Budget

Although Running Aces Harness Park has now been completely shut down for one full week due to a State of Minnesota budget impasse between the Governor and the Legislature, the track has joined thoroug...

On Wednesday, June 15, Canterbury Park Holding Corporation reported that it may be forced to suspend substantially all of its operations on July 1, 2011 if the current budget impasse between Minnesota

On Friday, May 27 a bill which will see racetracks in Illinois transform into racinos cleared a House Committee. The bill had been voted down and thought to be dead just

Indiana legislators are currently working on a two-year, $28 billion budget which could see the state's subsidy to its horse racing industry cut by more than half. Many are calling for such a move, al...

With money tight everywhere, state budgets a challenge, and deficits not going away, when racino proponents come out and say they can provide instantaneous revenue for the state, it is hard for the de...

During a New York State budget presentation on Tuesday, February 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a 2.75 per cent surcharge on race purses. In turn, horsepeople have said the move will offset gains f...

With budgeting crunching on the horizon in Indiana, the state's horse racing industry is doing all it can to ensure its lucrative subsidy stays intact

The governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, has put the challenge of passing slots at tracks directly into the