Leaders of three Indian tribes today echoed Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn's revived call for legalizing video lottery terminals at dog and race tracks. A House panel took testimony with an eye on Gov. Rick Perry possibly calling a spring special session to overhaul the way Texas funds public schools. Perry has said he will call legislators into session if a consensus plan emerges. Representatives of the Kickapoo, Alabama-Coushatta and Tigua tribes each told the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee they support legalizing VLTs, which are like slot machines. Strayhorn, reminding legislators that any form of state-approved gambling also becomes legal for Native American tribes, said: “We need to approach the tribes respectfully as partners, or we risk losing them entirely.”

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