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By Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Gov. Robert Bentley called Tuesday night for new economic development legislation and special tax credits for teachers, while promising to protect Public Safety, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Resources from potentially steep cuts in the state's General Fund.
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By The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
Former Alabama long snapper Carson Tinker received a standing ovation as Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley held him up as an example of strength in the face of adversity during his Tuesday evening "State of the State" address.
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AL: Bentley calls for cuts to government, funding and reform for schools
By Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Gov. Robert Bentley called Tuesday night for new economic development legislation and special tax credits for teachers, while promising to protect Public Safety, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Resources from potentially steep cuts in the state's General Fund.
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CT: Malloy urges new tenure rules for Connecticut teachers
By Peter Applebome, The New York Times
HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed a broad set of education initiatives, including major changes to teacher tenure, on Wednesday in his second State of the State address, a speech that found his efforts split between unfinished business from his first year in office and a new agenda for his second.
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OH: Buckeye booster
By Staff, The Columbus Dispatch
Gov. John Kasich's State of the State speech on Tuesday ensured at least one thing: He will go down in history as one of the great cheerleaders for the Buckeye State, perhaps rivaling Gov. James A. Rhodes.
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OH: Kasich on Ohio -- 'We're alive again'
By Joe Vardon, The Columbus Dispatch
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — A $10 million program to boost the state's broadband speeds tenfold and establish a $2.3 million broadband testing center at Ohio State University was the pre-eminent policy announcement Gov. John Kasich made in his State of the State address yesterday — historic for its circumstance but ripped by Democrats for being short on specifics.
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OH: Little meat in Kasich speech
By Darrel Rowland, The Columbus Dispatch
It's been almost 30 years since that TV commercial in which an incredulous Clara Peller demanded to know, "Where's the beef?"
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OH: Cows, Seinfeld ramble into Kasich's speech
By Paul E. Kostyu, The Cincinnati Enquirer
STEUBENVILLE — Non-bluetongue cows going to Turkey. A dream about Jerry Seinfeld in the back seat of a car. Californians are "a bunch of wackadoodles."
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PA: Corbett calls fiscal plan 'lean and demanding'
By Laura Olson and Karen Langly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Facing a budget deficit that is a half-billion dollars and growing, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed an austere spending plan for next year that would slash millions from state universities and revamp how counties receive aid for human-services programs.
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Ten states join effort to buy natural gas vehicles
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline Staff Writer
TRANSPORTATION BEAT: Last fall, the governors of Oklahoma and Colorado announced a plan to get states to buy 5,000 vehicles powered by natural gas. So far, 10 states have joined the effort.
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