Thirty Thousand Additional H-2B Visas Now Available for Fiscal Year 2019
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2019) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began accepting petitions on Wednesday, May 8 for 30,000 additional H-2B visas restricted to returning workers for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. Rules [...]
NTRA Horse PAC® Surpasses $4 million in Federal Support
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 18, 2019) – Horse PAC®, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA)’s bipartisan federal Political Action Committee, has surpassed over $4 million in support for federal political candidates since its inception. Since [...]
NTRA Horse PAC-Supported Candidates Have Strong Showing On Election Day
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), today announced that 51 of the 54 federal candidates it supported during the 2015/2016 election cycle won their races on Tuesday. Horse PAC® disbursed $579,000 to candidates during the [...]
Learn More About the NTRA’s Government Affairs Consultants at the Alpine Group
July 14, 2016 The NTRA has retained the Alpine Group in Washington, D.C., to provide expert federal government advocacy for the horse racing and breeding industry since 2000. Alpine is a bipartisan firm located on [...]
Update on Tax Modernization for Pari-Mutuel Winnings
June 22, 2016 UPDATE ON TAX MODERNIZATION FOR PARI-MUTUEL WINNINGS Modernization of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations for withholding and reporting pari-mutuel winnings continues to progress in Washington, D.C. Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. [...]