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N.Y. Gov. Hochul blasts Spurs and Ticketmaster for blocking Knicks fans from Finals

N.Y. Gov. Hochul blasts Spurs and Ticketmaster for blocking Knicks fans from Finals

Published by Sam Flores

She felt spurred to act. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed Ticketmaster and the San Antonio Spurs for barring fans who live outside the San Antonio area from purchasing tickets to Game 5 of the NBA Finals. “Knicks fans finally get within one game of a championship and their reward is having their tickets canceled?” Hochul wrote in a post on X. “Thousands of New Yorkers bought tickets, booked flights, and made plans in good faith.” “Ticketmaster and the Spurs should reverse this decision and let the fans who bought those seats keep them. Until then, on behalf of Knicks fans everywhere, I’m calling foul,” she added. New York Attorney General Letitia James also called for the restrictions to be lifted. “My office is demanding the @spurs remove this policy and allow @nyknicks fans and anyone who can buy tickets for tonight’s game to be able to attend,” James said in a post on X. “Let’s go Knicks.” Ticketmaster said …

Gov. Reynolds signs Iowa sweepstakes and gambling crackdown expanding enforcement and revising tax withholding

Gov. Reynolds signs Iowa sweepstakes and gambling crackdown expanding enforcement and revising tax withholding

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has approved a wide-ranging gambling bill that strengthens enforcement against unlicensed sweepstakes operators while reshaping how the state handles tax withholding on gambling winnings. Reynolds signed Senate File 2289 on May 15, giving the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission expanded authority to pursue unauthorized betting and sweepstakes businesses operating in the state. It also updates financial reporting rules tied to gambling payouts and raises reimbursement limits for commission members. In a letter sent to Secretary of State Paul Pate, Reynolds wrote, “I hereby transmit: Senate File 2289, an Act relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and including effective date provisions.” She added, “The above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.” The legislation allows state regulators to issue enforcement actions against companies or individuals offering gambling products in Iowa without proper licensing approval. This applies to sports wagering, fantasy sports contests, pari-mutuel wagering, advance deposit wagering, and sweepstakes-style gambling platforms. One section of the legislation states the commission may take action “including …

Colorado Gov. Polis reduces sentence of Trump ally Tina Peters : NPR

Colorado Gov. Polis reduces sentence of Trump ally Tina Peters : NPR

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Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial on March 3, 2023. Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP/Pool hide caption toggle caption Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP/Pool DENVER — Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has reduced the state prison sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted of tampering with election equipment, and said she would be released on parole June 1, 2026.  The controversial decision follows a months-long pressure campaign from President Trump and his administration to free Peters from state custody. In April, a state appeals court upheld Peters’ 2024 conviction but ruled that she should be re-sentenced, saying that the trial court judge who issued her nearly nine-year sentence improperly factored in her protected speech. Peters was convicted for her role in facilitating a security breach of Mesa County’s voting machines when she was clerk and recorder. The incident occurred six months after the 2020 election, as part of her effort to prove Trump’s baseless claims of a rigged election. Peters’ conviction and …

Gov. Evers bars Wisconsin employees from exploiting insider information through prediction markets

Gov. Evers bars Wisconsin employees from exploiting insider information through prediction markets

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Thursday (May 14) blocking state employees from using confidential government information to make money through prediction markets and online betting platforms. The order is aimed at tightening ethics rules as wagering markets tied to politics, sports, and government activity continue growing across the country. Executive Order 294 applies to executive branch workers and bars them from using nonpublic information obtained through state jobs to personally profit, avoid losses, or help others financially benefit through prediction markets or related betting activity. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order banning state government workers from using insider info to trade via prediction markets: pic.twitter.com/FfSBQt2y8B — Geoff Zochodne (@GeoffZochodne) May 14, 2026 “State workers in Wisconsin work hard every day in dedicated service of the people of our state, often going above and beyond their job description and daily responsibilities to support Wisconsinites and our communities and meet their needs,” Evers said in a statement. “Maintaining public trust and confidence in our state government demands and depends upon transparency, …

Read the Indictment of Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of Mexico and Others

Read the Indictment of Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of Mexico and Others

Published by Sam Flores

1 were killed. Specifically, under MILLAN’s command, municipal officers, in a patrol car, stopped the CS and CS Relative-1, kidnapped them, and turned them over to Cartel sicarios, who tortured and then killed those and other victims. (Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1201(c) and 3238.) FORFEITURE ALLEGATIONS 49. As a result of committing the controlled substance offense charged in Count One of this Indictment, RUBEN ROCHA MOYA, ENRIQUE INZUNZA CAZAREZ, ENRIQUE DIAZ VEGA, DAMASO CASTRO ZAAVEDRA, MARCO ANTONIO ALMANZA AVILES, ALBERTO JORGE CONTRERAS NUNEZ, a/k/a “Cholo,” GERARDO MERIDA SANCHEZ, JOSE ANTONIO DIONISIO HIPOLITO, a/k/a “Tornado,” JUAN DE DIOS GAMEZ MENDIVIL, and JUAN VALENZUELA MILLAN, a/k/a “Juanito,” the defendants, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Sections 853 and 970, any and all property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the defendants obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of the offense, and any and all property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, and to facilitate …

New Acting Lt. Gov. Chosen in Hawaii as Luke Takes Leave of Absence

New Acting Lt. Gov. Chosen in Hawaii as Luke Takes Leave of Absence

Published by Sam Flores

Sylvia Luke, the embattled lieutenant governor of Hawaiʻi, said Thursday she will take an indefinite leave of absence without pay. “This decision is not made lightly,” she said in a press release. “Serving the people of Hawai‘i has been the honor of my professional life, and I remain deeply committed to the responsibilities entrusted to me.” She added, “I understand that allegations which have been made against me are concerning. I ask for the public’s understanding and to allow this process to move forward appropriately.” The announcement came just hours after Luke met with Gov. Josh Green at the State Capitol. On Wednesday, Luke’s attorney confirmed the Hawaiʻi attorney general’s Special Investigations and Prosecution Division considers Luke a target in an investigation of $35,000 given to an influential state lawmaker in 2022. Thursday’s press release said Luke would not give any interviews. In a written statement, Green said he asked Luke to take leave “until the investigation is resolved, so government can remain focused on serving the people of Hawaii.” Later Thursday, the governor designated …

Gov. Hochul bans insider prediction market trades for New York State workers

Gov. Hochul bans insider prediction market trades for New York State workers

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order blocking state workers from using confidential government information to make money on prediction markets, calling the practice a threat to public trust. The order was signed on Wednesday (April 22) in Albany and took effect immediately. It applies to covered state officers and employees. They are barred from using “any nonpublic information obtained in the course of their official duties” to seek gains or avoid losses through trades on prediction market platforms. They also cannot help other people profit by passing along inside information. NEW: @GovKathyHochul signs EO No. 60 barring state workers from using insider info to profit on prediction markets, violation means firing @RWW #PredictionMarkets pic.twitter.com/b6kyiGngD5 — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) April 22, 2026 Violations can bring dismissal, other discipline, and possible referrals to law enforcement or ethics agencies. “Getting rich by betting on inside information is corruption, plain and simple,” Hochul said in the state’s announcement. “Our actions will ensure that public servants work for the people they represent, not their own personal …

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax And Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax And Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

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Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia, and his wife, Cerina Fairfax, a dentist, were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at their home shortly after midnight on Thursday, according to Fairfax County police. Justin Fairfax in 2019. He served as Virginia’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022.Credit…Parker Michels-Boyce for The New York Times Fairfax, 47, shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, Police Chief Kevin Davis said. The couple’s teenage children were home at the time of the shootings. Davis described the deaths as the result of an “ongoing domestic dispute surrounding a complicated or messy divorce.” Court records show that the Fairfaxes had been engaged in divorce proceedings this year. Fairfax, a Democrat, served as Virginia’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022 after winning election in 2017 alongside Gov. Ralph Northam. He largely remained out of the spotlight until 2019, when a series of scandals engulfed the state’s Democratic leadership. The crisis began when old medical school yearbook photos surfaced appearing to show Governor Northam in blackface. As …

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife and dies by suicide

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife and dies by suicide

Published by Sam Flores

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Gov. Evers bars Wisconsin employees from exploiting insider information through prediction markets

Gov. Evers signs bill expanding tribal mobile sports betting across Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a new law that could reshape how sports betting works across the state, especially for tribal nations looking to expand into mobile wagering. The measure, Assembly Bill 601, became law on Thursday (April 9) and sets up a framework that allows bets placed on phones anywhere in Wisconsin to be treated as legal, as long as those wagers are routed through servers located on tribal land. The activity must still operate under existing tribal-state gaming compacts, which have governed casino gaming for decades. Evers framed the change as a potential economic boost for tribes that have not yet been able to fully participate in mobile betting. “This bill means a broader collection of Tribal Nations in Wisconsin could reap the benefits of increased gaming revenues,” Evers wrote. He added that mobile sports wagering presents “an opportunity to help level the playing field to ensure every Tribal Nation in Wisconsin can benefit from the increased revenues.” NEW: Wisconsin @GovEvers signs AB 601, expanding tribal gaming revenue opportunities while urging fair, …