Young workers flee midwestern states
From: www.npr.org
"Upper Midwestern states are in danger of losing a precious economic commodity: young people. Many are leaving for other parts of the country after finishing school. "
Exxon seeks $800 million for lost leases
From: www.adn.com
"Exxon Mobil Corp. asked Monday that Alaska pay $800 million in damages, claiming the state breached a deal when it revoked gas and oil leases on a North Slope oil field."
Palin to offer plans for state energy relief
From: juneauempire.com
"Gov. Sarah Palin will announce plans for statewide energy relief on Thursday, and legislators are weighing in on what should be in those plans."
Administration announces energy relief special session
From: www.ktuu.com
"ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin has announced the Alaska Legislature will be called into an additional special session this summer. "
Palin, lawmakers to revisit energy relief
From: www.adn.com
"Gov. Sarah Palin will call the Legislature into a special session this summer meant to provide Alaskans some relief from the soaring cost of energy."
Exxon going after Alaska for $800 million award
From: www.chron.com
"JUNEAU, Alaska - Exxon Mobil Corp. wants Alaska to pay $800 million in damages, claiming Monday the state breached a deal when it revoked gas and oil leases on a North Slope oil field."
Legislature votes to overturn emissions standards
From: www.azstarnet.com
"State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation overturning newly enacted vehicle emission standards for greenhouse gases, setting the stage for a showdown with Gov. Janet Napolitano."
Governor's deal with builders irks senators
From: www.azcentral.com
"Some Republican state lawmakers on Monday blasted a "backroom deal" between Gov. Janet Napolitano and a Valley home-builders group that would exempt residential developers from sharing a portion of the costs of a major transportation initiative in exchange for a $100,000 contribution to boost the signature-gathering campaign."
Emissions restrictions thwarted
From: www.azcentral.com
"A week after a state panel approved rules for cleaner car emissions, the Legislature Monday passed a bill that would block those rules from taking effect."
Deficit ensnares another governor
From: www.signonsandiego.com
"The famous catchphrase spoken by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in one his action movies, "I'll be back," can now refer to his handling of the state budget."
Federal judge stays order for governor, Rincon band to reach gambling agreement
From: www.signonsandiego.com
"SAN DIEGO - A federal judge has put on hold, for now, his order that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and North County's Rincon Indian band reach an agreement on a gambling expansion by July."
CalPERS names interim CEO
From: www.signonsandiego.com
"SAN FRANCISCO - The California Public Employees' Retirement System has named a longtime administrator within its ranks to serve as interim chief executive of the nation's largest public pension fund."
California Supreme Court rules for prosecutor who advised filmmakers
From: www.latimes.com
"SAN FRANCISCO - When a Santa Barbara County prosecutor decided to give a filmmaker his files on fugitive Jesse James Hollywood, he figured that the publicity might help catch the accused killer."
Ruling to lift ban on state's unclaimed property program affirmed
From: www.sacbee.com
"A federal appellate court Monday affirmed a Sacramento judge's decision to lift an injunction that had halted operation of the state's multibillion-dollar unclaimed property program."
EdFund executives seek at least $3 million in severance
From: www.sacbee.com
"The executive staff of EdFund, the student loan guarantor the state plans to sell to a private investor, has crafted its own severance package worth more than $3 million."
Fixing state budget is Bass' top priority
From: www.sacbee.com
"Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass will be sworn in today as the first African American woman to serve as speaker of the Assembly. Bass, a 54-year-old former nurse, physician's assistant and Los Angeles community organizer, sat down Monday with the The Bee's Capitol Bureau."
Tuition waivers, safety training among new state laws
From: www.nhregister.com
"The following are among the bills that passed the General Assembly in its recent session."
Rell restricts use Of purchasing cards
From: www.courant.com
"Gov. M. Jodi Rell is directing the state's Department of Administrative Services to restrict the use of state purchasing cards, which are similar to credit cards."
HMO pullouts upend Connecticut Medicaid
From: online.wsj.com
"NEW HAVEN, Conn. - What started as a legal-aid lawyer's effort to improve health care for poor people has left Connecticut's Medicaid program in turmoil, jeopardizing health care for thousands of poor residents."
Crist declares state of emergency for Florida wildfires
From: floridacapitalnews.com
"Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday declared a state of emergency for the next 60 days while crews battle wildfires in Brevard, Volusia and Glades County."
Florida wildfires scorch thousands of acres
From: www.miamiherald.com
"Scattered brush fires from Central to South Florida forced road closures and evacuations throughout the state on Monday, prompting Gov. Charlie Crist to declare a state of emergency to facilitate firefighting efforts statewide."
Inmates say prison food made them sick
From: www.tampabay.com
"Florida's prison system had already fined its food provider $241,000 this year over staffing and supply issues. And then 277 inmates said they became sick last month after eating chili."
After 3 years of failures, Gov. to sign bill allowing 'credit freeze'
From: www.macon.com
"Georgians soon will be allowed to freeze their credit to thwart identity thieves. Governor Sonny Perdue is expected to sign a measure Tuesday that allows residents to place a freeze on their credit for $3 - or a total of $9 for the three major credit reporting agencies."
Perdue signs film tax credit
From: www.ajc.com
"Governor Sonny Perdue has signed legislation designed to make Georgia the Hollywood of the South."
Culver 'very troubled' by allegations
From: www.siouxcityjournal.com
"Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has formed a working group of top state officials to help the community of Postville after a raid on its meatpacking plant by federal immigration officials Monday."
State to shrink Hawk-I ad budget
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"Iowans will see fewer billboards and TV ads for the Hawk-I insurance program starting in July, but administrators remain optimistic that they can enroll thousands more children using other means."
Questions raised about budget bill amendment
From: www.siouxcityjournal.com
"Questions are being raised about a last-minute amendment to a budget bill that deals with special 1-cent sales taxes that voters have approved in hundreds of Iowa cities."
Feds say more than 300 arrested in Postville immigration raid
From: www.radioiowa.com
"Federal authorities say more than 300 workers at the Agriprocessors meat processing plant in Postville in northeast Iowa have been arrested for immigration violations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the plant at ten this morning (Monday)."
Culver signs ethanol incentives bill
From: www.siouxcityjournal.com
"Gas station owners would have heightened incentives to sell renewable fuels under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Chet Culver."
Immigration raid at Postville plant
From: www.radioiowa.com
"There's been an immigration raid at the meat packing plant in Postville and sources tell Radio Iowa as many as 700 people may be arrested. Postville Police Chief Michael Halse isn't participating in the action, but the plant on the west corner of town appears to be surrounded. "
Immigration raid -- Town's Hispanics shutter businesses, scatter
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"POSTVILLE, Iowa -- The phone calls started at 5 a.m. They carried the same message: Immigration was coming."
Immigration raid -- Union fears action hurts probe
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"A union trying to organize Postville meatpacking workers had asked federal immigration authorities earlier this month not to raid the Agriprocessors Inc. plant while a government investigation of possible labor law violations was under way."
ID fraud claims bring state's largest raid
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"POSTVILLE, Iowa -- The largest workplace raid in Iowa history Monday resulted in the arrest of more than 300 people and reignited the debate over immigration."
Immigration raid -- State agency gathered student data last month
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"School officials in early April were served with a 21-point subpoena from Iowa Division of Labor Services seeking the records of Postville middle and high school students and information about some school employees, the district's superintendent said."
What Vilsack said -- Ex-governor was not surprised by the raid
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Monday that the Postville investigations may be warranted, despite his concerns that federal officials violated the rights of people during past immigration raids. But a state senator who represents Postville expressed doubt about the motivation for Monday's raid."
Culver expected to wrap up work on legislation by Friday
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"Gov. Chet Culver will probably sign or veto any remaining bills before he leaves Friday on a trade mission to China, a governor's spokesman said Monday."
What Culver said -- State gathers agencies to aid city in aftermath
From: www.desmoinesregister.com
"Gov. Chet Culver said Monday he has appointed a group of state agencies to assist Postville as the community deals with the effects of the raid."
Zell rejects Wrigley sale to ISFA
From: www.chicagobusiness.com
"The Tribune Co. has reportedly spurned plans by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority to buy Wrigley Field and instead intends to sell the Chicago Cubs ball club and the historic field together, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday."
Court clears path for O?Hare expansion
From: www.chicagobusiness.com
"Ending years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Chicago to acquire and relocate a cemetery needed for the continued expansion of O'Hare International Airport."
The promise of prisoners
From: www.rrstar.com
"THOMSON, Ill. ? Construction workers completed a $140 million state-of-the-art maximum-security prison here seven years ago. But today the prison remains mostly empty, filled only to a fraction of its capacity."
Rezko lawyer savages Levine
From: www.sj-r.com
"CHICAGO ? Political fundraiser Antoin ?Tony? Rezko?s defense attorney ripped into the government?s star witness against his client Monday, describing him as an admitted lifelong liar and swindler whose brain was all but rendered useless by three decades of abusing powerful narcotics."
RTA chief chastises state leaders for failure to fund transit and roads
From: www.chicagotribune.com
"The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority lashed out at state politicians Monday for failing to work aggressively toward completing a capital spending plan for mass transit and repairing deteriorating roads."
U.S. Supreme Court will not hear church's appeal on O'Hare cemetery plans
From: www.chicagotribune.com
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal filed by a church attempting to save a cemetery in the path of planned runways at O'Hare International Airport."
Lawmaker wants state to cancel lease with firm linked to Rezko
From: www.chicagotribune.com
"A state senator on Monday called for the state to cancel its office lease with a firm linked to political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko and seek the return of $3.4 million in rent the state has paid since 2004."
Corrupt mastermind or victim of frame-up?
From: www.chicagotribune.com
"Antoin "Tony" Rezko was attacked by the prosecution as the mastermind of an elaborate fraud scheme but excused by the defense as a total bystander as closing arguments began Monday in the trial of the Blagojevich administration insider."
Zell no to state bid for Wrigley
From: www.suntimes.com
"Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell has rejected former Gov. James Thompson's secret plan to acquire and renovate Wrigley Field for at least $400 million without raising taxes and now plans to package the Cubs and their landmark stadium in a private transaction, sources said Monday."
Rezko defense rips Levine as 'Pinocchio'
From: www.suntimes.com
"The star witness in Tony Rezko's corruption trial unwittingly stole the spotlight in Monday's closing arguments, with prosecutors admitting Stuart P. Levine is the "embodiment of corruption," while the defense disgustedly tossed him onto the government's doorstep."
Petition -- BP air permit hurts poor, minorities
From: www.nwitimes.com
"Two groups claiming a breach of environmental justice have called for a stop to BP Whiting Refinery's $3.8 billion expansion, according to the first appeal of BP's controversial air permit."
Farm accidents increased across state in 2007
From: hosted.ap.org
"The number of fatal farm accidents in Indiana tripled last year following six years of decline, according to a new report."
Town's last hold-outs see little to stay for
From: www.kansas.com
"A tornado did what the federal government could not. Ellis Jones had been a holdout in the government's quest to pay everyone to leave Picher, contaminated from its long-closed lead mines."
Docking renovation funds out
From: cjonline.com
"Reconstruction of the dilapidated Docking State Office Building will have to wait another year after lawmakers ended the 2008 legislative session last week with state budgets that didn't include money for the $96 million project."
A tax quirk holds out promise for a hard-pressed town
From: www.nytimes.com
"EWING, Ky. - Leaders of this town in the bluegrass country of northeast Kentucky are facing a problem any mayor would envy: how to spend a windfall."
DiMasi fires back at ethics charges
From: www.boston.com
"House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi issued a broad and emotionally worded defense of his conduct in office yesterday, saying he was outraged by accounts that he backed legislation and a state software contract that benefited his friends."
Officials seek ban on waste from boats
From: www.boston.com
"State environmental regulators are asking federal officials to ban boats from discharging waste in Boston Harbor and Cape Cod Bay, as part of an effort by the Patrick administration to make the state's entire coastline off-limits to sewage."
Public transit grows popular
From: www.baltimoresun.com
"As gasoline prices climb toward $4 a gallon, more commuters in Maryland are leaving their cars and trucks at home and hopping a bus or train to work."
Gas prices may fuel vacation reroutes
From: www.hometownannapolis.com
"OCEAN CITY, Md. - Mid-Atlantic resorts are hoping gas prices spiraling toward $4 a gallon and a cooling economy won't keep vacationers at home this summer - but they're bracing for shorter stays and less spending on restaurants and entertainment while people holiday."
Bangor-area heating oil prices top $4 a gallon
From: bangornews.com
"A number of Bangor-area oil dealers reported cash prices of No. 2 heating oil above $4 per gallon on Monday. Dead River Co. in Brewer was priced at $4.269, Maine Energy in Bangor quoted $4.049, and R.H. Foster Energy in Hampden charged $4.199."
Maine Senator Asks Reopening Of Border Station
From: www.wmtw.com
"A senator from Maine is asking that the U.S.-Canadian border station at Van Buren, which was closed May 1 as a result of flooding, be reopened as soon as possible."
Gas sales tax holiday urged in Mich.
From: www.detnews.com
"Michigan motorists would get a three-month holiday from the state sales tax on gas this summer -- a break of about a quarter per gallon -- under a plan unveiled Monday by a couple of House Republican lawmakers."
Protecting Michigan's water wonderland
From: www.detnews.com
"State lawmakers are carefully maneuvering Michigan toward joining a historic international compact reserving Great Lakes water for the states and Canadian provinces around them."
Immigration bill loses steam
From: www.stltoday.com
"This just in from the Missouri legislature, which wraps up its 2008 session Friday: A Senate immigration bill was sent back to committee today, lessening the chances that legislators will enact measure to crackdown on those who employ illegal immigrants."
Mo. House panel rejects Senate immigration bill
From: www.columbiamissourian.com
"A House committee rejected a Senate-approved immigration bill Monday while the governor's office touted state troopers' arrest of 250 illegal immigrants since last summer."
State high court gets wind-water case
From: www.sunherald.com
"The Mississippi Supreme Court should follow federal precedent and rule out insurance coverage for hurricane damage caused by a combination of wind and water, the USAA insurance company argues."
Barbour says Toyota delay good for state
From: www.djournal.com
"Toyota's decision to delay the startup of manufacturing at its $1.3 billion plant near Blue Springs will be beneficial to the state, Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday."
Easley tax proposals greeted coolly
From: www.news-record.com
"Gov. Mike Easley's proposal to raise taxes on alcohol and cigarettes ran into nearly immediate skepticism from senior lawmakers Monday, who characterized the idea as anywhere between "ambitious" and "unlikely." "
Bruning takes housing discrimination fight to CNN
From: www.journalstar.com
"OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on Monday defended his refusal to prosecute housing discrimination cases on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight," again couching his stance in the nationwide debate over illegal immigration."
NJ budget shifts to black from red
From: www.nj.com
"Legislative budget analysts are set to announce today that they believe New Jersey is heading into the next budget year with a windfall, not a shortfall. "
N.J. hospital workers rally against proposed budget cuts
From: www.philly.com
"TRENTON, N.J. -- Gov. Corzine said yesterday that he was "bound and determined" to right troubled state finances as New Jersey hospital workers rallied outside the Statehouse against his plan to cut state hospital aid by 14 percent."
Legislators uncap bottle bill debate
From: www.nj.com
"Could paying an extra dime for a bottle of water stop New Jerseyans from tossing it out the car window or dumping it in the trash? Or would it amount to a tax on already-squeezed consumers and a burden on small businesses?"
Environmentalists say state standards fail to protect water
From: www.nj.com
"New Jersey regulators have rejected tougher standards for cleaning and removing soil at contaminated industrial sites, angering environmentalists who claim water supplies are in jeopardy."
Economic chief named
From: hosted.ap.org
"Mike Skaggs, who has made a career of expanding business activity in southwest states, was named Monday as executive director of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development."
Despite few layoffs, workers feel fear
From: www.lasvegassun.com
"After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, thousands of hourly Strip workers were laid off as tourists stayed home, and profit at some casinos was halved. It took more than a year to recover."
Negotiations under way to ease Ground Zero deal
From: www.nytimes.com
"In 2005, state and city officials were so eager to keep Goldman Sachs downtown that they provided the investment bank with one of the biggest incentive packages in city history to build itself a new headquarters across West Street from ground zero."
Blurred line in pension rules
From: www.timesunion.com
"An Albany County judge accrued nearly two decades' worth of taxpayer-funded pension credits while working as the legal adviser for the Albany City School District."
N.Y. farmers fear a shortage of skilled workers
From: www.washingtonpost.com
"BATAVIA, N.Y. - New York farmers say a shift in state policy is making it harder for them to hire experienced seasonal workers through federal guest-worker contracts. "
Member Exchange - Soaring costs may strain welfare changes
From: www.daytondailynews.com
"CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio - The vegetable garden is going in now, and Heather Algoe will tend it with a fervor not afforded a mere hobby. She needs this food to feed her family."
Northwest Ohio 'wind belt' attracting energy companies
From: blog.cleveland.com
"Jon Berry has spent much of his life bracing against the wind."
Oregon tries new economic development strategy
From: www.nwpr.org
"The state of Oregon is going to try a new strategy when it comes to job creation."
Kulongoski orders overhaul of economic development agency
From: www.oregonlive.com
"Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed an executive order Monday that will begin a reorganization of the state's economic development agency."
Jobs in Oregon's tourist industry take a hit
From: www.oregonlive.com
"Sales are flat or down at Mo's seafood restaurants along the coast. At the Pine Tavern Restaurant in Bend, year-over-year sales have plunged by double-digit percentages in each of the past four months."
Bills to improve conditions in puppy mills to be introduced today
From: www.mcall.com
"A western Pennsylvania legislator today will introduce long-awaited revisions to Pennsylvania's dog law pushed by Gov. Ed Rendell, the biggest step forward in a tortuous, two-year-long process geared toward improving the lot of thousands of dogs in puppy mills."
Fumo appeals new assessment on his Phila. home
From: www.philly.com
"State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo has filed an appeal of the property-tax hike on his Spring Garden mansion, contending that the city illegally singled him out for a 281 percent increase."
Rendell vows veto if state bill preempts Philadelphia smoking ban
From: www.philly.com
"Gov. Rendell yesterday said he would veto any legislation to ban smoking in public places statewide if it would weaken Philadelphia's existing law."
Last, best turnpike offers solicited
From: www.pittsburghlive.com
"Pennsylvania received multiple bids from companies wanting to lease its turnpike but has given at least some bidders until the end of this week to produce a final offer, Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday."
Rendell says he'll veto weakened ban on smoking
From: www.post-gazette.com
"A House-Senate panel had been expected to adopt a compromise bill yesterday outlining which workplaces had to be smoke-free, but Gov. Ed Rendell changed things with just a few words at a news conference."
New regulations tighten state's film tax credits
From: www.projo.com
"Spurred by questions about how much Rhode Island has benefited financially from the $55 million-plus in tax write-offs it has offered television and movie producers as an incentive to film here, state officials took steps yesterday to tie the credits more closely to money spent here."
Court rules R.I. needn't hear cases on asbestos
From: www.projo.com
"In a matter closely followed by national business groups, the state Supreme Court is ordering the dismissal of 39 asbestos cases that Canadian residents had filed in Rhode Island."
SC Supreme Court -- Casino boats don't have to report wagers
From: www.goupstate.com
"The state Supreme Court says casino boats operating out of South Carolina do not have to report how much money they take in each month to the state Revenue Department."
Panel rebukes Rounds on tax memo
From: www.argusleader.com
"The Legislature's Executive Board on Monday sent a stern message to Gov. Mike Rounds to rescind what they say is a new tax on mid-range ethanol blends."
Obama campaign reaches out to rural South Dakota
From: www.rapidcityjournal.com
"Two former state agriculture leaders made a pitch to rural South Dakota on Monday for presidential hopeful Barack Obama, touting farm-policy initiatives aimed at strengthening disaster assistance, helping beginning farmers and boosting alternative fuel supplies."
Vote sets up battle on video lottery
From: www.argusleader.com
"Sioux Falls and the state of South Dakota could be heading for a legal showdown after councilors Monday expanded restrictions on video lottery businesses."
$100M fund to attract jobs
From: www.knoxnews.com
"Gov. Phil Bredesen proposed Monday a revised state budget that puts $100 million into a new economic development "contingency fund" while cutting $80 million from a TennCare program for the "medically needy.""
Bredesen budget cuts jobs, TennCare, pre-K
From: www.commercialappeal.com
"Funding for state universities will be cut $56 million and 80,000 fewer people with huge medical bills will be enrolled in TennCare."
Buyout talk changes state workers' retirement plans
From: www.tennessean.com
"The prospect of lucrative buyout packages is leading some state employees to put their retirement plans on hold."
Budget cuts won't touch fund for recruiting industry
From: www.tennessean.com
"A $100 million state fund designed to help land new manufacturing plants and corporate headquarters for Tennessee won't be cut, despite the budget crisis, state officials said Monday."
Bredesen focuses cuts on three areas
From: www.tennessean.com
"The state should cut from TennCare spending, higher education and employees' salaries to respond to its deepening economic downturn, Gov. Phil Bredesen told lawmakers Monday, saying the state must act "decisively and conservatively" to weather its financial crisis."
Nashville - Megasite incentives on tap despite cuts
From: www.timesfreepress.com
"Tennessee Finance Commissioner Dave Goetz said Monday that Gov. Phil Bredesen intends to merge $100 million from reserves with savings from several other areas as a "contingency" fund for "some potential large economic-development projects that we hope are going to bear fruit.""
Bredesen focuses cuts on three areas
From: www.tennessean.com
"The state should cut from TennCare spending, higher education and employees' salaries to respond to its deepening economic downturn, Gov. Phil Bredesen told lawmakers Monday, saying the state must act "decisively and conservatively" to weather its financial crisis."
Allstate settlement means 700,000 Texans could get some money back
From: www.chron.com
"As many as 700,000 Texans who have or had Allstate insurance on their homes could be getting a check in the mail by November as part of a $71.3 million settlement over past rate increases."
Texans take on big debts, taxes
From: www.mysanantonio.com
"A weak economy and angst over ever-rising property taxes didn't keep Texas voters from approving 66 school bond elections this past weekend. "
Allstate cuts deal on excess charges in Texas
From: www.dallasnews.com
"Allstate Insurance agreed Monday to refund $51.6 million to Texas customers it overcharged for homeowners insurance, but the company will not have to return another $19.2 million in overcharges under a settlement with state regulators."
Study says foreigners in U.S. adapt quickly
From: www.washingtonpost.com
"Immigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations, according to a study released today. "
33% say card debt stayed steady in '07
From: www.deseretnews.com
"As the Federal Reserve reports an uptick in borrowing nationwide, a poll of Utah residents indicates their credit-card spending isn't as bad as it could be."
Kaine, GOP clash over transit solution for Virginia
From: www.inrich.com
"Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday raised the specter of aging bridges, traffic-clogged hurricane evacuation routes and the financial impact of gridlock to make his case for $1 billion in new taxes and fees for transportation."
Guns in restaurants fail to cause outcry in N.Va.
From: www.inrich.com
"RESTON, Va. -- The patrons at Champps, a restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement. He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons."
Kaine says more taxes necessary to fix highways
From: www.roanoke.com
"Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday that the mounting cost of highway maintenance and the possible consequences of ignoring it led him to propose another statewide tax increase for transportation, despite opposition from key Republican legislative leaders."
Kaine - state needs $1.1 billion for roads
From: hosted.ap.org
"Governor Tim Kaine asked legislators to boost state taxes by about $1 billion a year to improve roads Monday, and Republican lawmakers swiftly said no."
Hearing on Dominion rate increase June 24
From: hamptonroads.com
"Dominion Virginia Power customers and others who want to comment on the company's proposed fuel rate increase may do so during a public hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. June 24 in Richmond."
Va. regulators set hearing on Dominion rate increase request
From: hosted.ap.org
"The State Corporation Commission says it has scheduled a public hearing on Dominion Virginia Power's request to raise rates about 18 percent due to higher fuel costs."
GOP says Kaine's road tax plan will go nowhere
From: hamptonroads.com
"Minutes after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine unveiled a plan Monday afternoon for an almost $860 million tax increase to help transportation, House Republican leaders declared it all but dead."
Kaine pitches highway program
From: fredericksburg.com
"Gov. Tim Kaine unveiled a transportation plan yesterday that would raise about $1 billion a year for roads."
Va. GOP lawmakers reject Kaine's latest transportation fix
From: www.washingtonpost.com
"RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine proposed Monday raising $1.1 billion in taxes and fees to build and repair roads, including boosting the sales tax by 1 cent in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. "
Budget fix includes borrowing, some cuts, but no hospital tax
From: www.madison.com
"Legislative leaders announced a deal Monday to fix a $527 million hole in the state budget by nixing a major tax hike, cutting some spending, increasing borrowing and delaying payments."
State lawmakers set plan to fix budget
From: www.jsonline.com
"Legislative leaders on Monday announced a budget-repair package they intend to pass over the next two days - a plan Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle said he expects to rework with vetoes when it hits his desk."
Full faculty at WVU to assemble on Garrison
From: www.post-gazette.com
"Embattled West Virginia University President Mike Garrison tomorrow will face his second vote of no confidence in as many weeks, this time from the 1,800-member faculty of the state's flagship university."
Job gains cut W.Va. unemployment rate to 5.2 percent
From: www.dailymail.com
"Job gains in construction and other sectors cut West Virginia's unemployment rate by one-tenth of a percentage point in April to 5.2 percent."
Questions about uranium
From: www.casperstartribune.com
"Ranchers and rural residents in northeast Wyoming say they've seen the brochure on how uranium producers perform in-situ leach mining. What they don't know is how it's going to work in their neighborhood, with the soils and aquifers under their homes."
Groups form to discuss reform of property taxes
From: billingsgazette.net
"CODY, Wyo. -- Despite relatively low property tax rates compared with most other states, some Wyoming homeowners say that sharply rising real estate values and a lack of market transparency are putting a big pinch on taxpayers."
Bill stalls in Senate committee
From: www.knoxnews.com
"A bill that would bring an estimated $27.2 million in new state revenue stalled in a Senate committee Monday after some provisions were criticized by lawyers and lobbyists representing affected businesses."
Oh say, is that banner made in the U.S.A.?
From: www.stateline.org
"Lawmakers in 10 states have taken steps to require that American flags bought with state funds be manufactured in this country. While not all the legislation has passed, one state’s new law even bans the sale of foreign-made American flags in that state."
WORTH NOTING: Voters' guide promotes phone sex
From: www.stateline.org
"An Oregon voters’ guide lists a very wrong number. California’s governor insults rural legislators. And Pennsylvania considers selling wine in vending machines. In case you missed those stories this week, “Worth Noting” fills you in."
Parents turn to states for autism help
From: www.stateline.org
"(UPDATED 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday May 1) One of the toughest problems facing autism patients, their families and policymakers is paying for treatment. Families are increasingly relying on states to help them cope with the financial, medical and educational needs.
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The economic downturn: an opportunity for governors?
From: www.stateline.org
"Most governors recognize that they have the best political job in America. Most also would concede that the job is more satisfying when the economy is strong and revenues are growing than during an economic downturn, when cutting budgets becomes the major task. But even a recession can present opportunities for governors to make improvements that yield lasting benefits for their states."
WORTH NOTING: Illinois gov runs up travel tab
From: www.stateline.org
"Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s commuting costs start to add up. South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds settles a dispute with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a cranky game warden. California corrections officials install “flushometers” to control wasteful toilet flushing in prisons. In case you missed any of those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in."
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"Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s commuting costs start to add up. South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds settles a dispute with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a cranky game warden. California corrections officials install “flushometers” to control wasteful toilet flushing in prisons. In case you missed any of those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in."
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