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Senate committee hears nominees for Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission; nominees stress racing, regulation and economic benefits
Summary
The General Affairs Committee heard two nominees for the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission who emphasized restoring horse racing, coordinating with new casinos and maintaining regulatory safeguards; no committee vote was taken.
Jay Christopher Stinson, a current appointee to the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission, told the Nebraska Legislature’s General Affairs Committee that the commission’s role is regulatory and that recent casino openings create an opportunity to revive horse racing in the state.
Stinson, a nominee appointed by Gov. Jim Pillen and serving as an at-large commissioner, told the committee, “we are regulators, nothing more.” He traced the commission’s history to its 1935 founding and said the panel expanded over time; he described a decline in U.S. thoroughbred foal crops from…
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