States begin long climb to recovery
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The overriding theme of the closing 2010 legislative session was the tremendous challenge of balancing the new fiscal year that begins Thursday, as lawmakers struggled to erase more than $100 billion in budget gaps. The way they did it will resonate in states for a long time.
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AZ: State should back real moneymaker
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"Arizona needs jobs, startup companies and bright ideas to drive new businesses. And we have a proven tool to get them: Science Foundation Arizona.
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AZ: AAA -- Drivers undeterred
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"The number of Arizonans expected to hit the road during the Fourth of July holiday weekend is expected to rise 19.5 percent, AAA Arizona says.
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AZ: Arizona appliance rebates will be less of a hassle, officials say
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"Arizona appliance rebates will be offered again, beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday. But this time, the Arizona Department of Commerce says the process should result in less anxiety and frustration.
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AZ: Governor Brewer creates Commerce Authority
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"Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday created a public-private Arizona Commerce Authority to replace the state Department of Commerce and immediately advanced it $10 million in U.S. stimulus funds to diversify and strengthen the state's economy.
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CA: With federal stimulus funds running out, economic worries grow
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"With home sales sliding, employers reluctant to hire and world stock markets gyrating wildly, the U.S. economy is in danger of stalling.
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CT: Connecticut Congress members seek probe into Anthem rate hikes
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"Connecticut's members of Congress joined several other Democrats in asking for an investigation into Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield rate increases requested last year, and approved by state regulators.
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CT: WellPoint online security breach put personal data at risk
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"An online security breach put at risk the personal, financial and medical information of 470,000 WellPoint customers nationwide, including 5,600 in Connecticut, customers are learning this week in letters from the company.
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DE: Delaware Senate passes budget day before June 30 deadline
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"The state Senate voted Tuesday night to approve a $3.3 billion budget, a nearly 7 percent increase from last year. For the first time in years, the Legislature acted on the budget a day before the June 30 deadline, sending the spending measure to the House for consideration today.
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DE: Delaware recycling law caps landmark year in Dover
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"Passage of a universal curbside recycling law and clean-energy initiatives helped turned 2010 into a landmark year for "green" legislation, despite budget pressures and competing issues in the General Assembly.
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FL: Storm forces suspension of oil spill skimming and booming operations
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"Rough seas and high winds from Hurricane Alex, the category 1 storm churning in the Gulf of Mexico far west of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, forced the suspension Tuesday of skimming and booming operations off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida, a BP spokesman said.
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FL: Anxious Gulf coast residents buying their own boom
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"DESTIN, Fla. -- In times when sands can blacken with a shift of the wind, even a place known as ``The World's Luckiest Fishing Village'' leaves little to chance. Along the tiny road of strip malls and ranch homes that winds through the city, customers drop by a hardware store with a marquee that advertises: ``Oil Boom: $6 A Ft.''
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FL: FPL plans to ask for rate increase
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"Florida Power & Light President Armando Olivera said Tuesday that the utility will ask state regulators to pass on to customers the costs of a new $900 million power generator in western Palm Beach County.
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FL: Fishing ban in Gulf of Mexico expanded
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"Grouper and snapper fishing will be among the hardest hit by the expanded closure of federal Gulf of Mexico waters east to Cape San Blas, officials say, but near-shore fishing in state waters — including the harvesting of scallops and oysters — remains largely open.
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FL: Gulf Coast tourism officials want $500M for campaign
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"WASHINGTON — A $500-million marketing campaign will be necessary to combat public perceptions about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could ripple for years, tourism officials told congressional staffers Tuesday.
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IA: Ag Secretary says rain has been tough on crops in some counties
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"The latest U.S.D.A. report on Iowa crop conditions shows "heavy and persistent rains" are taking a toll on some Iowa farm fields.
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ID: Idaho fund manager must pay $1.2 million
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"MERIDIAN, Idaho — A real-estate fund manager from southwestern Idaho must repay $1.2 million to investors after being sued in 2009 by the state for allegedly violating anti-fraud laws.
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IL: Ill. to begin new fiscal year with deficit, debt
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"The state of Illinois is about to begin a new budget year that will involve debt, deficit and spending cuts.
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IL: As cuts loom, thousands of state workers to get raises
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"Despite a state budget that is billions of dollars out of whack, more than 46,000 state workers will see bigger paychecks Thursday.
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IL: Quinn, Brady clash on minimum wage
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"Gov. Pat Quinn today said Illinois' minimum wage should be increased every year to reflect the rising cost of living, a position at odds with Republican foe Sen. Bill Brady.
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IL: Residents battle to keep land state wants for south suburban airport
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"Willis and Vivian Bramstaedt don't have big plans for retirement; they simply want to live out their remaining years on the land their family has farmed in rural Beecher since the 1950s.
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IL: A third of Illinois home sales distressed properties
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"Distressed properties accounted for just over one-third of all residential sales in Illinois during the first three months of 2010, according to new data to be released Wednesday.
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IL: Illinois sues Countrywide over subprime loans
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"The state of Illinois sued former mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corp. on Tuesday for allegedly using discriminatory lending practices for minority borrowers.
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IN: Economist says road to recovery will be rough
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"CROWN POINT, Ind. -- Recovery is an uphill climb but Northwest Indiana is in better shape than other parts of the state as the recovery moves forward.
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IN: Indiana AG sues California mortgage consultant
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"Larry Green thought he found the solution to his mortgage problem when he heard a radio ad.
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KS: A higher sales tax to begin Thursday in Kansas
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"Kansas shoppers and consumers take note: The state sales tax will climb by 1 cent at the stroke of midnight.
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KS: State smoking ban ruling is today
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"With only hours before Kansas is scheduled to go smoke-free in public places, owners of bars, bingo parlors and private clubs are seeking to block the ban in court.
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KS: Judge hears arguments for, against statewide smoking ban
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"Attorneys representing bars and bingo parlors asked a Kansas judge to put a hold on the state's smoking ban Tuesday, arguing it would hurt their businesses and violate their constitutional rights to property.
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LA: Gulf's coastal wetlands surviving despite oil spill
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"The wetlands, a haven for fish and seabirds and a flood buffer during the Gulf's notoriously vicious storms, "have come through so far pretty unscathed," Paul Kemp, director of the National Audubon Society's Louisiana Coastal Initiative, said after a recent 260-mile flight over most of the affected sections.
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LA: Cleanup effort idled
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"GRAND ISLE, La. — The crashing waves and gusting winds churned up by Hurricane Alex put the Gulf oil leak largely in Mother Nature's hands Tuesday. Regardless of whether the hurricane makes things worse or even better, it has turned many people fighting the leak into spectators.
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LA: Synthetic marijuana bill is law with Jindal's signature
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"Synthetic forms of marijuana, often sold in convenience stores and head shops packaged with names like "Mojo," "Spice," "K2" or "Voodoo," will be illegal in Louisiana starting Aug. 15.
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MA: Short-term insurance buyers drive up cost in Mass.
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"The number of people who appear to be gaming the state's health insurance system by purchasing coverage only when they are sick quadrupled from 2006 to 2008, according to a long-awaited report released yesterday from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance.
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MA: Martha Coakley refutes Partners report on health-cost study
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"Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley's office denounced a recent report from Partners HealthCare System.
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MA: Gaming experts slam casino bill
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"A bill that would shut the public out from the decision of who sits on the powerful commission that oversees casinos has come under fire from gaming experts, who warn that the industry is rife with mobster connections and double-dealing hucksters.
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MA: Outside groups ask state to consolidate its social services
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"The state's $4 billion social services and public health programs, the most costly portion of the budget, could save taxpayers about $65 million a year by consolidating administrative offices and continuing to close institutions, according to a report beging released today by the Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
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MA: Murray warns of state loss on casinos
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"Senate President Therese Murray said yesterday that a new directive from the federal government makes Native American gambling parlors all but inevitable in Massachusetts, whether or not state lawmakers authorize full-fledged casinos.
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MD: Transportation chief calls Amtrak lapses 'unacceptable'
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"Calling the service on the Amtrak-operated MARC Penn Line "unacceptable," Maryland's top transportation official demanded that the national passenger railroad conduct a "top to bottom review" of its MARC operations to prevent a recurrence of lapses that have plagued the service in recent weeks.
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ME: Maine faces $85M-to$100M budget hole
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"Maine's budget for the next fiscal year faces a budget hole of $85 million to $100 million because of congressional refusal to authorize billions of dollars in extended stimulus aid.
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ME: State to seek $100M in spending cuts
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"When the new budget year starts Thursday, the first order of business will be to start the process of cutting $100 million in state spending because Congress has failed to extend extra Medicaid funding to the states.
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MI: Funding cuts threaten Habitat's future in Michigan
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"The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has played a key role in facilitating affordable housing investments across our state over the years.
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MI: Those on wait list as of June 28 for No Worker Left Behind program will still be eligible
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"Michigan's No Worker Left Behind program might soon struggle to live up to its name.
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MI: New tally of foreclosure sales shows buyers paid up to 39 percent less than traditional homebuyers
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"Home buyers snatching up foreclosure properties in West Michigan during the first three months of the year predominantly paid between 21 percent and 39 percent less than those buying traditional properties, according to data released today by a tracking firm.
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MI: Bill to sever Mississippi River-Great Lakes link over Asian carp fears
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"DETROIT -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Republican Rep. Dave Camp say they'll push a bill for permanent closure of a Midwest waterway to halt spread of the Asian carp.
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MI: Medical pot suit could be trial case
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"A Battle Creek man who legally uses marijuana for medicinal purposes is suing Wal-Mart for firing him after he tested positive for marijuana during a drug test.
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MI: Detroit International Bridge Co. not exempt from state and local laws, U.S. District Court judge rules
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"The Ambassador Bridge is not a "federal instrumentality" a U.S. federal judge in Detroit ruled today -- undercutting the defense used by the span's private-sector owner to fend off accusations his bridge company has behaved illegally in its effort to add a second span.
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MN: Insurance regulations leave bone marrow transplant patients without local options
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"By now, Staci Reimann was supposed to be finished with a bone marrow transplant to treat her leukemia and, hopefully, looking forward to a healthy future with her husband and two children. Yet after months of red tape and appeals to her insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the 38-year-old is only starting the transplant process. Her cancer persists.
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MN: Foreclosure sales -- and area home prices -- rise
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"Despite deep discounts on sales of homes that have fallen into foreclosure, the federal housing tax credit helped boost home prices last month in the Twin Cities metro area, according to data from two housing reports released Tuesday.
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MN: Twin Cities nurses reject hospitals' updated proposal
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"Twin Cities hospitals late Tuesday night gave registered nurses a new contract proposal that included compromises on pension and staffing ratios, two key issues for the nurses. But the Minnesota Nurses Association rejected the offer in talks that lasted until about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
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MO: House acts in trying to keep Ford plant near KC
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"When Gov. Jay Nixon called lawmakers back to the Capitol, he gave them a simple charge: Pass a bill that would keep Ford from leaving the state and cut state pension costs to pay for it.
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MO: House votes for incentives
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"Missouri House members made a strong statement today in an effort to expand the scope of the special legislative session to include incentives for computer data centers.
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MS: $24M of BP's $25M already is budgeted for Coast oil cleanup
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"South Mississippi governments are buying heavy equipment, boats and booms, and paying employees overtime using $25 million BP gave the state for Coast cities' oil-protection measures, but most of that original amount has already been allocated.
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MS: Tourism officials push marketing campaign
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"WASHINGTON — A $500 million marketing campaign will be necessary to combat public perceptions about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could ripple for years, tourism officials told congressional staffers Tuesday.
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MT: PSC rejects temporary electric, gas rate increases for NorthWestern Energy
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"A split Public Service Commission on Tuesday rejected NorthWestern Energy's request to increase its Montana gas and electric rates temporarily while the commission considers an overall rate case for the utility.
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MT: State's big pension suggests changes
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"The largest state and local government employees' pension fund has proposed some changes to turn around and stabilize its finances after its investment assets lost a fourth of their value during the market downturn in 2008 and 2009.
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ND: Area tattoo shops weigh in on new state law
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"Anita Burbeck says when government redraws rules on how body art can be done, it usually comes as a surprise to the tattoo industry.
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ND: Settlement reached in large N.D. saltwater spill
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"A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit by two ranchers over damages from a million-gallon saltwater spill in what has been called the worst oil patch environmental accident in North Dakota history.
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NH: Lawmakers' outcry delays lottery game
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"The New Hampshire Lottery Commission has postponed the launch of a new game after legislators said lottery officials should have notified them first.
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NH: Teen in the big game
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"Colleen Vanveelen is hoping her background hunting chipmunks will help her nab a moose this fall. The 16-year-old from Penacook was one of 395 people to win a moose-hunting permit in the Fish and Game Department's annual lottery. Over 14,000 applicants entered the pool, and winners hailed from as far away as Colorado and Florida.
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NJ: State budget includes funding for N.J. small business centers
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"In an apparent concession to the business community, Gov. Chris Christie's first state budget Tuesday included $250,000 in funding for a longstanding network of small business assistance centers.
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NM: Former Gov. Gary Johnson on the issues
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"Former Gov. Gary Johnson in an interview Tuesday:
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NM: Antitrust settlement goes to NM food bank projects
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"Six New Mexico food banks will share in $180,000 the state received in a multistate lawsuit over allegations of vitamin price-fixing.
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NY: Fund managers' profits are ripe for a new tax
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"Finally, Gov. David A. Paterson and legislative leaders have found something they can agree on: that hedge fund managers from Connecticut and New Jersey should pay the state of New York millions more in taxes.
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NY: Daily expenses adding up for New York lawmakers
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"State lawmakers have yet to finish voting on a 2010-11 budget, and they've had $4 million in salary withheld until it's done. But they have still received $1.2 million since April 1 for their daily expenses to come to Albany, records show.
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NY: Albany isn't likely to override David Paterson's budget vetoes
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"An override of Gov. David Paterson's vetoes of 6,900 spending items appeared unlikely Tuesday as Republican lawmakers in the Senate blasted a budget that they said drives up spending and does nothing to control property taxes. Meanwhile, Democrats in the Senate and Assembly said they plan to pass revenue bills on Thursday that would complete the state budget, now three months overdue.
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NY: State of state budget
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"After a furious few days of punch and counter-punch between the Legislature and Gov. David Paterson, the state budget battle settled into something of a lull on Tuesday. But while non-budget legislation passed in both the Assembly and the Senate, the Capitol's attention remained focused on the reaction to Paterson's Monday-night veto of elements of the Legislature's spending plan, and the expectation that the rest of the week could bring more political combat.
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NY: Gov set to veto millions more in spending
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"That's a lot of ink! Gov. Paterson expects to spend a staggering 29 hours hunkered over state-budget bills, pen in hand, to complete the task of vetoing hundreds of millions of dollars in spending packed into the budget by legislators this week, The Post has learned.
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OH: FirstEnergy restarts Davis-Besse nuclear reactor
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"OAK HARBOR, Ohio -- FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse nuclear power plant is generating electricity today following a four-month shutdown for refueling and work to repair extensive stress cracking in parts of the reactor's lid.
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OH: Cleveland Foundation awards $2.8 million to development groups that want to transform Northeast Ohio's economy
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"CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Foundation doled out $2.8 million in economic development grants Tuesday, welcome news for nonprofit leaders who feared that funding would dwindle for efforts to boost the regional economy.
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OH: Discount on Ohio's foreclosed homes 40%
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"Ohio offers the best deals on foreclosed homes in the nation, a report out today concludes.
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OR: Inspector general's report -- Newport won bidding fair and square for Pacific Operations center
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"NEWPORT, Ore. -- A federal agency has issued its final report on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to move its Pacific Operations center to Newport, concluding that the process was flawed, but that even without those flaws, Newport would have won the lease.
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OR: Oregon utilities -- Natural gas prices look stable, rate increases unlikely
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"Utility executives told Oregon regulators Tuesday that they expect little or no increase in natural gas prices over the next two years, meaning recession-racked ratepayers are unlikely to see increases in their gas bills this winter.
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PA: Pennsylvania makes it ever easier for gamblers to lose
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"Great news, Pennsylvania gamblers. You can now bet your house on penny slots. When table games roll out in a few weeks, feel free to wager your kids' college funds on blackjack or poker. Play all day, stay all night. Think big! The casinos are.
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PA: State knew of Family Court deal
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"When a no-bid deal to build a new Family Court surfaced last month, top development officials in the Rendell administration said the arrangement was news to them - and probably not permitted by state law.
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PA: Union members urge Pennsylvania lawmakers to approve taxes on natural gas drilling, close tax 'loopholes'
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"Sporting union t-shirts and chanting in call-and-response, dozens of union members from across Pennsylvania gathered to urge lawmakers to enact a tax on natural gas drilling and smokeless tobacco and to close corporate tax "loopholes."
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RI: R.I. Health Department holds hearings on marijuana dispensaries
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"The much-anticipated hearing on who may be approved to open the first medical-marijuana dispensary in Rhode Island whizzed by with mild opposition on Tuesday morning in the basement of the Cannon Building of the state Health Department.
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RI: Froma Harrop -- Heaven must wait for money-savvy public
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"In the conservative paradise, a nation of strong, hard-working individuals borrow responsibly and save for future needs. They don't need government telling them how to manage their money. If they do foolish things, they pay the price. I like that vision, but it has little to do with the world we live in.
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RI: R.I. faulted on spending on higher education
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"SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — For the fourth consecutive year, the Department of Corrections will get more money than the state plans to give public higher education.
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RI: The giving of legislative grants questioned
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"State Rep. Scott Guthrie got the call in April. It was a secretary in House Speaker Gordon D. Fox's office, and she had good news. A $1,000 grant that Guthrie sponsored many months ago on behalf of the West Bay Korean War Veterans had been approved. The check was ready and he could pick it up at his convenience. Stopping by the speaker's office that afternoon, Guthrie noticed something strange. The check had been printed on March 6, 2009. It was more than a year old.
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SC: The end of an era
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"Today marks the end of a shameful era in South Carolina. An era in which deep-pocketed special interests and extremist ideology trumped the lives and health of children and the best interests of taxpayers.
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SD: Tax credit in limbo for pending buyers
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"Thousands of Americans -- including an estimated 500 South Dakotans -- could miss out on tax credits of up to $8,000 unless Congress steps in to extend today's deadline to close on homes.
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TX: Hurricane Alex churns toward Mexico, Texas coasts
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"BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Hurricane Alex churned westward through the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday, far from oil spill cleanup efforts but on a collision course with Mexico and the southern Texas coastline.
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US: Who will fight for the unemployed?
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"Without doubt, the two biggest threats to the economy are unemployment and the dire financial condition of the states, yet lawmakers have failed to deal intelligently with either one.
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UT: Utah AG working on guest-worker program for state
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"Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is working on a guest-worker pilot program in the state as a possible path toward immigration reform.
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UT: Utah regulators slap company with fines after worker's death
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"A nutritional supplement maker has been cited for dust-control violations after a 29-year-old employee told nurses on his death bed that he had been poisoned by selenium powder from working without a required respirator.
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VA: Incentives help keep Pfizer center in Richmond
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"City and state officials offered a package of incentives to Pfizer Inc. to keep its research and development center in Richmond and preserve more than 300 local jobs.
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VA: Northrop Grumman could face IT penalties
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"Northrop Grumman risks $5 million in penalties if it fails by January to resolve billing disputes and other problems with the state, under the latest tweaks to Virginia's controversial deal with the defense giant.
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VA: Cities monitor employee spending in different ways
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"A Chesapeake employee with a city-issued card couldn't get away with charging a watch or an air conditioner on the public's dime. The transactions would be blocked. The city is phasing in procurement cards, or P-cards, rather than credit cards for employee use. Portsmouth does the same.
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VT: Heroin problem on the rise in Vermont
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"Skip Gates drove by the University of Vermont on his way to Burlington's federal courthouse Tuesday and thought of his son, who should have graduated last month.
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WA: NOAA botched decision to move Seattle fleet to Oregon, audit finds
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"Before deciding to move its research fleet from Seattle to Newport, Ore., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, failed to adequately consider the possibly cheaper option of existing federal facilities in Seattle, a federal auditor's report says.
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WI: Push for alcohol
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"A drugstore chain wants to sell beer and wine with your aspirin and chips. Walgreens' plan to sell alcohol here should be granted on a case-by-case basis.
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WI: Dairy farmers in Wis., Minn. have strong May
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"Dairy farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota continue to be among the nation's leaders in producing milk.
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WI: Anchor Bank reduces its loss as it cuts provisions for bad loans
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"Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin says it has tightened its loan losses, pared staff and sold some branches, and those steps have helped Anchor reduce its net loss compared with a year ago.
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WI: Business leaders insist 1,000 jobs at risk if Bucyrus loses India contract
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"Despite skepticism from government officials in Washington, a Milwaukee business group is standing by its contention that nearly 1,000 U.S. jobs would be retained or created if Bucyrus International Inc. salvages an order to supply equipment for a coal-mining operation in India.
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WI: Export-Import Bank may reconsider Bucyrus decision
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"Under growing pressure from Wisconsin leaders and union workers, the U.S. Export-Import Bank may reconsider its decision to deny loan guarantees for mining equipment that would be made in the Milwaukee area for supplying coal to a power plant in India, a bank official said Monday.
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WI: Obama asked to lead fight against Asian carp
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"With word leaking that bighead carp may be advancing toward Lake Erie, a coalition of environmental organizations is asking President Barack Obama to take control of the Asian carp fight.
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Governors ramp up lobbying for federal Medicaid dollars
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For months, states have been waiting on an extension of federal help with paying for Medicaid. Surprised that it hasn’t come yet, some governors now are personally taking the fight to Washington.
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