tribes to diversify
WFXT via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for three months in 2020,...
4 Connecticut school districts will break state law to keep Native American mascots
Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoNative American mascots are being phased out around the country at every level of sports, but four...
Mashantuckets' latest venture: Wondr Nation, an online gaming company
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 20—MASHANTUCKET — In a bid to expand its digital footprint, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which owns Foxwoods Resort Casino, has launched Wondr Nation, on online gaming entertainment company ...
Connecticut’s tribal nations, Department of Education partnering to develop Native American studies...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRepresentatives from Connecticut’s five sovereign tribal nations, the governor and other state leaders met in Hartford Wednesday to announce a historic collaboration between the Native American ...
Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., maverick senator during Watergate, dies at 92
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLowell P. Weicker Jr., a Republican U.S. senator who tussled with his own party during the Watergate...
Mashantucket tribal council member charged in connection with fireworks explosion
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoApr. 29—MASHANTUCKET — Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council member Daniel W. Menihan is facing charges in connection with an incident last July 4 in which fireworks exploded injuring several adults ...
Butler finds time to highlight Foxwoods' place in Connecticut economy
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoSep. 14—HARTFORD — Mashantucket Pequot Chairman Rodney Butler, the keynote speaker Thursday at an annual Connecticut Business and Industry Association event, could have made his point about ...
GOP picks Stefanowski for gov.; Dems OK Blumenthal in senate
The Bulletin via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Republicans — gambling on the second time being the charm —...
Mashantucket-Mohegan Fund grants would more than double in 2025-26
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoApr. 24—Municipalities' share of the gaming revenues the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes pay the state would more than double under a bill advanced last week by the legislature's Appropriations ...
Killingly just lost $94K in revenue over the town's school mascot. Why, and what it means.
The Bulletin via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA state review has found the town of Killingly is ineligible to receive nearly $100,000 in tribal...