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The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has gotten a green light to pursue a casino in Massachusetts after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs opted to take no action to block a revised casino compact with the state.       The bureau had rejected an earlier agreement.  ...

Leaders of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe say they're confident a revised casino compact with Massachusetts will be approved by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.       Gov. Deval Patrick signed the compact Friday in a brief Statehouse ceremony.  ...

The Massachusetts Senate has approved a revised casino compact between Gov. Deval Patrick and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which is seeking to build a resort casino in Taunton.       The agreement, reached between the tribe and the governor in March, was approved Thursday on a voice vote. The...

The week ahead could be crucial for the casino process in southeastern Massachusetts.       Gov. Deval Patrick and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe say they have an agreement in principle on a new compact that could be signed in the coming days and help jumpstart the tribe's proposal to build a resort casino in Taunton...

The state and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe may be moving closer to finalizing a revised casino compact.       Gov. Deval Patrick said Monday that officials from his administration and representatives of the tribe discussed a framework for a new compact with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington last week...