AK: Increased Medicaid usage spikes cost
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The single biggest item in the Alaska state budget is experiencing a costly growth spurt.
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AK: Heavy oil may rival gas
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Alaskans have spent decades looking forward to the prospect of a natural gas pipeline to support the economy as Prudhoe Bay, North America's largest oil field, continues its decline.
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AK: Funding plan for scholarship program falters
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Legislators are proving skeptical of Gov. Sean Parnell's plan to finance his Governor's Performance Scholarships through a new endowment.
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AL: Expert -- Gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks' loan 'almost unheard of'
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Ron Sparks would need about twice the income and real estate assets that public records show in his possession in order to qualify for a $500,000 loan from most lenders, according to a banking expert.
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AL: Gov. Bob Riley suggests media, not his administration, put attention on electronic bingo
From: feeds.stateline.org
"ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- Gov. Bob Riley suggested today that it has been the media, not his administration, that has put so much focus on the issue of electronic bingo casinos in Alabama.
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AL: Bingo issue divides Ala. governor hopefuls
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The candidates trying to become Alabama's next governor have views on electronic bingo casinos that range from a desire by some Republicans to shut them down to Democrat Ron Sparks' plan to expand them to every county that wants them.
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AR: Grand Prairie project awaits fall in White River
From: feeds.stateline.org
"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than a year after a federal judge ruled a rare woodpecker couldn't stand in the way of a massive irrigation project, a top official said it will be several more years before rice and soybean farmers can use water from the White River to irrigate their crops.
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AZ: Appliance rebates set for April 12, will go fast
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For deal-hungry Arizonans who are weary of cold showers, thumping washing machines or dishwashers that don't wash, the wait for a tempting rebate is almost over.
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CA: Interest in buying state offices in California is building
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Efforts to sell 24 state office buildings have drawn lots of interest from potential buyers -- as well as the ire of some former public officials who labored to get them built years ago in the belief that public ownership of the buildings would bring long-term financial benefits to taxpayers.
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CA: Once eBay chief, now GOP gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman is selling a new product -- Herself
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In the thick of a Detroit winter in 1997, Meg Whitman grappled with what she acknowledges was the least successful chapter of her professional life.
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CO: Bill pitting river enthusiasts, landowners runs into rough waters in Senate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A bill that could buoy or sink Colorado's rafting industry and affect hundreds of thousands of river enthusiasts and landowners may have floated through the House, but it's on the rocks in the Senate.
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CO: Taxpayers can see where money goes on new website
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new website that will provide taxpayers estimates of how their taxes are spent and allow them to vote on whether that amount is appropriate was unveiled Sunday.
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CO: Logging beetle-killed forests challenged
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Forest ecologists trying to prevent the expansion of roads on public lands say in a new report that removing beetle-killed trees is unnecessary, except near mountain communities.
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CO: Judge revokes license for Colorado insurer
From: feeds.stateline.org
"An administrative law judge has ordered that licenses be revoked for a Colorado insurance agency and its founder, citing repeated violations of state law.
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CO: BusinessWeek -- DU, CSU, CU-Boulder among nation's best business schools
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Three Colorado universities have been ranked among the nation's 111 best undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
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CT: Legislators tell seniors about ways to get help
From: feeds.stateline.org
"HAMDEN, Conn. -- Fewer older residents are able to find jobs to supplement their income, a stark reality of the recession.
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CT: Stop & Shop workers weigh climate, vote 'Yes'
From: feeds.stateline.org
"No one, it seemed, wanted to strike, neither full-time nor part-time Stop & Shop workers — not in this economy, not with so many jobless people willing to cross a picket line to pick up a paycheck
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CT: Sunday liquor sales idea to get public hearing today
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Sunday has been a day of rest for alcohol sales in Connecticut for centuries, but some state legislators are trying to change the land of steady habits.
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FL: In deal on Everglades, a dream is deferred
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When Gov. Charlie Crist announced Florida's $1.75 billion plan to save the Everglades by buying out a major landowner, United States Sugar, he declared that the deal would be remembered as a public acquisition "as monumental as the creation of the nation's first national park, Yellowstone."
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FL: Gambling, budget top priorities for Florida Legislature
From: feeds.stateline.org
"On the Week Two agenda for the Florida Legislature: gambling and the budget.
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FL: Shows with gays excluded from proposed tax credit
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Movie and TV productions with gay characters could be ineligible for a tax credit being considered in the state House.
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FL: Company names may go on tags
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With the economy in the tank, a Florida lawmaker is considering an unusual idea to raise money: Let corporations pay to put logos on license plates.
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FL: Museum highlights modern-day slavery problem in Florida
From: feeds.stateline.org
"FORT MYERS. Fla. -- The white truck's cargo space is dark, cluttered and hot -- walls lined with stained plywood, cardboard boxes stacked head-high, a clanking steel roll-down door that locks from outside. This is what home looked like for some of the Navarrete family's slaves.
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FL: Employers get temporary relief
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The decision was easy for Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders as they watched the economy sputter and voters seethe in an election year. On the first day of session, the Legislature passed, and Crist signed, a bill that delays for two years a massive unemployment compensation tax hike for nearly a half-million Florida employers.
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GA: Georgia makes good on promise to expand biotech industry
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Last May, the state spent nearly $2 million hosting the biotech industry's biggest annual convention at the Georgia World Congress Center. Billed as the debutante ball for the state's life science industry, Georgia leaders vowed to recoup their investment in the 2009 Bio International Convention. It appears they did.
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GA: Gordon landfill could be solar farm
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CALHOUN, Ga. -- An old landfill here could soon find new life as a solar farm. The 36-acre Harris-Beamer landfill, which closed in the 1970s, could ultimately become home to a large-scale, 5-megawatt photovoltaic system, officials said.
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HI: $16.2M in Hawaii film, TV tax credits created 4,000-plus jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State tax breaks helped finance a bank commercial, a Merrie Monarch Festival television special and music videos produced by a Honolulu Symphony Orchestra affiliate.
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IA: Experts see positive notes in Iowa's economic trends
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Economic experts say Iowa has turned the corner on the recession, but economic recovery will come slower than in other parts of the country.
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IA: Recession hits casinos, too
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Iowa's casino industry generated $967 million for the state's economy in 2009, which was the worst showing since 2005, a new state report shows.
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IA: Energy research bill would let utility raise rates
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Iowans would pay $15 million in higher electric rates to allow MidAmerican Energy to study the state's energy needs - including the possibility of building a second nuclear energy plant - under a bill being discussed by lawmakers.
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ID: Idaho water outlook continues to darken
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As feared, Idaho's mountain snowpacks are continuing their slide downward, imperiling adequate irrigation supplies in many Idaho river basins this year.
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ID: Embattled charter school to meet with parents
From: feeds.stateline.org
"An embattled Idaho charter school will meet with parents on Monday to answer questions after the state took a first step toward closing Nampa Classical Academy.
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IL: Bank of Illinois fails; Heartland takes over
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NORMAL, Ill. -- The troubled Bank of Illinois was closed by regulators Friday, making it the first McLean County bank to fail in 26 years.
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IL: Toyota -- SIU resignations not punitive
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Two Toyota company representatives have resigned from a Southern Illinois University Carbondale automotive school committee amid an agreement between the university and automaker to work together to research possible defects causing sudden unintended acceleration in some vehicle models.
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IL: Bill may ban pre-employment credit checks
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Sixteen states, including Illinois, are considering legislation that will ban or limit pre-employment credit checks.
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IL: Possible tax hike doesn't worry product expo vendors
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Company representatives at the 12th annual Illinois Products Expo said Saturday they're not worried about financial repercussions that could arise for themselves and other state-based manufacturers if Gov. Pat Quinn proposes an income tax increase this week.
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IL: Animal activists target big breeders and puppy mills
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In Illinois and elsewhere, animal rights activists are growing more strident in their demands that pets be adopted from rescue centers or shelters rather than from retailers who buy dogs from large-scale breeders.
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IL: When is a tea party not a tea party?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Purveyors of fine tea and tea enthusiasts in general find themselves steeped in a linguistic shift, their beloved beverage now associated with a conservative political movement routinely praised or pilloried on talk radio and cable news shows.
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KS: Chamber mulls state issues over breakfast
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With another $467 million revenue shortfall looming, legislators at Saturday's Eggs and Issues event said they don't expect the state's budget woes to improve anytime soon.
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KS: Budget crisis stirs ghosts of politics past
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Budget problems have revived a political debate in Kansas about protecting working families and building prosperity that's more than a century old.
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KS: State parks see increase in events, visitors; other news from the Kansas Statehouse
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The 24 state parks in Kansas have seen an increase in visits over the past several years. There were 7,201,743 visitors in 2009, compared with 6,519,423 in 2008, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
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KS: Kansas cancels big highway projects amid budget crisis
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Kansas motorists will have to get used to more potholes and cracked highway pavement — they're the latest price for patching the gaping holes in the state's budget.
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KY: Livestock care bill has underlying purpose
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A House committee is poised this week to take up a bill that would grant sweeping authority to regulate the treatment of farm animals to a new state panel.
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LA: Forum seeks to cut poverty rate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Support teacher organizations. Volunteer to become a mentor. Donate to the United Way. Pray more. These were just some of the responses attendees to the Interfaith Federation of Baton Rouge's Poverty Forum on Sunday gave to a challenge extended by the Louisiana Child Poverty Prevention Council: cut the number of children living in poverty in half by 2018.
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MA: Meals tax brings in more revenue than expected
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Communities that have taken the authority offered by the Massachusetts Legislature to impose a meals tax have generally found they are bringing in more revenue than expected.
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MA: Mass. Gov. Patrick headlines fisheries summit
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Deval Patrick will be headlining a fisheries summit. The governor will be at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford on Monday as local fishermen address new rules taking effect May 1.
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MA: Stop & Shop strike averted
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Grocery workers approved new contracts yesterday with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., ending months of tense negotiations and averting a threatened strike.
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MD: Maryland is making plans for future growth
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State officials are launching this week a yearlong effort to write a statewide growth plan, hoping to forge a consensus on how Maryland can curb sprawl while accommodating 1 million more people in the next 20 years.
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ME: Anthem defended for rate hike proposal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Thousands of Mainers who buy their own health insurance are facing a nearly 23 percent average increase in premiums, the sixth double-digit rate hike in the past six years.
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ME: Can wind farms, fisheries coexist?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"ROCKPORT, Maine — For centuries, New England fishermen have used boats small and large to reap the natural bounties found below the surface of the Gulf of Maine. But fishermen soon may be forced to share those waters with even larger structures built to capture the gulf's other abundant resource: the wind.
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ME: Ban on imported campfire wood eyed
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Campers headed to Maine from other states wouldn't be allowed to bring their own firewood under a proposed law headed toward passage in the Legislature.
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MI: Job report suggests recovery still far off
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In the latest sign that the U.S. remains mired in a jobless recovery, the Labor Department reported Friday that the nation lost 36,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate remained stuck at 9.7%.
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MO: Mo. AG to promote senior consumer protection
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is promoting consumer protection this week.
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MO: Wanted -- Radical notions
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Got an idea to make state government more efficient? The Senate wants to hear from you.
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MO: Odor problem pits hog farm operator against state, divides towns
From: feeds.stateline.org
"On a snowy night in February, about 1,500 people packed a school gymnasium in northern Missouri to sound off about the owner of factory hog farms.
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MO: Bills in Missouri House would create regional taxing district for Kansas City Zoo
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A second bill to allow the creation of a regional taxing district for the Kansas City Zoo has been filed, this one in the Missouri House. It is a companion to one filed last month in the state Senate.
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MO: Former Missouri House speaker agrees to testify before grand jury
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Rod Jetton, a former Missouri House speaker, said he would appear this week before a federal grand jury investigating alleged pay-to-play schemes at the statehouse.
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MS: Refinancings decline in Mississippi
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Last year, record low interest rates drove home refinancing, but Mississippians appear to have hopped off the bandwagon.
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MS: Miss. high court to hear arguments on alcohol ban
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Pike County and the owners of inner tube rental companies will square off before the Mississippi Supreme Court on March 30 in an ongoing dispute over a ban of sale of alcohol on heavily used stretches of the Bogue Chitto River and Topisaw Creek.
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MS: Report -- Toyota to open Prius plant in 2011
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BLUE SPRINGS, Miss. -- A Japanese newspaper reported Sunday that Toyota will be opening its idled Blue Springs plant in 2011. According to Reuters, the Tokyo Shimbun will start operating the plant, which is slated to build the popular Prius Hybrid, as early as June 2011.
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MS: Mississippi stripper bar law gets Senate OK, goes to Barbour
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State senators sent Gov. Haley Barbour legislation Friday that would allow all Mississippi counties to regulate strip clubs. Only the state's three Gulf Coast counties -- Hancock, Harrison and Jackson -- now have that authority.
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MT: Ag chief hears out Montana farmers and ranchers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"These are tough times for rural America, noted Tom Vilsack, head of the federal Department of Agriculture, who told a group of ranchers and farmers gathered for breakfast Saturday at Bennie's Bistro in Helena that he's aware of their troubles and wants to help find solutions.
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MT: Attorney General Bullock schedules consumer protection forums
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Attorney General Steve Bullock has scheduled listening sessions around the state as part of National Consumer Protection Week.
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MT: Census jobs still to fill
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As Montana's unemployment rate continues to rise, a labor-intensive government program looking to fill hundreds of jobs may be coming at just the right time.
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ND: Efforts continue to increase housing in northwestern North Dakota
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MINOT, N.D. -- Efforts are being made to increase housing in northwestern North Dakota, where a housing crunch is coinciding with a growing oil patch population.
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ND: Defunct power plant to cost millions
From: feeds.stateline.org
"More than $20 million in expenses for the defunct Big Stone II power plant may show up on ratepayers' electric bills, even though the project won't illuminate a single light bulb, state regulators say.
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ND: N.D. leads in production of 12 commodities
From: feeds.stateline.org
"FARGO, N.D. -- The Agriculture Department says North Dakota leads the nation in the production of 12 commodities.
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NE: FBI -- Alleged farm equipment thieves hit Nebraska, 4 other states
From: feeds.stateline.org
"KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The FBI says two men have been charged with the theft of large farm equipment from five states, including Nebraska.
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NE: Bill would let more companies dip into state's training fund
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The bill would allow West Corp. and other similar businesses that hire teleworkers to answer phones in their homes to dip into Nebraska's $15 million to $20 million training fund.
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NH: Officials -- Stimulus helped NH retain jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"New Hampshire has used its $708 million in federal stimulus funding to create more than 2,000 jobs, pay for scores of road projects, upgrade health centers, fund research projects at universities and provide public schools with computers and supplies.
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NH: Storm aftermath -- Customers get a break
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Telephone and cable companies will reduce bills of customers who lost service due to the late February storm, but electric utilities won't do so because they provide power on a metered basis, company officials and a consumer advocate said.
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NH: NH bankruptcy filings rising
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Bankrupty filings in New Hampshire are steadily rising.
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NJ: N.J. Senate resolution would require the chamber go paperless
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Party leaders on both sides of the aisle in the New Jersey Senate say it's time for the chamber to go paperless.
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NJ: Schundler -- School aid cuts won't be as steep
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state's top education official had both good news and bad news for New Jersey's public schools on Saturday: State aid for day-to-day costs won't drop by 15 percent, but it won't remain flat, either.
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NJ: N.J. municipalities raise taxes despite state cap
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When New Jersey announced that property taxes went up by an average of 3.3. percent last year — the smallest increase in a decade of rapid growth — some hailed it as evidence that a 3-year-old law capping annual increases at 4 percent had finally taken hold.
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NJ: NJ Democrats scramble as Gov. Chris Christie draws the budget battle lines
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In nine days, Gov. Chris Christie will present a budget that attempts to reverse everything from the Corzine years.
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NJ: As state seeks to curb sick day abuse, employees find loopholes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When rolling out a series of proposals to trim costly benefits for public employees, state lawmakers declared that in the future no one should be paid more than $15,000 at retirement for unused sick time racked up during long careers.
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NM: Details of budget cuts still hazy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"More than one New Mexico state lawmaker this week pegged a coming calamity to July 1, the effective date of a $5.3 billion state budget, and the more than $270 million in various tax hikes and revenue-generating measures, state lawmakers passed during this week's special session.
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NM: Analysis -- Bill gives governor budget powers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Before the Legislature headed home from a budget-balancing special session, it handed Gov. Bill Richardson a powerful tool in case New Mexico faces a deficit in the coming year.
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NM: State budget plan worsens ABQ budget deficit
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Albuquerque Skyline ImagePart of the state budget package sent by the legislature to the governor this week includes a food tax provision that will exacerbate an already tough budget situation for New Mexico's largest city.
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NV: Squeezing the bureaucracy, lawmakers get creative
From: feeds.stateline.org
"What was billed at its onset as the biggest fiscal crisis in Nevada history ended with the state's social safety net, such as it is, intact.
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NV: Destruction is coming, but when?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Loch Lomond Way, which runs parallel to Interstate 15, is likely to be bought by the state and leveled for the freeway widening, which will displace hundreds of homes and commercial properties.
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NV: Education cuts may never be healed after session
From: feeds.stateline.org
"LAS VEGAS, Nev. — History suggests that Nevada's public schools may never recover from the budget cuts being required of them by legislators after last weekend.
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NV: IRS -- 19,000 Nevadans have unclaimed tax refunds
From: feeds.stateline.org
"RENO, Nev. — The Internal Revenue Service says more than 19,000 Nevada taxpayers have more than $19 million in unclaimed refunds.
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OH: Governor Ted Strickland upbeat on solar job growth
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Lisa Patt-McDaniel hopped onto a plane headed for Anaheim, Calif., in October for the Solar Power International Conference. As the director of Ohio's Department of Development, Ms. Patt-McDaniel said she used the trip to speak with about 20 solar energy company executives and attempted to persuade them to make their products in her state.
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OH: Cleveland casino a $600 million investment; expert questions proposed sites
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Cleveland's casino will be a $600 million investment. That's what casino developer Dan Gilbert's representative told the crowd of more than 100 at a public dialogue on casino design, held at Cleveland's City Club Friday evening.
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OH: Business vs. clean energy -- Ohioans pulled 2 ways
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- The letter last week to Sen. Sherrod Brown was signed by executives from some of the largest companies and business organizations in Ohio - including FirstEnergy of Akron, the Timken Company of Canton, the Ohio Manufacturers' Association and the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
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OK: Puppy mill bills take two paths
From: feeds.stateline.org
"One way or the other, state Rep. Lee Denney hopes to get a puppy mill bill through the Legislature this year.
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OR: Salazar says sage grouse deserves federal endangered species protection but will have to wait
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Greater sage grouse deserves to be added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species — but won't be because of a backlog of imperiled species, the Obama administration announced Friday.
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PA: Assemblyman, governor wrangle over budget information
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When Assembly Budget Chairman Lou Greenwald (D., Camden) asked the Christie administration to provide a list of spending reductions it rejected or didn't consider in trying to close a $2.3 billion budget gap, he received a list of about a dozen items "considered but not accepted."
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PA: Pennsylvania doesn't pay pothole damage claims
From: feeds.stateline.org
"On the daily commute to his auto repair shop in Lawrenceville, Marco Imbarlina found himself headed toward a pothole on the 40th Street Bridge, hemmed in by traffic and unable to swerve.
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PA: State to offer 54-day tax amnesty program starting April 26
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For people who owe back state taxes, now isn't the time to get right with the Revenue Department.
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PA: State's January jobless rate holds at 8.8%
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Pennsylvania employment report was released Thursday for January and contained mixed news, because while 22,000 more people were working than were in December, unemployment also rose by 4,000 people.
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PA: Defense to present its case today in Bonusgate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Over five weeks, jurors heard from a string of House aides who say they were part of an army of state-paid political operatives.
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RI: Mixed views on Block Island over proposed wind farm
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. -- Looking out beyond Block Island's Southeast Light and the Mohegan Bluffs below, the Atlantic Ocean stretches to the horizon. On a clear day, the wind-whipped waters meet the pale sky in a wash of blue.
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RI: Stop & Shop contract OK'd
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CRANSTON, R. I. — Local Stop & Shop Supermarket workers voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to approve a new three-year contract with their employer, ending about two months of negotiations and averting a potential strike.
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SC: McMaster opposes tax incentives for retailers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Republican candidate for governor Henry McMaster said at a campaign stop that he opposes using the state's economic development incentives program for retail projects.
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SC: Economy driving spring break decisions
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- If college students in South Carolina are any indication, spring break this year will be a frugal affair.
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TN: New Tennessee law could shake up who sits on state's regulatory boards
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Lawmakers are considering new limits on the power of professional groups to name people to Tennessee's regulatory boards, a move that some supporters say will reduce the influence of special interests in state government.
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TN: Michelle Obama, chimp e-mail costs executive Nashville contract
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A day after his e-mail comparing first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee came to public notice, Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker apologized for the message others called unwelcoming.
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TN: Budget-strapped Tennessee may tax hotels for free breakfast
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The so-called complimentary breakfasts at many hotels in Tennessee have stirred the appetite of state revenue officials.
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TN: Wine in groceries bill bottled up in legislature
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Under current law, 33 states allow wine sales in grocery stores, including Georgia and four other states that border Tennessee. One Georgia grocery store owner said her wine sales are a major source of her business income.
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TX: Texas' NASA fight soars even as state's clout fades
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON — Texas' hard-charging campaign to save NASA's back-to-the-moon Constellation program may have star-struck optimism on its side, but the political and historical realities could prove too daunting to overcome.
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TX: Online hotel bookers ask Congress to restrict how Texas and its cities collect room taxes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Online hotel bookers have asked Congress to restrict how Texas cities and the state collect room taxes, a move that already strapped governments call a sneak attack on their wallets.
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US: Jobless rate holds steady, raising hopes of recovery
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The American economy lost fewer jobs than expected last month, bolstering hopes that the worst may finally be over in the wrenching event known as the Great Recession.
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US: Soft-drink sales drop in schools, group says
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The main trade association representing Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc., and other beverage companies plans to release a report Monday showing that sales of soda and other drinks in U.S. secondary schools have dropped sharply since 2004, in a sign that efforts to improve nutrition in schools are progressing.
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UT: State seeks best uses for Utah Lake
From: feeds.stateline.org
"PROVO, Utah — State officials are looking for the best uses for Utah Lake — even if it means simply leaving it alone.
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UT: Utah charter schools -- After 10 years, proponents say they're a success, but not everyone agrees
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Brian Allen was furious. An involved father of four, he'd worked for years to land an invitation to sit on the community council at Cottonwood Heights Elementary and all they could talk about was eggs. Eggs. Oatmeal and eggs.
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VA: McDonnell warms to rhetoric
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Because of a cranky economy and cantankerous electorate, Bob McDonnell probably can't expect much of a honeymoon. But barely 50 days into his term, the state's first Republican governor in nearly a decade may be losing a bit of his luster.
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VA: Lobbyists stop anti-loophole bill on hotel taxes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In a tough budget year, state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple thought she had found a way to plug a tax loophole and claim an estimated $33 million in annual revenue for Virginia and its hard-pressed localities.
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VT: Vermont stores and customers enjoy tax-free holiday
From: feeds.stateline.org
"SOUTH BURLINGTON — He could have ordered the MacBook online. He could have driven to New Hampshire — because every day is sales-tax-free in the Granite State. John Larkin, a Rutland resident, chose to drive to the Small Dog Electronics store in South Burlington on Saturday morning. Why?
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WI: Hearing set on bill that would OK raw milk sales
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Selling raw milk in Wisconsin would be legalized under a bill up for a hearing Wednesday in Eau Claire.
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WI: State's IPOs have spotty track records
From: feeds.stateline.org
"After a pause in which investors picked themselves up and dusted off from the roundhouse punch delivered by the financial crisis and stock market collapse in 2008 and early 2009, initial public offerings are appearing again in Wisconsin.
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WV: It's crunch time at W.Va. Legislature
From: feeds.stateline.org
"West Virginia's Legislature has less than a week to decide the fate of proposals on abortion, corporate political spending and prescription drug abuse.
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WV: Failure of appeals bill dismays chamber
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce is "deeply disappointed" over last week's Senate Finance Committee vote that defeated legislation to create an intermediate court of appeals.
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WV: Hearing set for bill related to eye doctors
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A public hearing will be held today on one of most contentious issues to emerge during the current legislative session. The hearing is set for 9 a.m. in the House chamber on Senate Bill 230, which seeks to expand the scope of practice for optometrists in the state.
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WY: Legislators say work in 60th session was productive
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wyoming legislators agreed on a budget, left the state's reserves intact, and passed laws addressing a wide range of issues. Now they're headed home.
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WY: Gov signs 3 wind bills into law
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wyoming will have more authority over the siting and development of wind farms and the state will begin taxing wind energy production under bills that Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed into law on Friday.
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WY: Grouse stays off endangered list
From: feeds.stateline.org
"An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries.
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WY: Legislature shows restraint
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"The first relatively austere state legislative session after years of plenty was smooth, subdued and remarkably free of serious conflict.
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