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  • May 29, 2026

    Wis. Says CFTC Lacks Standing To Block Its Betting Regs

    Wisconsin told a federal judge on Friday that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission failed to specify injuries in a lawsuit seeking to block the state from regulating prediction market platforms, while also arguing against platforms' bid to intervene in the case.

  • May 29, 2026

    Sacramento Makes Pitch For Full-Time MLB Expansion Team

    Sacramento business and political leaders have started a campaign to bring a Major League Baseball expansion team to the area, unveiling plans to build a stadium and mixed-use development next to the temporary minor league home of MLB's Athletics.

  • May 29, 2026

    Preservation Group Wants Feds To Stop DC Golf Course Plans

    A District of Columbia preservationist group and two recreational golfers told the D.C. federal court not to toss their golf course suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and its U.S. National Park Service, arguing that the federal government needs to be stopped because it is currently going forward with its plans to turn a public park's historic recreational golf course into a professional golfing venue despite claiming otherwise.

  • May 29, 2026

    U. Of Oregon Women Athletes Denied Class Cert. In Bias Suit

    An Oregon federal judge has ruled that four proposed classes of women athletes accusing the University of Oregon of treating them unequally compared with men did not meet class certification criteria but said certifying another group later was possible.

  • May 29, 2026

    Hockey Governing Body Opens Door To End Ban On Russia

    The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that it will reconsider its current ban of Russia from competition and said that it would evaluate the country's return on an "event-by-event basis.''

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