The state Department of Transportation is balking at issuing the United Auto Workers union a permit allowing workers to gather this weekend along Route 2 in front of Foxwoods to protest the grand opening of the new MGM Grand.
The union, which won an election last fall to represent table game dealers at Foxwoods, applied for [...]

The United Auto Workers are going ahead with plans to picket the opening of MGM Grand at Foxwoods this weekend.
The union will stage a number of protests and demonstrations Saturday and Sunday at the Route 2 entrances to the casino, union officials said. MGM Grand is scheduled to open to the public at midnight Saturday [...]

On Wednesday, a federal grand jury alleged Christensen had stepped out of bounds, indicting the 65-year-old attorney on wiretapping and conspiracy charges. Christensen allegedly paid Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano at least $100,000 to tap the phones of Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, a former tennis pro who was married to the mogul for only a month [...]