Kentucky bill to expand gaming lacks crucial votes

Cincinnati.com – About 35 legislators attended a news conference Monday aimed at giving the casino issue a boost in the final days of the 2014 session, but seconds after it was over House Speaker Greg Stumbo said the issue still is effectively dead this year. “I’m just saying what members are saying,” said Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg. “What we’re running into as we count votes is they know that the Senate’s not going to act.” The expanded gambling issue remains locked in a stalemate between the Democratic-majority House and Republican-majority Senate, with both chambers’ leaders saying the other needs to act first….