1.   Backers have gathered enough petitions and now the high court must decide whether the wording of a proposed statewide referendum on the issue is constitutional.

2.   Before the Legislature can consider them, voters must first approve them in a statewide referendum.

3.   A statewide referendum on the issue will be held next Tuesday.

4.   A statewide referendum provides a politically safer way for lawmakers to handle the issue without disclosing their positions on the Confederate symbol.

5.   A statewide referendum will decide if banks and other financial institutions can continue to share or sell data without obtaining customer permission.

6.   After that, changes on the City Council led to tighter enforcement of existing regulations, and the decision by owners to seek a statewide referendum.

7.   But, they said, tracks suffer unfairly because of the requirements for statewide referendums on phone and off-track betting.

8.   Chairman Keith Oakley, D-Terrell, has filed a bill requiring a statewide referendum on the issue.

9.   Democrats control the Legislature, but the top Republicans have endorsed the tax idea, which would require a statewide referendum.

10.   Eighty-eight percent said they would be willing to participate in a statewide referendum vote on the issue.