Industry lobbying turns soda taxes from fizzy to flat
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The beverage industry’s fight against soda taxes shows how far an industry will go to keep its products from being lumped with alcohol, tobacco and others subject to so-called “sin taxes.”
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AK: Alaska gubernatorial candidates tout pipeline, policy to Fairbanks voters
From: feeds.stateline.org
"FAIRBANKS, AK — A local audience put the heat under Alaska's governor candidates during a rapid-fire lunch forum at the Carlson Center on Tuesday, grilling them on resource development, the economy and even their preferred candidate for U.S. Senate.
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AK: More Alaska students staying close to home for college
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nearly two-thirds of Alaska's college-bound high school students enroll in Alaska universities, reversing a trend from a decade ago, a University of Alaska official said.
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AL: Advertiser Editorial -- Some good economic signs locally
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State sales tax collections increased in both Montgomery and Elmore counties in June.
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AZ: Ariz. liquor law going out with little protest
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The last of Arizona's blue laws is going out with little objection as the deadline nears to legalize early Sunday morning alcohol sales, and merchants admit the change will probably be even more welcome to their customers than to them.
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CA: Farm overtime bill's fate up to governor
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For nearly 70 years, California law has excluded field workers in the nation's biggest farm industry from getting overtime pay after eight hours of daily labor or 40 hours a week.
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CA: Schwarzenegger signs landmark egg bill into law
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday signed legislation into law requiring that eggs sold in California come from hens that are not crammed into cages.
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CO: Ritter details Colorado's new high-risk health-insurance pool
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Colorado will receive $90 million in federal money to subsidize health insurance for up to 4,000 people rejected by private insurers because of pre-existing medical conditions, Gov. Bill Ritter announced Tuesday.
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CT: Rowland slams Rell on Oakleaf deal, but forgets his own record
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Radio host John G. Rowland Tuesday morning slammed his successor, Gov. M. Jodi Rell, over the Oakleaf Waste Management deal announced last week -- saying that it's a waste of taxpayer money to give the East Hartford firm $3 million to move a few miles to Windsor.
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CT: State still sprawling
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Political leaders have been warning us for three decades that we need to end our addiction to foreign oil.
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CT: Blumenthal wins $250,000 in Health Net settlement
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's lawsuit over a massive data breach last year at insurance giant Health Net has been settled for $250,000 in what the state's top legal official today called a "sadly historic" agreement.
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DE: University of Delaware raises in-state tuition to $9,040 a year
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The University of Delaware has raised tuition for the coming school year. Tuition for in-state undergraduate students will rise by $500, bringing the annual in-state tuition cost to $9,040, the school announced Tuesday. Undergraduate students from outside Delaware will pay $2,000 more in annual tuition, a cost of $24,240.
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DE: Residents envision more bus, rail transit
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Dozens of new buses and park-and-ride lots would dot Annapolis and Anne Arundel County if many area residents have their way.
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FL: First big layoff scheduled as space shuttle program winds down
From: feeds.stateline.org
"United Space Alliance — NASA's main space-shuttle contractor — said Tuesday that it will lay off more than 1,400 workers by Oct. 1 as the shuttle program's phase-out continues, including as many as 1,000 people at Kennedy Space Center.
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FL: As gulf oil keeps flowing, so do ideas on how to stop it
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Inventors, engineers and flat-out dreamers have now sent BP more than 112,000 ideas about how to stop or clean up the gulf oil spill.
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FL: Florida's gambling deal with Seminoles is OK'd
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It's finally, and officially, a done deal: The federal government has signed off on Florida's blackjack gambling deal with the Seminole Indian tribe.
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FL: Neglected wells' danger unknown
From: feeds.stateline.org
"More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one -- not industry, not government -- is checking to see if they are leaking, an Associated Press investigation shows.
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FL: Case for claims puts oil czar on the spot in Fla.
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With the authority to dole out $20 billion to BP oil-spill victims, Kenneth Feinberg has yet to provide exact details about who gets money and who doesn't.
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GA: Roy Barnes -- Hard to recruit jobs 'with the rest of the country laughing at us'
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Democratic campaign of former Gov. Roy Barnes has had a new TV spot up for nearly a week, but only made it available via the Internet this afternoon.
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GA: Oil spill reaches Lake Pontchartrain
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Anne Rheams saw them this week floating in the water, small and scattered and about the size of silver dollars. Some had washed up near boat docks, others near lakeside subdivisions — tar balls, most likely from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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HI: HI gov. vetoes bill aimed at banning shark feeding
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has vetoed legislation that would have banned shark feeding, including by boat tours that offer a close-up look at sharks.
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IA: Lawsuit seeks arbitration in Microsoft case
From: feeds.stateline.org
"DES MOINES -- Attorneys representing 23 states involved in a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. have filed a lawsuit over attorney fees against the Iowa lawyer who spearheaded a $179.5 million settlement with the software company.
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IA: USDA -- Flooding hurt Iowa corn crop last week
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture cut the rating of Iowa's corn crop in the good-to-excellent category from 72 percent last week to 66 percent Tuesday and similarly reduced the good-to-excellent soybean crop rating from 66 per cent of the crop to 64 percent, largely because of the wet conditions in the last week.
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IA: Iowa closes book on TouchPlay; State's total tab is $18.4 million
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Iowa has settled the final TouchPlay lawsuit, ending a roughly four-year battle that cost the state $18.4 million.
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ID: Idaho's 4-alarm doctor shortage emergency
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It's official: Idaho is the riskiest place in America to get sick. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Gem State has the lowest number of active physicians per 10,000 population in America.
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ID: Gem State tourism on the rebound
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Todd Kaplan of Hailey has experienced the Great Recession as a fly fishing guide working for Silver Creek Outfitters in Ketchum, and he thinks the worst is behind him. Bookings plummeted by about two-thirds last summer, but this year, things are looking up.
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IL: New rules could avert next cemetery horror
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It has been a year since the horrifying crimes at Burr Oak Cemetery first came to light, exposing just how little oversight the state's cemeteries received.
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IL: Minimum wage hike good for workers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"PEORIA, Ill. -- On July 1, the minimum wage in Illinois rose 25 cents to $8.25, a dollar more than the federal minimum wage.
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IL: Quinn defends raises, says no pension vote until after election
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Pat Quinn today said the Illinois Senate will not head back to Springfield to vote on a nearly $3.7 billion pension borrowing plan until after the November election.
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IL: Rescinding consumers' insurance coverage to end
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nine years ago at age 8, Nora Kenny was diagnosed with a deformity that contributed to the need for braces. When her parents' insurance company found out about it two years ago, her coverage was rescinded.
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IL: Rain delays Edens Spur resurfacing project
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A strike by construction workers couldn't delay the start of a resurfacing project on the Edens Spur, but heavy rain could.
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IL: Concerns rise as strike continues
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The two sides involved in a weeklong construction strike that has stalled hundreds of projects across the Chicago region plan to start negotiating Wednesday, just as concerns begin mounting over the lasting impacts of the labor stoppage.
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IN: Power plants face tougher rule in 2012
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Indiana's coal-burning power plants will be required to clean up more of their pollution starting in 2012 as the result of a new rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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IN: Landfill permit issued for ArcelorMittal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BURNS HARBOR, Ind. -- More than two years after ArcelorMittal applied, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued a landfill permit for the company's Burns Harbor plant.
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IN: Indiana Senate returns $1.9M from budget to cash-strapped coffers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Indiana Senate has returned $1.9 million from its budget to the state's cash-strapped coffers.
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IN: How tiny Tipton scored a big win
From: feeds.stateline.org
"TIPTON, Ind. -- A never-used transmission factory, abandoned by the faltering auto industry, wound up as the shining jewel that attracted an energy pioneer to this small town.
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KY: Ky. mining officials urge vigilance on collapses
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State mine safety workers are meeting face-to-face with coal miners at the job site to urge them to be vigilant about potential underground collapses, which have killed four miners in Kentucky this year.
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LA: What if BP's Plan B doesn't work?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"HOUSTON -- As engineers bore deeper into the seafloor toward the source of the oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC is growing more confident that the relief well it expects to complete in August will succeed where all previous efforts to contain or kill the gusher have failed. But what if it doesn't work?
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LA: Rough seas block BP from adding vessel
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BP worked Tuesday to finish connecting to the oil containment system a third vessel that could double the amount of crude the oil giant collects from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. But bad weather and high seas continued to hamper workers' efforts to hook the Helix Producer, the new ship, to the well, retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.
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LA: Governor signs 90 bills
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Guns will be allowed in places of worship under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal. House Bill 1272 by state Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, was among more than 90 bills that the governor announced signing in a statement released by his office late Tuesday.
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LA: Coast Guard finds resources strained by Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As the Gulf of Mexico oil spill spreads into its fifth state and baffles responders with new tar-ball sightings, the Coast Guard -- the heroes of Hurricane Katrina and the lead agency for this latest catastrophe to strike Louisiana -- is being spread thin.
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MA: Suffolk Downs pitches a casino
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As lawmakers yesterday began to hash out a compromise gambling bill, the owners of the Suffolk Downs racetrack unveiled their proposal for a resort-style casino at the East Boston facility.
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ME: Panel to discuss spent nuclear fuel storage in Wiscasset
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WISCASSET, Maine — Maine Yankee says a subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future will hold a meeting next month in Wiscasset. The Blue Ribbon Commission was created in January to come up with a long-term solution to managing the nation's used nuclear fuel.
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ME: Voters' bond approval helping to create jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Borrowing approved last month by voters is already putting some Mainers to work, with road repair and construction jobs leading the way.
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MI: Study finds Michigan among top states under the most stress
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Two-thirds of U.S. counties became economically healthier in May, thanks to more manufacturing jobs in the Midwest and fewer home foreclosures in the Sun Belt, according to the Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions around the country.
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MI: State Sen. Ray Basham seeks to expand Michigan smoking ban to Detroit casinos
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Two months in to Michigan's workplace smoking ban, state Sen. Ray Basham is challenging an exemption for three Detroit casinos that held up the legislative process for months.
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MI: BP gas station owners switching brands as customers boycott
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The BP oil spill is hitting close to home for dozens of metro Detroit BP station owners, with many trying to switch brands as angry consumers boycott their businesses.
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MI: Medical marijuana law in Michigan runs into workplace rule
From: feeds.stateline.org
"If a recently filed medical marijuana lawsuit reaches the Michigan Court of Appeals or state Supreme Court, it could produce a precedent-setting decision that impacts employers and patients, whose jobs may be at risk even when legally using the drug.
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MN: Taste 2010 was safe, soggy and in the red again
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Taste of Minnesota lost money for the second straight year, one of the owners said Tuesday.
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MS: Weather the enemy, BP official says
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The former Hattiesburg resident who is heading up British Petroleum's cleanup efforts of the worst oil spill in United States history said the company is hopeful it will be able to corral the gushing well sometime in August.
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MT: Mont. mulls increased wolf quota
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Montana wildlife officials will recommend increasing the quota of wolves allowed to be killed by hunters this year to 186, compared to 75 in last year's inaugural hunt.
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MT: Yellowstone has record June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Yellowstone National Park had a record number of visitors in June. The park had just under 700,000 visitors. That's up nearly 8 percent from June, 2009, which also was a record.
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ND: N.D. counties to share $4 million in oil impact money
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Jeff Engleson, the sole person responsible for North Dakota's oil tax grants, said he logged nearly 5,000 miles in five weeks this spring driving rural roads to decide how he'd distribute the money.
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NH: New Hampshire reacts to feds' Arizona challenge
From: feeds.stateline.org
"While New Hampshire is thousands of miles from Arizona, yesterday's attempt by the federal government to block that state's controversial immigration law did not go unnoticed here.
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NH: Lynch ponders casino to south
From: feeds.stateline.org
"At a recent reception thanking the state's Gaming Study Commission, Gov. John Lynch floated an idea: What would commission members think of licensing one casino in the southern part of the state? How seriously Lynch is considering the idea is anyone's guess.
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NJ: Christie conditionally vetoes property-tax-cap bill
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Christie issued a conditional veto of a property-tax-cap bill Tuesday, paving the way for the Legislature to approve a compromise worked out between the governor and the Senate president.
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NJ: Christie conditionally vetoes Democrats' 2.9% property tax cap as part of compromise to set a 2% cap
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As part of a compromise designed to bring about a 2 percent cap on annual property tax hikes and local government spending, Gov. Chris Christie Tuesday conditionally vetoed Democratic-sponsored legislation that would have set a 2.9 percent cap.
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NJ: Assembly Speaker says she will not block N.J. property tax deal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, the wild card in a compromise between the governor and state Senate to lower the property tax cap from 4 percent to 2 percent, said today she does not plan to "stand in the way" of the agreement.
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NJ: N.J. lawmakers' plan for 2 percent property tax cap inches closer to reality
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A bipartisan plan to cap property tax growth at 2 percent moved a step closer to reality Tuesday with the governor's conditional veto and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver breaking more than two days of silence to say she generally supports it.
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NJ: New Jersey hopes to keep college students in-state
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Admissions strategist Steve Goodman helped two New Jersey students with their college applications this year. Both were accepted at Rutgers, the state's largest university. Neither will attend. Instead, Goodman said, they chose prestigious out-of-state research institutions: the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.
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NM: Feds give $1.7M to AZ and NM biomass projects
From: feeds.stateline.org
"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Small businesses in Arizona and New Mexico have been awarded $1.7 million from the Forest Service to expand their use of waste wood.
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NV: Nevada government workers earned more in 2009
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A state report says government employees in Nevada saw their pay increase in 2009 while the average privately employed Nevadan took a pay cut.
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NY: Heat islands -- Cities heat quickly, cool slowly
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Hot town, summer in the city? No kidding. The high temperatures blanketing the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the country are making many people miserable, but those in New York City, Philadelphia and other dense, built-up areas are getting hit with the heat in a way their counterparts in suburbs and rural areas aren't.
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OH: Ohio found as U.S. leader in deals on foreclosures
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Ohio offers the best deals on foreclosed homes in the nation, a new report concludes.
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OH: Just pay the state back, Portage County
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Portage County commissioners ought to hang their heads in shame for misspending and mismanaging federal job training funds, and then get to work repaying the $700,000 they owe the state.
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OH: Good for Ohio -- Compromise points way for state to set reasonable animal-care standards
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A knock-down, drag-out fight between animal-rights advocates and Ohio's big farmers wouldn't have served anyone's interest, but that's what Ohio was headed for when the Humane Society of the United States moved to put on the November ballot a constitutional amendment that would restrict livestock-farming practices.
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OH: Natural gas prices rising at Columbia Gas and Dominion East Ohio
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Consumers who buy natural gas through their utilities will pay a little more for the fuel this month than they did in June -- though average bills will fall because of the warm weather.
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OH: Harris not committed to puppy, cockfighting bills
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Ted Strickland may have brokered a deal between the Ohio Farm Bureau and the Humane Society of the United States to keep a statewide issue off the November ballot, but the governor can't pass legislation, and Senate President Bill Harris isn't making any promises.
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OH: Farm owner won't face animal abuse charges
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- A Union County grand jury has decided the owner of a Union County dairy farm caught in an abuse scandal should not face criminal charges.
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OH: Strickland pact puts egg-farm deal in doubt
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The fate of a proposed $80million Union County egg farm could depend on the interpretation of an animal-care agreement worked out last week with the help of Gov. Ted Strickland.
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OH: Lawmakers look for dose of reality in budget talks
From: feeds.stateline.org
"By the time they finish meeting today, Sen. Shannon Jones said lawmakers on the new Budget and Planning Management Commission should at least come to some agreement on the scope and magnitude of the state's budget problem.
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PA: Rendell signs $28 billion budget
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MECHANICSBURG, PA — Gov. Ed Rendell hit back Tuesday at critics of $20 million in taxpayer-funded construction projects honoring retiring U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. and the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha, arguing they'll create badly needed jobs.
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PA: Uproar follows new Pa. budget
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With several dozen children at his feet, Gov. Rendell signed the $28 billion state budget Tuesday at a school cafeteria here to highlight the hundreds of millions of dollars he preserved in additional state aid to schools.
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PA: Rendell's plans to spend big criticized
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell today in Pittsburgh will sign legislation to raise the state's debt ceiling and give himself $298 million to spend on projects during his final six months in office.
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PA: Pennsylvania gambling board wants state treasurer barred from closed meetings
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In a court filing Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board told State Treasurer Robert McCord that it wants to bar him from its closed-door deliberations to protect "the nonpolitical nature" of the board.
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PA: Rendell signs $28B, election-year budget
From: feeds.stateline.org
"HARRISBURG, Pa. - The $28 billion state budget that Gov. Ed Rendell signed Tuesday was part of a deal that would boost state borrowing by as much as $600 million to pay for construction projects such as new public buildings that would be named after U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter and the late Rep. John Murtha.
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PA: Gov. Ed Rendell signs budget in school setting, touting his administration's education accomplishments
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With about four dozen elementary-age children from the Mechanicsburg area seated before him, Gov. Ed Rendell put pen to paper to enact the 2010-11 state budget that calls for spending $28 billion.
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RI: Lynch urges Gen. Assembly to override Carcieri casino veto
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has called on Rhode Island's lawmakers to "immediately return to work'' to override Governor Carcieri's veto of the proposed casino referendum this fall.
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TX: More oil may be headed toward Texas
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The 15 gallons of tar balls gathered from Texas beaches and attributed to the BP oil spill over the holiday weekend are a small fraction of what may be on the way — or is already here.
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TX: Perry creates panel to study how to prevent spills
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NASA, the University of Houston and Rice University will be part of a coalition of scientists, policy experts, oil and gas engineers and state officials focused on preventing future oil spill disasters, Gov. Rick Perry said in Houston on Tuesday.
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TX: Sunset commission approves workers' comp changes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Sunset Advisory Commissioners unanimously approved a series of changes to the troubled Division of Workers' Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday, but not before aggressively rewriting the Sunset staff's original recommendations to improve the division's medical quality review process.
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TX: Burying the spill
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Texas beaches got their first taste of the BP oil spill over the July Fourth weekend as a smattering of little tar balls washed ashore on Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island.
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US: Even state capitals feel the squeeze
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State capitals historically had been considered better equipped to deal with economic downturns. That advantage is under pressure now.
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US: Long recession ignites debate on jobless benefits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Management Recruiters of Sacramento, Calif., says it recently had a tough time filling six engineering positions at an Oregon manufacturer paying $60,000 a year — and suspects long-term jobless benefits were part of the hitch.
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US: Unions outspending corporations on campaign ads despite court ruling
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Labor unions have dominated spending on independent campaign ads so far this election season, despite a recent Supreme Court decision that freed spending by corporations, a Washington Post analysis shows.
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UT: Postage increase would prompt changes for poor, nonprofits in Utah
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A proposed 2-cent increase to the price of a first-class stamp could prompt direct-mail advertisers, nonprofits and low-income advocates to cut budgets or look for other ways of communicating.
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UT: Utah sees modest economic gains
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The national economy still looks uncertain, but there have been modest gains in Utah, based on the latest small business index released by Zions Bank on Tuesday.
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VA: Submarine-building program expanding in Newport News
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Northrop Grumman is ramping up the submarine-building program at its Newport News shipyard in preparation for building two subs per year starting in 2011. The company plans to increase the number of workers in the program by up to 1,000 and invest more than $200 million in facility improvements.
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VA: Va. gov. seeks cost cuts to keep rest stops open
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Days after taking office this year, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced plans to reopen 19 highway rest stops shuttered last summer by the previous administration to save money.
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WA: Western Washington home sales plunge in June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The number of pending home sales in Western Washington plummeted more than 28 percent last month from June 2009, according to the latest residential home sales statistics.
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WI: Smoke ban takes hold
From: feeds.stateline.org
"JANESVILLE, Wisc. -- In taverns, restaurants and bowling alleys throughout Janesville, the smoke has cleared.
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WI: A river's reckoning -- The Chicago River was engineered a century ago to carry away the city's waste, but today it is full of trouble for all the Great Lakes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Chicago likes to think of the filth flowing in its namesake river as nobody's business but its own, and for most of the last century that might have been true.
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WI: A Chicago solution -- Think big
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Chicago thrust itself into the realm of the world's elite cities by heeding the simple philosophy of a legendary 19th century architect and urban planner: Go Big.
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WI: June foreclosure filings fell 13.4% in Wisconsin
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Foreclosure filings dropped more than 13% in Wisconsin in June and now are running slightly below the total in the first half of last year, but it's too soon to call it the beginning of a turnaround until the job situation improves, analysts said.
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WI: Army has spent $120 million so far to rehab munitions site
From: feeds.stateline.org
"TOWN OF SUMPTER, Wisc. -- Congressman Bob Kastenmeier called it a "casualty of peace" when the U.S. Army announced in 1975 that a sprawling munitions factory south of Baraboo would be closing.
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WV: Can W.Va. provide city services to everyone?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"West Virginia is a largely rural state. Many areas don't have good water or sewer service, and that affects public health, the environment, and the state's economic development.
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WY: State- Let's make a deal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wyoming is trying to force the Interior Department to trade land, minerals or mineral royalties for 1,366 acres it owns within the majestic park. If the foot-dragging feds don't agree to a deal -- soon -- Freudenthal threatens to put a For Sale sign on the property.
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More poverty by any measure
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Federal poverty thresholds have been based on the same formula since 1964. That is likely to change before long. But the number of poor is increasing no matter how you count them.
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