Subsidized jobs: A faint echo of the New Deal
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"A small piece of the federal stimulus program is going toward funding jobs in the private sector. Even conservatives seem to like the idea.
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AK: AK labor department assessing moratorium toll
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"Alaska's labor department is assessing how a federal moratorium on offshore drilling will affect Alaska workers.
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CA: Whitman dismisses uproar about alleged shoving incident with EBay employee
From: feeds.stateline.org
"After a week of silence, Meg Whitman has spoken out about a report that she shoved a subordinate when she was chief executive of EBay, characterizing the altercation as a verbal dispute and dismissing the uproar about it as "a fascination of the chattering class."
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CA: California faces $19 billion budget deficit despite massive cuts
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"California has come face to face with its annual budget dance. This year's cover charge is $19.1 billion in needed cuts, and all parties are still huddled in the corner trying to decide if the music will be foxtrot, two-step, shimmy, or sway.
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CT: West Haven police commissioner, Ex-legislator indicted on mortgage fraud
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"Alleged conspirators in a mortgage fraud scheme -- including a West Haven police commissioner and a former state legislator -- were indicted Tuesday on additional charges of fraud involving mortgage loan insurance issued by the Federal Housing Authority.
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CT: Rates up 21 percent for individual health coverage
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"People shopping for individual health insurance policies in Connecticut saw price increases in line with those experienced by others throughout the country, according to Connecticut Insurance Department statistics and a recent report by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
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CT: State budget surplus better than expected
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"With the economy improving, the state is now expecting a surplus of nearly $243 million for the current fiscal year -- up sharply in the past month.
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FL: Activist threatening court action against DEP to demand it take a harder stance against BP
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"A Santa Rosa environmentalist is threatening to go to court after the state Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday rejected her administrative complaint demanding that it get tougher on BP.
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FL: BP exec visits Fla. areas hurt by oil spill
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"PENSACOLA, Fla. — BP America's Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles on Tuesday said the company is learning as it goes while responding to its Deepwater Horizon spill, but insisted he was proud of his company's actions in the wake of the spill that continues to pour up to 60,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf.
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FL: In Panacea, Operation Noah's Ark aims to preserve species from gulf oil spill
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"PANACEA, Fla. -- Jack Rudloe saw the future of his little slice of Florida a few nights ago, on an insomniac hike on the beach. He shined his flashlight at what should've been sea foam. It was not.
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FL: USF scientists to track oil in gulf this week
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"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — University of South Florida researchers will launch a four-day mission in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening to track oil moving from the Deepwater Horizon site.
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FL: Apalachicola readying for oil spill onslaught
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"APALACHICOLA, Fla. -- Florida coastal protection measures edged ever eastward Tuesday with Franklin County workers laying boom to protect fragile estuaries around this famed oystering community.
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FL: Drilling ban a legal face-off
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"WASHINGTON -- A federal judge Tuesday struck down President Barack Obama's six-month ban on new deep-water drilling, siding with oil companies that argued that it would harm their businesses, eliminate jobs and weaken the economies of Gulf Coast states.
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FL: Spill puts unemployed to work on the cleanup crew
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"PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Kim Gamez, a cook laid off from her job while raising three grandchildren, works the graveyard shift outdoors, shoveling tar balls off the once-pristine beaches of the Florida Panhandle.
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GA: Ripple effect of oil spill felt by Ga. companies
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"The Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be big business for one Atlanta company, and possibly hurt others.
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IA: Farmer seeks state permit for digester to convert manure to energy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"An eastern Iowa farmer is hoping to get approval from the state to build four new barns for nearly 5000 head of cattle -- and he proposes installing a huge "digester" that would convert the cattle's manure and bedding into electricity and compost.
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IA: Iowa home sales up 21% over last year
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"The number of homes sold in Iowa last month increased nearly 21% compared to May of 2009 according to the Iowa Association of Realtors.
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IA: $120 million casino breaks ground today
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"LARCHWOOD, Iowa -- A groundbreaking will be held 1 p.m. today for the $120 million Lyon County Resort & Casino, which was granted an Iowa gambling license last month by state regulators.
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IA: Iowa laws challenged by Casey's pursuer
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"A Canada-based convenience store chain plans to challenge the constitutionality of several Iowa anti-takeover laws as part of the company's hostile bid to purchase Casey's General Stores.
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IL: Controversial tax break for developer goes to Quinn
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Bill for startup investors would also aid developer of southern Illinois retail/entertainment center.
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IL: ShoreBank needs bigger bailout -- Report
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"ShoreBank Corp. needs more money than anticipated to survive, according to a news report.
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IL: Rain-soaked fields could cause problems for corn
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"BRIMFIELD, Ill. -- The recent heavy rains in central Illinois have Brimfield farmer Rod Stahl waiting -- not just to plant his last field of soybeans -- but to go after weeds that are flourishing because of all the wet weather.
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IL: Easy Money anything but; loan store had customers jailed
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"State regulators cracked down on a payday lender in Southern Illinois on Tuesday, saying the company worked to jail customers who didn't pay back loans.
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IN: Prepaid mobile phone users to face new Indiana fee
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"Callers who use prepaid mobile phones should be prepared to shell out a bit of extra cash starting July 1.
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IN: State agency -- Most promised jobs created
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"Approximately 87 percent of the jobs promised by companies lured to Indiana with tax credits or incentives since 2005 have been created, the Indiana Economic Development Corp., the state's commerce agency, announced Tuesday.
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IN: IEDC responds to House speaker's public records request
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"Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob on Tuesday defended the state's economic development efforts in a response to House Speaker Pat Bauer's request for public records related to the state's job-creation figures, which the South Bend Democrat has said he suspects are inflated.
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KS: Technology has changed Kansas' wheat harvest
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"For more than a century, the Kansas wheat harvest has been a symbolic icon of the state's heritage, giving us the names the Wheat State and the breadbasket of the world.
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KS: Bar owner challenges state smoking ban
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"A Tonganoxie man has filed a lawsuit against the State of Kansas, claiming the smoking ban to take effect July 1 is unconstitutional. The suit was filed earlier this month. On Friday, four other Wichita-area businesses joined his suit.
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KS: Federal stimulus money creates thousands of jobs in Kansas
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"The Kansas transportation secretary says federal stimulus money have brought more than 3,300 transportation jobs to the state.
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LA: Federal officials halt sand dredging to create Gulf of Mexico oil spill barrier
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"Federal authorities have ordered the state to stop dredging east of the Mississippi River, where sand from the bottom is being gathered to build barriers against the encroaching Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Gov. Bobby Jindal said.
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LA: Judge who nixed Gulf drilling ban has oil, gas investments, sits on secret wiretap court
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"NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, according to financial disclosure reports. He's also a new member of a secret national security court.
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MA: Thousands in state squeezed as clock runs out on jobless aid
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"John Nocella checks the job listings at state career centers almost every day. He's sent out at least 150 resumes. But it has been more than a year of searching since he lost his sales job, and Nocella is about to run out of time.
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MA: Downside of gambling raises worry
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"As they push to have Massachusetts expand legal gambling, state lawmakers have produced hundreds of pages of economic studies estimating the new jobs and tax revenue that would be created by opening multiple casinos. But lawmakers have generated little data to estimate the downside of casinos, the toll that crime and addiction would take on individuals and the expense of additional government services to combat those problems.
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MD: At long last, BRAC jobs boom set to hit this summer
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"The long-anticipated BRAC boom — the new jobs, offices and ripple economic effects — are finally on the way.
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ME: Report -- Maine businesses cutting jobs
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"PORTLAND, Maine — A conservative think tank says Maine businesses have been losing more jobs on the average from closures than they created through startups between 1993 and 2007.
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MI: U.S. State Department relaxes restrictions on refugees settling in the Detroit area
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The U.S. State Department has decided to relax a two-year-old policy that limited refugee resettlement to the Detroit area because of Michigan's struggling economy.
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MI: Canadian officials promote Detroit-Windsor bridge
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"Canadian officials are urging Michigan lawmakers to support a proposed new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
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MI: Michigan Senate OKs bills targeting energy theft
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Michigan Senate passed bills Tuesday aimed at cracking down on energy theft from utilities, which some companies say is a growing problem in tough economic times.
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MI: Blues rate hike action is delayed
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"With heat from the White House to stop unjustified insurance rate hikes, the state's insurance commissioner has delayed a decision about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's request to hike polices by an average of 15% -- for 189,000 non-elderly people who buy their own insurance -- as he awaits more details about how the company arrived at its proposal.
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MN: Mediator calls Twin Cities nurses, hospitals back to table
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"A federal mediator has called Twin Cities hospitals and their nurses back to the negotiating table in a bid to head off what could be a costly and extended work stoppage.
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MN: 600 Minnesotans a week are jobless and sweating
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"t's been a nerve-racking year for Peggy Byrne, the former St. Paul legislator who lost a human resources job to the recession 15 months ago. Despite countless applications and interviews, no one seemed to be hiring. It's been "very scary. My last unemployment check was Wednesday," she said.
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MO: Lobbying group forms for car-plant incentives
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"Some Missouri business leaders have formed a new group — Missouri Manufacturing Works — to help lobby for the bill that would give Ford and other automobile-related manufacturers up to $150 million in state incentives over the next 10 years.
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MS: Get needed BP funds dispersed quickly
From: feeds.stateline.org
"There is no more important priority for the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and of the larger Gulf states region than stopping the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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ND: Hoeven against oil boom-related special session
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"North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven will not call a special legislative session to address infrastructure in oil cities and counties.
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NE: Microsoft sues Lincoln company QuickTEQ Computers
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"National software giant Microsoft is suing a Lincoln company, QuickTEQ Computers, alleging that it has been selling reproductions, copies or imitations of Microsoft's copyrighted materials.
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NE: Nebraska sees increase in number of growing towns
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"Most of Nebraska's small towns continue to lose population, but the latest round of U.S. Census estimates has some bright spots too.
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NE: Fremont can't fix immigration policy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Voters in the meatpacking community of about 25,000 decided to ban businesses from hiring illegal immigrants and prohibit landlords from renting to them.
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NH: Scrabble tournament draws top players
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"NASHUA, N.H. – While bikers, most from around the Northeast, were making Laconia the epicenter of the motorcycle world last weekend, enthusiasts of a different sort -- some from as far away as Texas, California and Colorado -- were battling each other here at the Radisson Hotel. The shared passion that brought them together and pitted them against each other: Scrabble.
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NH: CMC court filing points to AG approval of 2005 affiliation
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Catholic Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health asked the probate court to overrule the state attorney general's objection to their proposed affiliation, in papers filed this week.
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NH: Indy on way to track
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Indy Racing League will make its return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway next year, bringing top-level open-wheel racing back to the Loudon oval for the first time since 1998 and adding a third major race weekend between the facility's two NASCAR dates.
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NJ: N.J. senator introduces bill allowing experimental oyster beds to continue
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Legislation has been introduced to allow scientists and activists to continue operating experimental oyster beds in New Jersey's polluted coastal waters, despite a ban imposed by state regulators two weeks ago.
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NM: Fastbucks payday lender countersues AG's office
From: feeds.stateline.org
"About two weeks before a civil lawsuit against a Texas-based payday-loan company is supposed to go to court, the company has filed a countersuit against Attorney General Gary King, accusing King of "malicious abuse of process" and "attempting to legislate by litigating."
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NM: Former PRC official alleges wrongful firing
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The former compliance director for the state Public Regulation Commission's insurance division claims in a lawsuit that he was fired after pointing out wrongdoing at the agency.
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NM: Veterans line up for jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"More than 1,500 jobs were up for grabs Tuesday at the second annual Heroes Hiring Heroes Veterans' Job Fair in Albuquerque.
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NY: Towns weighing health consortium
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Thirteen town and village leaders hope to copy other employer groups that have banded together to get health insurance at lower prices. The move would save money for their 500,000-plus taxpayers and for their municipal employees but could reduce the health plan options offered to their workers.
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NY: N.Y. earmarks go unspent
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The amount of money directed by members of Congress to Renaissance Square that was never spent was the second largest on a national list compiled by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization.
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NY: Albany split on low-cost energy program
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Legislature remains deadlocked over continuation of a low-cost power program for businesses. The state Senate passed a revamped program this week, but the Assembly is questioning a part of the proposal that would reduce energy rebates for upstate homeowners and farmers.
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NY: Cutting cost of debit cards
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Consumer groups are moving to make sure that when you're asked "debit or credit" at the checkout counter, the answer won't have any impact on your receipt.
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OH: Ohio home sales rise in May, but national sales unexpectedly fall
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"CLEVELAND -- Statewide home sales rose in May, but a national dip took analysts by surprise and provoked more questions about the housing market's health.
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OH: Unemployment in most Northeast Ohio counties down from same time a year ago
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"Unemployment in most Northeast Ohio counties is down slightly from a year ago, strengthening a trend begun earlier this year, figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show.
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OH: Capital University backs off buying Bexley Square
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Capital University will not buy Bexley Square shopping center, possibly to keep the peace with city residents and officials.
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OH: Area's job picture looking brighter
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A months-long flirtation with double-digit unemployment might be over for central Ohio.
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OR: Salem will gain 90 to 95 IBM jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Salem is getting a portion of the new jobs created by IBM's move to expand the workforce of one of its latest purchases, Beaverton-based Wilshire Credit Corp.
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RI: R.I. Senator Maselli pleads not guilty to bank fraud charges
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State Sen. Christopher B. Maselli, D-Johnston, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a federal indictment that charges him with bank fraud.
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RI: Twin River study predicts loss of millions in revenue
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In an 11th-hour effort to prevent a veto of their casino drive, the owners of the bankrupt Twin River slot parlor late Tuesday unleashed a study predicting "nearly $100 million" in revenue losses to the State of Rhode Island and the Town of Lincoln if Massachusetts takes a major leap into casino gambling and they are not able to compete.
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SD: Livestock producers praise rule proposals
From: feeds.stateline.org
"South Dakota livestock groups are enthusiastic about sweeping rule changes proposed last week by the USDA meant to support producers and place limits on meat companies.
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TX: Texas sees big population gains
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- Texas cities saw some of the fastest population gains in the U.S. last year, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau, a statistic that experts chalk up to a stable economy amid a national recession.
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US: States face new pinch as stimulus ebbs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Already-strapped states are about to face a new squeeze as the boost from federal economic-stimulus spending draws to a close and Washington looks increasingly reluctant to widen the nation's budget deficit.
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US: Cutting off the unemployed
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It was bad enough when the Senate left town for a long Memorial Day break without passing a bill to extend expiring unemployment benefits. It's worse now.
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VA: Virginia Beach bans all future LED signs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The 20 or so garden and beautification club members that trekked down to City Hall for yet another public hearing on electronic signs never expected the meeting would end in giddy squeals and group hugs.
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VT: Vermont Supreme Court to hear Milton salvage yard dispute
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MILTON, Vt. -- The Vermont Supreme Court is due today to hear oral arguments in a long-running dispute over a Milton salvage yard.
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WA: Gov. Chris Gregoire lays out export-building agenda
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Chris Gregoire laid out plans Tuesday to boost trade as part of President Obama's effort to double American exports in five years.
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WA: New Washington building energy standards delayed
From: feeds.stateline.org
"SEATTLE -- Washington state's new energy efficiency building standards were set to begin July 1 but have been delayed by three months, possibly longer.
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WA: Gregoire wants to increase Washington state exports
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"Washington needs to increase its exports, especially to Asia, and Gov. Chris Gregoire announced a plan Tuesday to boost state exports by 30 percent in the next five years and escalate new export sales by $600 million.
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WA: Promoter of Peru real-estate deals accused by state
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"A 27-year-old former bank worker and a half-dozen employees of his Seattle firm violated securities laws and deceived investors as they raised at least $15 million for real-estate deals in Lima, Peru, the state Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) alleges.
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WA: Signatures gathered for private liquor sales
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"Supporters of a ballot measure to privatize liquor sales say they have collected well over the required number of signatures to make the November ballot, and plan to turn in their petitions today, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
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WI: Flower, tree nurseries are a big part of Wisconsin's farm economy
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"SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, Wisc. -- When we think "Wisconsin agriculture," we think "milk."
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WI: Early spring takes toll on Wis. tart-cherry crop
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"The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects the state will produce 4.3 million pounds this year. That would be about 60 percent less than last year's bumper crop.
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WI: DOT asks public for comments on Downtown train station
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"A decision on a specific site Downtown for a Madison train station could be made as early as next week, state officials said Tuesday.
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WI: Storm claims pour into insurance companies
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Property and casualty insurers in Wisconsin received nearly 1,000 claims Tuesday resulting from tornado and severe storm damage in the southern part of the state Monday night.
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WV: Report -- Coal costs W.Va. budget more than it pays
From: feeds.stateline.org
"While coal mining provides West Virginia valuable jobs and tax revenue, the industry actually costs the state government budget more than it pays, according to a report released Tuesday.
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WV: State surplus property auction set for Saturday
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The West Virginia State Agency for Surplus Property will conduct a public auction at 10 a.m. Saturday at 2700 Charles Ave. in Dunbar. Gates to the auction site open at 9 a.m.
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WV: Massey to sue MSHA over ventilation rules
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Massey Energy Co. said Tuesday it will sue the federal government to strip the industry's chief regulator of its power to influence how coal mines are ventilated.
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WY: Wyoming's jobless drops slightly
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wyoming's economy continued to perk up in May.
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WY: Industry finds wind taxes high
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wyoming taxes on the wind energy industry would be the highest among Rocky Mountains states if all of Wyoming's pending taxes take effect, according to a new analysis by an industry group.
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Gulf govs hail judge's ruling on drilling moratorium
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"TODAY'S TAKE: A federal judge's decision overturn the federal ban on offshore drilling drew praise from Gulf state governors who had complained that idling oil production would put workers out of work.
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State budget cuts: across the board, and at cross-purposes
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Faced with historic budget deficits, states used blunt force to make deep cuts in 2010. In some cases, those cuts may come back to cost money later.
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New York hikes cigarette taxes
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TODAY'S TAKE: New York has become the latest state to raise cigarette taxes in the face of a budget deficit that exceeds $9 billion. Once the increase takes effect in July, New Yorkers will pay the country's highest tobacco taxes.
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States ride broadband wave
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"With an infusion of even more funding for planning since the National Broadband Plan was released in March, states are moving ahead with efforts to expand high-quality broadband access, even as a court ruling against the FCC’s net neutrality authority leaves them seeking clarity.
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New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on the issues
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"SANTA FE, N.M. — In a June 10 interview with
Stateline, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson discussed how the immigration issue is playing in this year’s race to succeed him. He described the benefit of sending the National Guard to secure the border and discussed his recent trip with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to tour the border area.
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