Senate rejects Navajo gambling compact

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers have dealt a setback to the Navajo Nation by rejecting a gambling compact that would have allowed the state’s largest American Indian tribe to open three additional casinos.

The Senate voted 31-10 against the agreement Wednesday, which the House had approved the day before.

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