January 22, 2010
Mississippi
By Phil West @ the Commercial Appeal
Compulsive gambling will not become grounds for divorce in Mississippi, House members decided Thursday.
The legislation’s sponsor, Rep. Mark Duvall, D-Mantachie, cited the case of a couple in his district where the husband had gambled away much of their joint retirement funds, but the wife had no other grounds for [...]
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January 13, 2010
Alabama
BY SEBASTIAN KITCHEN AND MARKESHIA RICKS @ the Montgomery Advertiser
A link to the Governor”s State of the State speech
Gov. Bob Riley, in his last state of the state address Tuesday, bashed attempts to expand gambling in the state and called on lawmakers to pass ethics reform, approve charter schools and back up the state’s commitment [...]
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