July 29, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Restoration of payments for Pennsylvania breeder and stallion awards that have been suspended since late March because of incorrect language in an omnibus horseracing [...]
July 15, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association July 15 said it continues to work on restoring payments for breeder and stallion awards after corrective language failed [...]
July 13, 2016 Blood-Horse Staff Two members of Congress who support pari-mutuel tax changes submitted a joint letter July 12 urging the United States Department of Treasury to finalize new [...]
Two U.S. congressmen, Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), have submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urging finalization of proposed rule changes regarding withholding and [...]
July 12, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Pennsylvania Senate July 11 passed a bill that in part restores earlier language that governs the state Thoroughbred breeding fund. The measure was [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill Thursday evening that includes report language detailing Committee on Appropriations instructions for the [...]
July 7, 2016 Tom Precious, Blood-Horse A recent move by New York legislators to scare off investors in possible future casinos in New Jersey could backfire, according to the operator [...]
June 30, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Pennsylvania House of Representatives June 30 approved substantive changes to the Thoroughbred breeding fund, some payments from which have been suspended for months [...]
June 28, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Legislation that would change the parameters of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Breeding Fund cleared a House of Representatives committee June 27. The bill, which heads [...]
June 28, 2016 Lynne Snierson, Blood-Horse A statewide referendum to allow a slot-machine parlor adjacent to Suffolk Downs will move forward after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled June 28 [...]
