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Melissa Maynard and Jim Malewitz, Stateline Staff Writers
Rick Snyder hasn’t followed the confrontational path of many Republican governors elected in 2010. In a Stateline interview, he explains some of his strategies.
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By John Gramlich, Stateline Staff Writer
TODAY'S TAKE: A political drama has been unfolding at the Colorado statehouse, where a lawmaker is considering a party change that could fundamentally shift the balance of power in the legislature.
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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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AL: Immigration the 'must see' political fight of 2012 session
By George Talbot, Mobile Register
There will be conflict over charter schools, a rumble over redistricting and a battle royale over the state budget. But perhaps no debate in the new session of the Alabama Legislature involves bigger stakes than the effort to revise the state's immigration law.
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AZ: Arizona lawmakers target public workers' unions
By Ted Robbins, National Public Radio
Labor unions are scheduled to rally in front of the Arizona State Capitol Thursday afternoon to protest four bills quickly moving through the state legislature that could make last year's Wisconsin labor laws look modest by comparison.
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AZ: Ind. lawmaker says school bus fees increase risk
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Indiana's public school districts wouldn't be able to end school bus service for their students under a proposal advancing in the General Assembly after protests from parents in a suburban Indianapolis district who now face annual bills of more than $400 a child for rides to and from school.
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AZ: Abortion opponents lack follow-up
By E.J. Montini, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
I got a call from a reader Wednesday who remembered seeing me at the state Capitol in 1988 on the day the Arizona House voted on a bill to ban abortion.
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AZ: Bill would allow troubled schools to get help quicker
By Brittany Smith, Cronkite News Service
Allowing education officials to immediately assign schools failing grades under Arizona's new system for measuring performance would allow troubled schools to get help faster, a state lawmaker contends.
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AZ: Arizona loses out on $1.9 billion
By Mar Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Arizona has lost an estimated $1.9 billion over the last decade because it doesn't tax online sales, a study commissioned by the Arizona Retailers Association said.
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AZ: GOP senators meet behind closed doors
By The Associated Press, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Republican state senators got a closed-door briefing on Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal to change the state government's personnel system.
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AZ: Bill would impose new abortion restrictions in Arizona
By Paul Davenport, The Associated Press, Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix)
A sweeping anti-abortion bill would generally ban abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy and impose an array of new disclosure requirements, including having the state post online depictions of fetuses at two-week intervals.
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AZ: Brewer files SB1070 appeal in Supreme Court
By The Associated Press, Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix)
Lawyers for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed their opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in her appeal of a ruling that blocked enforcement of the most controversial sections of the state's immigration enforcement law.
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CA: Proposition 8 ruling was just but wobbly
By Staff, The Washington Post
Is it unconstitutional to forbid same-sex couples from calling their unions a "marriage" if — as is the case in California — they enjoy the same legal rights and responsibilities as opposite-sex partners in the state?
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CA: Gay marriage foes weigh their next move
By Howard Mintz, Contra Costa Times
Same-sex marriage foes now have a simple choice in the legal battle over California's Proposition 8 -- ask a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling invalidating the voter-approved ban on gay nuptials, with low odds of success. Or move swiftly to the more conservative U.S. Supreme Court, thrusting the same-sex marriage debate to the high court's docket in the midst of presidential election campaigning.
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CA: Time for a truce on tax-hike initiatives
By George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
If the California Capitol were a classic movie, the governor would be telling his consigliere to arrange a meeting with the heads of the five families.
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CA: No closure in sight for Golden State
By Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Wall Street Journal
Opponents and backers of gay marriage in California are caught in a waiting game. As the battle over California's Proposition 8 gay-marriage ban continues to make its way through the courts, the state may not have a final verdict until 2013.
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CA: Ruling may add to political fracas
By Jess Bravin and Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Wall Street Journal
Gay marriage already has become an issue in the presidential race. The major Republican candidates, except Ron Paul, have signed a pledge saying they are committed to an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning same-sex marriage.
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CA: A ruling for equal rights
By Staff, The New York Times
This nation still has a long way to go to overcome one of the great remaining barriers to full equality and fairness, but a federal appeals court panel brought it a big step closer with a well-grounded ruling on Tuesday striking down a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California.
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CA: Divided court rejects Proposition 8
By Maura Dolan and Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES -- A federal appeals court has declared California's 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, concluding that the prohibition served no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians."
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CO: What went wrong for Mitt Romney in Colorado?
By Amanda Paulson, The Christian Science Monitor
Mitt Romney downplayed expectations going into Tuesday night, and it was predicted he could lose to Rick Santorum in Minnesota and Missouri. But his loss in Colorado was a shocker.
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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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CT: Malloy to add funds to private human service providers, nursing home "right-sizing"
By Arielle Levin Becker, The Connecticut Mirror
The health and human services portions of Malloy's proposed budget adjustments include money to support an effort to move people out of nursing homes, fund nursing homes that consider providing long-term care to people leaving prisons and state institutions, add three childhood vaccines to the state's program and offer the first funding boost in five years to private human services providers.
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CT: Red ink, spending cap threaten new budget next year
By Keith M. Phaneuf, The Connecticut Mirror
One year after building the largest fiscal security blanket in more than two decades of state budgets, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy moved onto the fiscal high wire Wednesday without a net.
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CT: Malloy proposes $50 million increase in ECS funding
By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy asked state legislators today to send an additional $50 million to local school districts, a move that school advocates say will cover a small portion of what the state actually owes them.
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CT: State of the State -- A governor striving to be a reformer
By Mark Pazniokas, The Connecticut Mirror
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy used a televised State of the State address Wednesday to jump into the thicket of teacher tenure reform, a popular issue with voters, yet fraught with potential pitfalls for a Democrat narrowly elected with the support of organized labor.
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CT: Running Connecticut like a mayor, not a king
By Peter Applebome, The New York Times
HARTFORD — "Let's play a game," says Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, an unexpected suggestion from someone whom no one describes as a fun and games kind of guy. But then comes the game.
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CT: Malloy likely to keep plenty of state jobs vacant
By Keith M. Phaneuf, The Connecticut Mirror
Whatever new initiatives Gov. Dannel P. Malloy unveils Wednesday in his revised budget for the next fiscal year, he likely won't be asking for much extra staffing to carry them out.
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CT: To open new session, Malloy on message -- as usual
By Mark Pazniokas, The Connecticut Mirror
On the eve of his second State of the State address, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy refused to go off-message, even if the topic was a favorable poll from a surprising source: a conservative think tank that often criticizes the Democratic governor.
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CT: Malloy wants to eliminate 25 boards, commissions
By Bernie Davidow, The Hartford Courant
In the legislative session that begins Wednesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will ask lawmakers to eliminate 25 boards and commissions to shrink the size of government, his office announced this morning.
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CT: Malloy calls for tougher standards for teacher education
By Ken Dixon and Linda Conner Lambeck, Connecticut Post
To put the best teachers in Connecticut classrooms, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced plans Tuesday to toughen standards for university students who want to go into teaching and will offer up to $10,000 in loan forgiveness for those who commit to working in troubled school districts.
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DE: Business, media interests in dispute over 'secret court'
By Sean O'Sullivan, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)
The decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery to establish what some see as a "secret court" for business has set up a showdown between the court, the national media and top business interests.
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FL: Small jolt for Florida energy policy
By Staff, Tampa Bay Times
The Florida Legislature has never been serious about renewable energy, or conservation for that matter, and pending bills in the House and Senate would only modestly advance the discussion. However weak, though, the legislation is a start in a tough political and economic climate.
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FL: Veterans Court headed to Broward County
By Audra D.S. Burch, The Miami Herald
Legislation that would allow the establishment of separate courts for veterans was unanimously passed in House Appropriations Committee. The chief judge in each judicial circuit would be allowed — but not required — to create a vet court. Two similar bills are making their way through the Senate.
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FL: Gov. Rick Scott asks Facebook users for one word, gets an earful
By Aaron Sharockman, Tampa Bay Times
On Monday night, Gov. Rick Scott — really his staff — asked the nearly 80,000 people who follow his Facebook page to fill in the blank: "If you could use one word to describe Florida's 2012 legislative session, it would be ___________. COMMENT below!" People commented.
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FL: Bills to revamp high school sports spark debate
By Kathleen McGrory, The Miami Herald
What if some high school, let's say a charter school, could openly recruit the next LeBron James out of middle school, pair him with a hyper-talented Dwyane Wade wannabe, snap up a Chris Bosh-like sharpshooter and assemble a super team like the Heat did in free agency last year?
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FL: Legislators reject attempt to clarify state's regulation of slot machines
By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
State gambling regulators are in a bind. They have indirectly authorized the expansion of gambling in the past six months as lawyers for parimutuels found holes in state laws and opened the door to slot machines at parimutuels across the state and table-game look-alikes at existing racinos.
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FL: Ex-South Florida politician to plead guilty to tax charges in federal corruption probe
By Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald
A former Fort Lauderdale politician who is the only elected official charged in a major federal public corruption probe of Tallahassee's "pay-to-play" politics has decided to plead guilty to tax-evasion offenses. Mandy Dawson, who served in the Florida Legislature for 16 years, signaled her intention to change her plea in court papers filed this week.
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GA: Republicans, Democrats offer charter school amendments
By Nancy Badertscher and Christopher Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republicans scrambled in the face of opposition Tuesday to rework a proposed state constitutional amendment that would reassert the state's right to approve charter schools.
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GA: Frye -- Rep. Heard scheming with redistricting
By Staff, The Athens Banner-Herald
I never thought I'd see the day when my so-called Democratic state representative, Keith Heard, was conspiring with a Republican — Doug McKillip, no less — to redraw Athens-Clarke County Commission districts (or gerrymander them, depending on who you ask), behind voters' backs.
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IA: Iowa moving to create an electronic medical records network
By Jason Clayworth, The Des Moines Register
Iowa would create a health information network used as a library of sorts that would allow medical officials to quickly obtain past records of patients advocates say is critical to providing proper and expedient care.
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IA: Sled bill gets Iowa House subcommittee OK
By William Petroski, The Des Moines Register
A bill that would exempt Iowa cities from lawsuits resulting from sled accidents was approved Wednesday by an Iowa House subcommittee on a 2-1 vote.
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IA: Iowa House panel OKs 40 percent cut in commercial property taxes
By William Petroski, The Des Moines Register
An Iowa House committee approved a bill Wednesday night that would slash commercial property taxes by 40 percent over eight years, while providing hundreds of millions of dollars in state money to "backfill" lost property tax revenues to school districts, cities and counties.
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IA: Gov., House GOP agree on commercial tax cut plan
By The Associated Press, The Muscatine Journal
A bill that would reduce commercial property taxes, limit the growth of local government and slow the projected increase in the taxable value of residential and agricultural properties was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday evening.
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IA: Bill would add gun rights to Iowa Constitution
By The Associated Press, Sioux City Journal
A proposed constitutional amendment making it harder for government officials to limit who can get a gun and where they can carry firearms could come up in a House committee as early as this week.
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IA: Bill seeks to reinstate death penalty in Iowa
By ROd Boshart, Sioux City Journal
The leader of the Senate Republican minority is pushing to reinstate a limited death penalty in Iowa for any adult who kills a minor in the commission of a rape or kidnapping.
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IA: Iowa Senate Dems vote to spend more on schools
By The Associated Press, The Muscatine Journal
The Iowa Senate voted Tuesday to spend an additional $122 million on public education during the 2013-14 school year, but Republicans who control the House said they won't even debate the measure this year.
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IA: Iowa costs of teaching non-English speakers rising
By The Associated Press, The Muscatine Journal
The cost of teaching non-English-speaking students is skyrocketing in some Iowa schools, and while state funding has increased, local property taxes are paying a bigger share.
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IA: Bill would add gun rights to Iowa Constitution
By The Associated Press, The Muscatine Journal
A proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for officials to limit who can buy and carry a gun is expected to come before Iowa lawmakers soon, and a key legislator said he's optimistic about its chances despite claims that it could turn the state into a wild west with few restraints on firearms.
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IA: Iowa College Democrats lobby against voter ID bill
By William Petroski, The Des Moines Register
College Democrats and Young Democrats lobbied at the Iowa Capitol Tuesday against a voter identification bill proposed by Secretary of State Matt Schultz, contending the requirements would make it more difficult for students to vote.
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IL: Illinois lawmakers introduce gay marriage bill
By Christopher Wills, The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
A year after gay couples gained the option of civil unions in Illinois, some lawmakers are beginning a push to authorize same-sex marriages.
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IL: Ill. House backs more rights for crime victims
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Illinois lawmakers are considering a change to the state constitution that would guarantee crime victims a bigger voice in what happens to offenders.
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IL: Legislators want to extend lottery game helping AIDS fight
By Andrew Maloney, Chicago Sun-Times
Although dollars and cents have driven most of the conversation in Springfield this spring, two Illinois lawmakers say their push to extend an AIDs awareness lottery is a moral issue that is critical to funding the "front line" in the fight against the disease.
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IL: Plan to close IL facilities gets cool reception
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Gov. Pat Quinn's push to overhaul care for people with mental illnesses and disabilities collided Tuesday with safety concerns, money worries and maybe a bit of wounded pride as lawmakers reviewed plans to close two state institutions.
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IN: State senator won't enter race to replace Burton
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
A state senator who's a former aide to Rep. Dan Burton isn't joining the crowded field of Republicans seeking to succeed the retiring central Indiana congressman.
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IN: Ind. GOP governor hopeful lacks enough signatures
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Republican candidate for governor Jim Wallace is fighting to make it on the ballot after election officials said Wednesday he came up short in his effort.
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IN: Indiana high court takes over Charlie White dispute
By The Associated Press, Evansville Courier and Press
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to take over the legal battle in which Democrats are trying to have convicted Republican Secretary of State Charlie White replaced by their 2010 candidate for that office.
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IN: Indiana stage builder cited in state fair collapse
By The Associated Press, Evansville Courier and Press
State fair officials, the stagehands union and a company that built the roof and lights rigging for a massive concert platform all share blame for last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, according to a government investigation.
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IN: Illinois House committee OKs audio recording bill
By Shannon McFarland, The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Legislation letting people record police activities without risking felony charges was approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee, despite some lawmakers' concerns that the measure creates new complications.
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IN: Right-to-work fines put on hold by Ind. high court
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
The state Supreme Court placed on hold Wednesday all legislative fines against Democrats who boycotted the Indiana House during the right-to-work battle until it rules on whether it's legal for those fines to be deducted from their paychecks.
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IN: Ind. House panel leader leery of creationism bill
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
The leader of the Indiana House Education Committee says a proposal specifically allowing public schools to teach creationism in science classes could be unworkable.
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IN: Court denies bid to replace Indiana sec'y of state
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
The Indiana Supreme Court has turned down a request by Democrats to have convicted Republican Secretary of State Charlie White replaced by their 2010 candidate for that office.
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IN: AG will seek to block Democratic legal move
By The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
The Indiana attorney general's office says it will object to a legal move by Democrats to put their 2010 secretary of state candidate in office following Republican Secretary of State Charlie White's conviction on voter fraud charges.
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LA: Any Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement should include money for coastal restoration, Sierra Club says
By Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
The Sierra Club is asking President Barack Obama to ensure any settlement of the government's case against responsible parties for the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico include financing for Gulf Coast coastal restoration efforts. A lengthy trial to determine liability under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act is scheduled to begin Feb. 27 in New Orleans federal court.
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LA: Bill would abolish pardons by governor
By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Gubernatorial pardons would be abolished if lawmakers approve and voters adopt a proposed change in the state Constitution filed Tuesday by a Louisiana House member from New Orleans.
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LA: Super Bowl 2013 state promotion expenses should be shared, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne says
By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne said Tuesday his office should not be singled out to pay the state's entire $6 million cost of promoting Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans next February. Dardenne said that "it should be a shared responsibility" by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, which he oversees, the state Department of Economic Development and the state general fund.
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MA: Mass. expected to join foreclosure abuse settlement
By Jenifer B. McKim, The Boston Globe
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is expected to sign on to a settlement brokered by attorneys general nationwide with five major US lenders over the banks' role in the country's foreclosure crisis, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions who wasn't authorized to discuss the deal publicly.
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MA: Hacker group -- BPD will pay for Occupy eviction
By O'Ryan Johnson, Boston Herald
The Internet vigilante group Anonymous refuses to give up on its stranglehold of the Boston police website and is likely to strike again in revenge for cops evicting Occupy campers from Dewey Square, a man who claims to be the unofficial spokesman for the hacker collective told the Herald yesterday.
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MA: No say for some who would be casinos' neighbors
By Mark Arsenault, The Boston Globe
WALPOLE, Mass. - Mike McCarthy lives close enough to a Gillette Stadium parking lot to smell the hibachi grills on game day. He does not mind Sunday tailgaters a few hundred feet from his house, but he draws the line at a billion-dollar casino. Though he lives closer than almost anyone to the proposed site of a Wynn Resorts casino, he will not be allowed to participate in a local referendum if the project makes it to a vote.
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MA: Sal DiMasi's rumored testimony adds to Probation fear
By Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald
Disgraced former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi could testify before a federal grand jury hearing evidence of corruption in the state Probation Department any day now — but his onetime pals on Beacon Hill are said to already be "on pins and needles" waiting for indictments to hit.
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MA: 6 New England towns picked for technical help
By The Associated Press, Tallahassee Democrat
Federal environmental officials have picked six New England communities to get technical help improving the local economy and environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it selected Simsbury, Conn., Burlington, Vt., and the Massachusetts communities of Fall River, Holyoke, Northampton and Roxbury. They are among 56 municipalities in 26 states to receive help.
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MD: Henson robocall trial postponed
By Luke Broadwater, The Sun (Baltimore)
The election fraud trial of veteran political consultant Julius Henson was postponed Wednesday because of the illness of the state's primary investigator in the case.
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MD: State workers to get new pharmacy plan
By Michael Dresser, The Sun (Baltimore)
More than 200,000 Maryland state employees, retirees and dependents will switch to a new pharmacy plan as a result of the Board of Public Works' decision Wednesday to award the $2.4 billion contract to a St. Louis-based company.
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MD: Maryland joins nationwide mortgage settlement
By Hanah Cho, The Sun (Baltimore)
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has agreed to join other states in a multibillion-dollar settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers — a landmark agreement that would aid homeowners who were victims of shoddy and illegal foreclosure paperwork practices.
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MD: O'Malley knocks Christie on same-sex marriage
By John Wagner, The Washington Post
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on national television Tuesday for advocating that voters of his state should decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage.
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MD: O'Brien says Archdiocese of Baltimore won't offer birth control coverage
By Andrea K. Walker, The Sun (Baltimore)
Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien said in a strongly worded letter that the Archdiocese of Baltimore will not comply with federal law requiring churches to offer birth control coverage even it means dropping health insurance for its 3,500 employees. "We cannot – we will not – comply with this unjust law," O'Brien wrote in the letter, which was read during last Sunday's Mass at the area's 153 Roman Catholic parishes.
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MD: Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents
By Peter Hermann, Steve Kilar and Tricia Bishop, The Sun (Baltimore)
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, admitted in federal court Tuesday that he stole thousands of documents regarded as cultural treasures from historical societies and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast.
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ME: Report shows Maine job losses worst in nation per capita
By Matt Wickenheiser, Bangor Daily News
A new analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy suggests the state lost more jobs per capita in 2011 than every other state in the nation, shedding 7,200 jobs, but the Maine Department of Labor refuted those numbers, saying they're based on faulty federal data.
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ME: Group alleges industry influenced DEP's mercury recycling report
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News
The Natural Resources Council of Maine is accusing Maine Department of Environmental Protection officials of allowing an industry group to have undue influence on a recent report that calls for a re-evaluation of hazardous waste recycling programs.
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ME: Documents allege Rosa Scarcelli involved in 'Cutler Files'
By Scott Thistle, Sun Journal, Bangor Daily News
PORTLAND, Maine — Newly released documents, including email messages, indicate a one-time Democratic candidate for Maine governor may have known far more about an anonymous website aimed at destroying one of her opponents than she acknowledged.
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ME: DHHS budget now a political showdown between governor, Legislature
By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News
After working for weeks to fashion a compromise proposal that would address a shortfall in the Department of Health and Human Service budget, a deal remains elusive as a divide appears to be growing among lawmakers, especially House Republicans.
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ME: Maine could lose money for scenic roads if federal bill passes
By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News
ELLSWORTH, Maine — If a transportation bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives is approved as written, it could mean the end of a federal program that has brought $5 million to rural Maine over the past two decades.
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MI: Avoid 'right-to-work' fight for now
By Staff, Lansing State Journal
Michigan's Legislature should follow the lead of Gov. Rick Snyder and avoid staging an ugly confrontation over right-to-work legislation.
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MN: Minnesota plans for exchange, even without new law
By Elizabeth Stawicki, Minnesota Public Radio, Kaiser Health News
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers are grappling with a new question: How close can they get to setting up a health insurance exchange without passing a new state law?
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MN: Santorum wins conservative hearts in Minn. caucus
By Patrick Codon, The Associated Press, Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Minnesota Republicans shook up the GOP presidential nomination race by handing socially conservative former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum a caucus win.
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MO: Missouri's meaningless primary? Not anymore
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
The Missouri primary is the only so-called "beauty contest" in the Republican presidential race this year. But it might be remembered as where things got a little ugly for Mitt Romney.
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NC: Rules limit money use for NC governor's race
By The Associated Press, The Winston-Salem Journal
More than $3 million in contributions for Democrats running for Congress or governor may not be used for its intended purpose because of the shake-up in North Carolina's governor's race.
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NC: NC GOP majority sustains money edge over Democrats
By Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press, The Winston-Salem Journal
Republicans now in charge of the North Carolina Legislature are capitalizing on their newly-earned political power and filling their campaign coffers for a big election year.
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NC: 3 more Dems won't run again for NC Legislature
By The Associated Press, The Winston-Salem Journal
Three more Democrats announced Tuesday they aren't seeking re-election to the General Assembly this year, including two drawn into districts with incumbent Republican lawmakers.
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NC: Blue may run for governor
By Rob Christensen, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State Sen. Dan Blue of Raleigh said Tuesday that he is seriously considering seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.
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ND: Continue to look forward, plan
By Staff, The Bismarck Tribune
North Dakotans should pay attention to Vision 2020, a statewide planning process about to get under way. The past teaches us that the policies and legislation resulting from the plan will affect the state well beyond the 20-year objective. Those speaking now will help shape the state's future.
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ND: North Dakota pumps record 153 million barrels of oil in 2011
By James MacPherson, The Associated Press, The Forum (Fargo)
North Dakota oil drillers produced a record 152.9 million barrels of crude in 2011, up more than 35 percent and nearly 40 million more barrels than the previous record set a year earlier, the state Industrial Commission said Wednesday.
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ND: Democrat seeks House nod in District 7
By Nick Smith, The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck resident Troy Roness announced Tuesday his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for one of the two state House seats in the newly-formed District 7.
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ND: Nickname supporters deliver petitions to secretary of state's office
By Chuck Haga, The Forum (Fargo)
After a last, celebratory campaign for signatures at a Bismarck Century-Bismarck High hockey game and from an RV parked outside the Capitol, Fighting Sioux nickname supporters delivered petitions to the secretary of state's office Tuesday night to force a statewide vote on the long-running and controversial issue.
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NE: Kerrey won't run for Senate in Nebraska
By Steven Yaccino, The New York Times
Former Senator Bob Kerrey announced on Tuesday that he would not be returning to Nebraska to run for his old United States Senate seat.
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NH: Memorial Bridge span taken down, floated to state pier
By Gretyl Macalaster, The Union Leader (Manchester)
Despite the delays during the removal of Portsmouth's Memorial Bridge lift span, a crowd of fascinated bystanders constantly filled the piers and docks around the iconic structure through the day and night Wednesday.
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NH: NH hospital officials blast for-profit cancer center bill
By Ted Siefer, The Union Leader (Manchester)
Representatives of the state's major hospitals fought a proposal that could pave the way for a for-profit cancer facility to come to the state at a hearing Tuesday that was notable for the absence of the company that was the impetus for the legislation: Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA).
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NJ: Money issues in gay marriage fight
By Heather Haddon, The Wall Street Journal
Advocates heading into an 11th-hour push to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey are facing a vastly altered fund-raising landscape since their original unsuccessful effort in 2009.
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NJ: Gov. Chris Christie explains his silence at Giants' Super Bowl pep rally
By Jorge Castillo and Mike Garafolo, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn't popular among Giants fans nowadays, not after predicting the Jets were going to beat the Giants in their Christmas Eve matchup, only to see them lose 29-14 to spark the Giants' six-game winning streak that culminated with the Super Bowl XLVI triumph on Sunday.
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NM: Don't let PRC reform die
By Staff, Santa Fe New Mexican
Congratulations to the New Mexico House of Representatives. Understanding the need for urgency, House members unanimously passed legislation to reform the troubled Public Regulation Commission.
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NM: Senate leader- No rush on PRC reforms
By Trip Jennings, Santa Fe New Mexican
Until this week, bills that would ask New Mexico voters this November to adopt reforms at the troubled Public Regulation Commission appeared to be that rarity of rarities around the state Capitol: roadblock-free legislation.
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NY: Medicaid shift creates state jobs
By Jimmy Vielkind, Times Union (Albany)
The state Department of Health plans to hire up to 1,200 workers — many to be located in the Capital Region — over the next six years as it takes over the Medicaid program from counties, an official testified at a budget hearing Wednesday.
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NY: Change urged at care agency
By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
A federal study has criticized reporting procedures at the state Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.
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NY: Seeds planted for farm reform
By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
A coalition of environmentalists and small farmers launched a phone and email campaign Wednesday urging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to push for big reforms in the federal Farm Bill, which is coming up for a vote in Washington this year.
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NY: Report -- Student debt could be next economic bomb
By James Goodman, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)
Student debt is looming as a national problem that could have repercussions reminiscent of the mortgage crisis, says a new report by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. The study, released Tuesday and based on a nationwide survey of 860 bankruptcy lawyers, said that bankruptcy attorneys nationwide are seeing at the ground level "what feels too much like what they saw before the foreclosure crisis crashed onto the national scene."
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NY: DiNapoli warns of power grab by governor
By The Associated Press, Times Union (Albany)
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal as a continued plan for fiscal restraint, but along with top legislative leaders warned that the governor also wants to use the budget to grab power and reduce public oversight and accountability in the spending of billions of taxpayer dollars.
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NY: Any way you slice it, state's fine takes a bite
By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo likes to say that New York is "Open for Business," and has laid out a welcome mat for entrepreneurs. But the Empire State still has a way to go if Christian King's experience is any indication. King is still shaking his head at the $5,500 fine he's facing for failing to provide enough polo shirts to employees in his pizza shops.
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NY: Tier VI plan tests labor
By Jimmy Vielkind, Times Union (Albany)
Labor groups immediately attacked Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for a new pension tier for future workers when he proposed it last month, and starting Wednesday the state's largest labor coalition will begin airing advertisements making its case.
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OH: Kasich wants 'war' on slave trade
By Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch
With Gov. John Kasich declaring "war on the slave-trade business" in Ohio, the state is enlisting over-the-road truck drivers, training more law-enforcement officers and creating "the Hub" to respond to human-trafficking crimes.
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OH: Even talk of Statehouse bipartisanship stirs dispute
By Jim Siegel and Joe Vardon, The Columbus Dispatch
For the second straight year, Republican Gov. John Kasich used his State of the State speech to call for a future of bipartisan cooperation with minority Democrats in the Statehouse.
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OH: Casino rules move forward
By David Eggert, The Columbus Dispatch
A wide-ranging update of Ohio gambling rules won approval yesterday from a legislative committee, though fights lie ahead over addiction funding and forcing counties to spend casino-tax revenue on public safety.
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OH: Analaysts like green light for 'data highway' upgrade
By TIm Feran, The Columbus Dispatch
Gov. John Kasich's plan to "open the faucet" on the state's broadband access is drawing praise and a little caution — but most analysts agree that Ohio's economy will benefit from the move to higher network speeds for business and research institutions.
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OH: Kasich -- Education will lead to new jobs
By Laura A. Bischoff, Dayton Daily News
STEUBENVILLE — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday said that jobs in manufacturing, logistics and other industries are moving back, but the state needs to revamp public education and align work force training to match job openings.
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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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OK: Designated Oklahoma House leader downplays talk of ouster
By Michael McNutt, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
State House Speaker-Designate T.W. Shannon said Tuesday he expects a noisy but productive session this year in the House of Representatives, despite speculation that social conservatives will be working to undermine the authority of House leadership.
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OR: Sen. Floyd Prozanski declares gun-related bills dead
By Janie Har, The Oregonian (Portland)
The Oregon House will vote again on a bill to make private the names of people who have applied for, or currently hold, concealed handgun licenses – and again, it won't go anywhere in the Senate.
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OR: Bills may prevent some foreclosures
By Queenie Wong, Statesman Journal (Salem)
Homeowners faced with foreclosure while seeking a loan modification expressed frustration to lawmakers Monday about a process they called a "spin cycle."
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OR: State fund mistakenly overpays schools
By Tracy Loew, Statesman Journal (Salem)
More than $75 million in principal from the state's Common School Fund was mistakenly distributed to schools between 2001 and 2007, a state audit released Tuesday shows.
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OR: Ore. schools fund overdrawn by $76 million
By The Associated Press, Corvallis Gazette-Times
An Oregon state agency improperly distributed $76 million from an account that boosts school funding, an oversight that is likely to decrease money available for schools in future years, auditors said in a report released Tuesday.
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RI: R.I. Senate votes to disqualify murderers, other violent criminals, from early release
By Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal
For the second year in a row, the state Senate has responded to the public uproar over the potential release, 12 years early, of convicted child killer Michael Woodmansee by approving legislation to disqualify murderers, rapists, child molesters and other violent criminals from early-release from prison for "good behavior."
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RI: Cranston West prayer banner is covered with wood
By The Associated Press, The Providence Journal
Lawyers on both sides of a legal battle over a prayer banner at Cranston High School West have agreed on conditions for the display while city officials decide whether to appeal an order requiring its removal.
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SC: In voter ID case, South Carolina fights back against Obama administration
By Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor
The Justice Department has blocked a South Carolina law requiring all voters to have government-issued photo IDs, saying it would be discriminatory. The state asked a three-judge panel to intervene Wednesday, saying that the Obama administration is out of line.
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SD: SD House panel approves abortion-law modifications
By The Associated Press, Rapid City Journal
With South Dakota's year-old abortion law facing legal challenges, a House committee endorsed a bill Wednesday that would change some of the counseling requirements for women seeking abortions.
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SD: SD Senate sends school evaluation bill to House
By The Associated Press, Rapid City Journal
In an effort to get South Dakota schools away from No Child Left Behind, senators have passed a bill that sets a new school achievement and financial accountability system to judge performance.
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SD: SD panel gives green light to digital billboards
By The Associated Press, Rapid City Journal
South Dakota residents fighting to protect an unobstructed view of their Western Black Hills expressed worry Wednesday that towering electronic billboards considered crucial by local business will scar the landscape along a picturesque portion of Interstate 90.
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SD: Governor's education reform bill approved by House panel
By Josh Verges, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan to pay teachers bonuses and phase out tenure passed its first legislative hurdle on a party-line vote Wednesday after two amendments and hours of testimony that pitted teachers against school boards and administrators.
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SD: SD lawmakers begin debate on teacher bonus plan
By Chet Brokaw, The Associated Press, Sioux City Journal
Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan to give bonuses to the state's top teachers will help improve student achievement in South Dakota's school districts, an aide to the governor said Wednesday.
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SD: Tougher penalties for DUI rejected
By John Hult, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
Two proposals in Pierre designed to toughen penalties for impaired drivers who hurt or kill someone in an accident failed in committee Tuesday. South Dakota lawmakers said drunken drivers don't automatically belong in the same legal category as rapists or robbers
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SD: Legislators want to make it tougher to take property
By Cody Winchester, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
South Dakota landowners would gain some leverage in eminent domain disputes with railroads and pipeline companies if a proposal under consideration in the state House of Representatives is approved.
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SD: Education plan -- New teachers would benefit
By Josh Verges, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
Proposed changes to Gov. Dennis Daugaard's education reform bill would limit math and science teacher bonuses to only new professionals, while allowing individual school boards to craft their own plans for teacher performance pay.
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TN: Birth-control rule riles TN religious leaders, GOP
By Elizabeth Bewley, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Angry Republican lawmakers and religious leaders in Tennessee say they'll fight a controversial federal requirement that church-affiliated employers offer benefits covering birth control.
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TN: Haslam hears teachers' fears
By Maria Giordano, The Tennessean (Nashville)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — If there's one notion Gov. Bill Haslam can take away from his discussion with Scales Elementary School teachers Wednesday, it's their concerns about Senate Bill 2210.
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TN: 'Don't Say Gay' bill delayed in Tennessee House
By The Associated Press, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Opponents of a measure that seeks to ban Tennessee public schools from teaching about gay issues said Wednesday they will continue to show up in large groups to protest the legislation. The proposal, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, is sponsored by Rep. Joey Hensley and was scheduled to be heard in the House Education Subcommittee.
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TN: Haslam's judges plan gets support
By The Associated Press, The Tennessean (Nashville)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam's plan for writing the state's judicial selection system into the Tennessee Constitution survived a challenge Tuesday from a fellow Republican in the state House.
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TN: Tennessee is close to evicting Occupy Nashville
By Chas Sisk, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Tennessee lawmakers moved toward removing the Occupy Nashville encampment from the state Capitol with a pair of votes Tuesday in which they also amped up the threat of jail time.
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US: A terrible transportation bill
By Staff, The New York Times
The list of outrages coming out of the House is long, but the way the Republicans are trying to hijack the $260 billion transportation bill defies belief. This bill is so uniquely terrible that it might not command a majority when it comes to a floor vote, possibly next week, despite Speaker John Boehner's imprimatur. But betting on rationality with this crew is always a long shot.
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US: Florida, 9 other states to get No Child Left Behind waiver
By The Associated Press, The Orlando Sentinel
President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
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US: Now it's Santorum time
By Mike Littwin, The Denver Post
Let's start with the obvious: It was a terrible night for Mitt Romney, proving once again that, as the kids say, many Republicans are just not that into him.
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US: Santorum upsets G.O.P. race with three victories
By Jim Rutenberg, The New York Times
His candidacy all but dismissed just days ago, Rick Santorum won the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses and a nonbinding primary in Missouri on Tuesday, an unexpected trifecta that raised fresh questions about Mitt Romney's ability to corral conservative support.
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VA: Panel halts bill on health exchange
By Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia has put the brakes on legislative action to carry out federal health care reform. Faced with opposition from Gov. Bob McDonnell and House Speaker William J. Howell, a state Senate subcommittee has bowed to the reality that no legislation will be approved in this General Assembly session to create a state exchange for health insurance benefits.
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VA: Deal offered to Portsmouth lawmaker could ease tolls
By Julian Walker, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
Gov. Bob McDonnell's aides have dangled millions in toll-reducing road funds in front of a local Democrat in hopes of avoiding a Senate stalemate over his proposed two-year state budget.
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VA: Adoption law 'conscience clause' advances in Va. Senate
By Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post
A flurry of Democratic amendments failed Wednesday to stop a bill in the Virginia Senate that would allow private, state-funded adoption agencies to turn away parents based on sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
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VA: Jeb Bush to help sell McDonnell's K-12 agenda
By Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will help Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell promote his agenda for K-12 schools Wednesday night by phoning in to a town hall-style meeting with constituents from around the state.
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VA: Virginia GOP shows its hypocritical side on abortion
By Staff, The Washington Post
Virginia Republicans, always quick to condemn overreaching government intrusions into people's lives, are themselves becoming the High Priests of the Nanny State. In driving a singularly obnoxious abortion measure through the state legislature — one that substitutes their own medical expertise for that of doctors — they are setting new standards for official arrogance and meddling.
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VA: Amazon in talks with Virginia about tax deal, lawmaker says
By Julian Walker, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
As retailers from around the state lobbied lawmakers to end a sales tax loophole for online merchants, a state senator said one of the biggest beneficiaries, Amazon.com, is in talks with state officials about a tax deal.
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VA: Outcry erupts over McDonnell request for toll authority
By Bill Sizemore, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
Public outcry over impending tolls on the Downtown and Midtown tunnels has helped spark widespread opposition in the General Assembly to the governor's request for broad new authority to use tolls as a major transportation funding mechanism statewide.
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VT: Vermont student math, science scores drop
By The Associated Press, Burlington Free Press
The latest test results released Tuesday show a significant drop in math and science scores when Vermont students enter high school, and the state's education chief said curriculum in some schools may be to blame.
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VT: McKibben issues global warming warning to Vermont House panel
By The Associated Press, Burlington Free Press
With Vermont still working to recover from Tropical Storm Irene's torrential rains and flooding, environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben went before a panel of state lawmakers on Tuesday to say the storm was at least partly the product of climate change and a likely harbinger of a troubled future.
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WA: House sends gay marriage to governor for signing
By Brad Shannon, The News Tribune (Tacoma)
Washington's same-sex marriage bill is on its way to Gov. Chris Gregoire for signing in the next few days. The Democrat-controlled state House voted 55 to 43 this afternoon to approve Senate Bill 6239.
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WA: Wis. court upholds child abuse conviction
By The Associated Press, La Crosse Tribune
A state appeals court has ruled a jury properly convicted a Kenosha woman of forcing her young son to take a cold shower that killed him.
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WA: Hundreds of WA state employees paid to stay home
By The Associated Press, The News Tribune (Tacoma)
Hundreds of Washington state employees are paid to stay home every year during investigations for possible misbehavior or crimes such as theft or harassing co-workers.
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WI: Wisconsin teachers union endorses Falk
By The Associated Press, La Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin's largest statewide teachers union has endorsed Democrat Kathleen Falk in the possible recall election against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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WI: Democratic Sen. Vinehout enters governor's race
By The Associated Press, La Crosse Tribune
One of the 14 Wisconsin state Senate Democrats who fled to Illinois last year to stop a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal curbing public employee union rights entered the race Wednesday to challenge him in a recall election.
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WI: Tea Party leaders upset with recall decision
By The Associated Press, The Post-Crescent (Appleton)
Leaders of two Tea Party groups are considering suing the Wisconsin elections board over its decision not to accept any evidence they find of fraud in petitions seeking the recall of Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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WI: GOP lawmakers signed redistricting secrecy deals
By The Associated Press, The Post-Crescent (Appleton)
Nearly all of Wisconsin's Republican legislators signed legal agreements promising not to discuss new redistricting maps while they were being developed.
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WI: Invalid signatures likely not enough to halt Walker recall
By Ben Poston, Bill Glauber and Don Walker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
About 15% of the signatures in a random sample of the petitions seeking the recall of Republican Gov. Scott Walker could not be verified, according to an analysis by the Journal Sentinel.
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WI: Former Walker aide to enter plea to 2 misdemeanors
By The Associated Press, La Crosse Tribune
A staffer who worked for Gov. Scott Walker when Walker was the Milwaukee County executive is expected to plead guilty to charges of posting pro-Walker messages online on work time.
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WI: State elections board considering review options
By The Associated Press, La Crosse Tribune
The Wisconsin state elections board is considering using statistical sampling methods to determine how often duplicate names appear on recall petitions containing an estimated 1.9 million signatures.
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WI: Democrats tour state to talk about Walker probe
By The Associated Press, La Crosse Tribune
Democratic officials are traveling across the state to talk about the ongoing investigation into former close aides and associates of Gov. Scott Walker when he served as Milwaukee County executive.
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