NTRA Update on Additional H-2B Visas for FY 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 13, 2022: Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL), announced they will be issuing a regulation that will make an additional [...]
FYI – H-2B Visa Cap Met for First Half of Fiscal Year 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., September 14, 2022 - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today they have received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B [...]
Thoroughbred Industry Signals Strong Support for HISA in Letter to Congressional Leadership
WASHINGTON, DC (September 7, 2022) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today sent a letter to leaders on Capitol Hill expressing the overwhelming support from the Thoroughbred breeding and [...]
ICYMI: NTRA Update on Thoroughbred Industry Impact from Recently Passed Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 15, 2022: As expected, last week the House of Representatives passed the $700 billion clean energy and tax reconciliation bill, which will be signed into law [...]
NTRA Update on Thoroughbred Industry Impact from Senate Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 9, 2022: This past weekend, the Senate passed a landmark tax, climate, and health-care bill by a vote of 51-50. The good news for the Thoroughbred [...]
NTRA Encouraged by House Appropriations Committee Adoption of H-2B Relief Language in Appropriations Bill
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) is pleased that the House Appropriations Committee adopted critical H-2B relief language in fiscal year ‘23 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Bill. [...]
NTRA Hires Director of Government Affairs
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today the hire of Jordan Bonfitto to serve as NTRA’s Director Of Government Affairs. Bonfitto will be based in the newly opened Washington, D.C. [...]
NTRA Opens Office in Washington, D.C.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) officially opened its Washington, D.C. office on June 1, 2022. NTRA’s new presence in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the hiring of President and [...]
NTRA Statement on DHS and DOL Announcement of Additional H-2B Visas
Lexington, KY, May 17, 2022 – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) commends the decision announced by the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) to make an [...]
ICYMI: NTRA President & CEO Tom Rooney Talks to TVG on First 100 Days and Future of NTRA
LEXINGTON, KY, April 15, 2022: In case you missed it, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) President and CEO Tom Rooney joined TVG’s Todd Schrupp while visiting Keeneland this [...]