(Radio Iowa) – A five-year moratorium on new casinos in the state has stalled in the Iowa Senate.
The bill easily cleared the Iowa House last week, but Senator Ken Rozenboom — chairman of the Senate State Government Committee — says the bill does not have enough support from Senate Republicans to advance all the way through the process. Rozenboom, a Republican from Oskaloosa who says he’s no fan of gambling, says this means the legislature will not be micromanaging the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.
The commission meets Thursday to decide whether to issue a state license for a 275 MILLION dollar casino project in Cedar Rapids. The panel rejected casino proposals for Cedar Rapids in 2014 and again 2017.
