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Port Yankton Returns to the South Dakota Legislature

Port Yankton Returns to the South Dakota Legislature

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Backers of the Port Yankton casino project are again asking lawmakers to put a constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot, allowing one license to be authorized for Yankton.
Former Representative Nick Moser says conditions have changed since last year…

The bill failed on the Senate floor last year.
Moser says legislators should decide each proposal seperately…

Moser says this year they propose to dedicate tax revenues from the gaming…

The Port Yankton proposal would build a multimillion-dollar entertainment and hotel complex near the Missouri River in Yankton.

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