Move to end smoking at Iowa casinos fails in Senate subcommittee

A bill to ban smoking at Iowa casinos has failed to clear a subcommittee in the Iowa Senate as operators of state licensed casinos objected, arguing they’d lose customers. Tony Phillips is a lobbyist for Penn Gaming, which operates the Ameristar Casino in Council Bluffs.  “Just a blocks away from our facility in Council Bluffs […]

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