Whoops.
https://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/m...glect-emergenc
Quote:
Legislators in Massachusetts forgot to pass a bill to keep horse racing legal, and hundreds of people could be out of work as a result.
Last night was a late one for the state's lawmakers, who worked into the early hours of the morning before the end of this year's formal legislative session. But they did not address the imminent expiration of a law that kept live-and-simulcast horse racing legal through July 31.
Bill H.4809, an "emergency law" that essentially extends the expiring legislation, had already passed both houses of the state legislature. But lawmakers went home without taking up needed procedural votes on the bill, the Associated Press reports.
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Suffolk already closed today for simulcasting, and may have to cancel weekend racing (along with Plainridge) if lawmakers can't fix this before then.
