Consumers wary of smart meters
From: feeds.stateline.org
"New high-tech electric meters are supposed to help save energy. As states let utilities roll out smart meters, however, consumers are complaining that their costs are going up rather than down.
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AL: Alabama attorney general plans to sue BP over state revenue lost because of oil spill
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Attorney General Troy King said today he will sue BP in an effort to recover revenue the state has lost because of the oil spill in the Gulf.
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AZ: Recovery at hand, but a slow one
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Replacing federally funded stimulus jobs with private-sector ones will be essential to turning around the national economy, the chief U.S. economist for BBVA Compass Bank told a group of northern Arizona community leaders and business executives Wednesday.
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AZ: Furlough day Friday for most state workers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Friday marks the first of 12 furlough days the State Legislature budgeted for. The unpaid days off will be split evenly between the current fiscal year that began July 1 and the next one.
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AZ: Federal jobless aid on way for Arizonans
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For more than 63,000 Arizonans, Congress' vote to extend jobless aid likely means a few more rent payments, cash for the electric bill and more food in the fridge.
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AZ: Biomass plant may shut down amid lost deal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The biomass power plant near Snowflake could shut down because it has run into financial problems and Salt River Project is trying to cancel its contract to buy its power.
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CA: Brown details plan for California state worker pension reforms
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Unveiling one of his few major policy proposals Thursday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown called for public-pension reform, embracing some of Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ideas for curbing the soaring cost of the state worker retirement system.
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CO: Jobless needn't accept all offers to keep benefits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Jobless workers in Colorado are accepting positions that might not be ideal for their skill sets and professional histories, even though they needn't take those jobs to keep their unemployment benefits.
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CT: State pension fund going broke
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For years, Connecticut lawmakers and governors have offered generous retirement benefits to state workers but have often shortchanged the pension fund by making smaller annual contributions than experts recommend and pushing more employees out the door through early-retirement deals.
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CT: Lobstering ban is off, at least for now
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WARWICK, R.I. -- A regional lobster management board decided Thursday to put aside a plan for a five-year moratorium on lobster fishing in waters south of Cape Cod.
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CT: EB pays $55 million for Pfizer site
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The former Pfizer Global Research and Development office complex off Pequot Avenue, which the pharmaceutical giant spent almost $300 million to construct less than a decade ago, has been sold to Electric Boat for $55 million, according to documents filed Thursday in City Hall.
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CT: Workers frustrated, yet united as strike passes 100th day
From: feeds.stateline.org
"One hundred days have passed since the strike by Connecticut's largest health-care workers union against Spectrum Healthcare began, and there's no end in sight.
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CT: Retirement panel splits over pension cuts
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The panel created by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to propose solutions to the huge funding gaps facing state retirement benefit programs fractured Thursday over the question of whether to recommend reductions to the current benefit system.
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CT: Destructive plant pest found near state border
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The emerald ash borer, an extremely destructive plant pest that attacks ash trees, has been found in Saugerties, N.Y. -- only 25 miles from the Connecticut border.
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DE: War against weeds rests with weevils
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Erich Burkentine drove more than two hours with bugs and weeds on his mind. As the regional forester at Redden State Forest in Sussex County, he's worried about an invasion of mile-a-minute weed, especially a patch covering more than 25 acres. "I did what I could -- sprayed it, burned it -- but it came back," he said.
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DE: Delaware Attorney General's Office to review 'flaws' in land deal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Delaware Attorney General's Office is looking into legal issues surrounding a sweetheart land deal during the Minner administration that benefited a liquor distribution business.
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FL: A crossroads for the jobless -- Aid or work?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As the owner of a temporary staffing firm, Vanessa Bartram knows the allure of even part-time work in a brutal economy as her Miami office clogs with candidates each day. But she also knows the appeal of an unemployment check, a government benefit President Barack Obama extended Thursday and which has complicated some job pairings during the downturn.
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FL: Oil-spill area could feel the impact of Tropical Storm Bonnie
From: feeds.stateline.org
"PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Federal and state oil-cleanup workers began battening down across the Gulf of Mexico for Tropical Storm Bonnie, pulling out protective booms and calling vessels back to port from anti-contamination efforts in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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FL: Senate compromise may be setting up NASA for another failure
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON — Months of debate about NASA's future effectively ended Thursday when a key U.S. Senate panel unanimously approved a compromise plan with the White House that kills the Constellation moon-rocket program and sets NASA on an uncertain path toward building a new rocket.
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FL: Floridians will lose out without fix to jobless benefits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With Congress finally passing the federal extension to unemployment compensation benefits and the president expected to sign it, about 250,000 Floridians whose benefits had run out over the past couple of months will soon be tossed a financial lifeline. But some Floridians will be needlessly left behind because of the Legislature's neglect.
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FL: Hungry for homes, buyers are edged out
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When Joel Flores learned that his girlfriend was pregnant, he decided it was time to get serious about buying his first home. After 12 years of saving up, the 38-year-old computer technician set his eye on South Florida's depressed foreclosure market, certain he could land a steal. But like many other middle-income Floridians looking to buy, he found savvy investors were beating him to the punch on foreclosures in the under-$150,000 market he could afford.
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IA: State tax revenue up 8.5 percent in June, but down for 12 months
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Net tax receipts for state government in June totaled $564.1 million, up $44.3 million or 8.5 percent, compared to June 2009, according to the Iowa Legislative Services Agency.
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IA: Ag department cited for failing to implement eight state laws
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For the second time this week a state audit has found a state agency is not enforcing or implementing some state laws, primarily due to lack of funding.
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ID: Crafting the next state revenue forecast...
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Idaho House Minority Leader John Rusche is calling on Gov. Butch Otter to consider a broader than usual call for economic expertise in August when the state revises its 2011 budget revenue projection. "These are unusual and somewhat volatile times," Rusche said.
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IL: Jobs program leads to employment but no pay
From: feeds.stateline.org
"On Tuesday, Gov. Pat Quinn announced that more than 22,000 people have secured jobs through the Put Illinois to Work employment program.
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IL: Will lawmakers take more furlough days?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to make some non-union employees take 24 unpaid days off has drawn at least one lawmaker to do the same.
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IL: Quinn announces $500 million in mass-transit funding
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Pat Quinn announced $500 million in funding for mass-transit projects at a rowdy news conference Thursday attended by protesters who said the state needs to invest more money in black communities.
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IL: State wants private firm to run Illinois Lottery, boost sales
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Frustrated with years of stagnant lottery sales, the state wants to shake things up by letting a private company take over in the hope that a fresh approach can bring in more money.
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IL: Chicago existing home sales mark year of growth
From: feeds.stateline.org
"June marked a year of monthly positive year-over-year sales of existing homes in the Chicago area, leading some in the industry to conclude the market is finally stabilizing.
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IN: Expert -- Subsidies vital to future of wind energy industry
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The greatest danger to the future of the Indiana wind energy industry may be the possible loss of federal government subsidies.
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KS: Business lobby, higher ed group on opposite sides of political fence
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A higher education advocacy group and the state's largest business lobbying group are on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to sizing up political candidates.
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KY: Kentucky side step
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's vote Tuesday to allow the state's racetracks to offer an electronic betting game unsurprisingly has been met with a mixed reaction even from those who favor expanded gambling.
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KY: Governor celebrates expansion of HQ
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Steve Beshear stopped by the southern Kentucky headquarters of Fruit of the Loom Inc. to check on the progress of the company's expansion.
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LA: Reckless calls at Deepwater Horizon -- An editorial
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BP and Transocean still are trying to shift blame onto one another for the April 20 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, as has been evident during the investigative hearings going on in Kenner this week.
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LA: BP manager testifies -- 'I don't know what happened'
From: feeds.stateline.org
"KENNER, La. — A BP manager from Houston testified for nearly nine hours Thursday that he doesn't know what caused the April 20 explosion that killed 11 rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico. And he said an offshore subordinate could not explain the details of a drill-pipe pressure test that preceded the disaster.
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LA: States tweak requests for mental health aid addressing Gulf of Mexico oil spill stress
From: feeds.stateline.org
"At the request of BP and with the aid of the federal government, state health officials from Texas to Florida are retooling their pending requests that the energy giant finance expanded public mental health services in the wake of the worst oil spill in American history.
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LA: Rigs, ships moving away from Gulf oil spill site as Tropical Storm Bonnie approaches
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With Tropical Storm Bonnie heading into the Gulf of Mexico and expected to kick up high waves and winds near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site this weekend, crews on Thursday began disconnecting the rigs drilling two relief wells in the Gulf, effectively delaying the effort to permanently plug the blown-out Macondo well by nearly two weeks. Late Thursday, the federal government ordered dozens of ships to evacuate the spill site.
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MA: Impasse heartens gambling opponents
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With a little more than a week remaining in the legislative session, House and Senate lawmakers are at odds, Governor Deval Patrick is in the Middle East, and opponents of expanded gambling are cheering a Beacon Hill impasse that they hope will lead to the demise of legislation authorizing resort casinos in Massachusetts.
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MA: Not very stimulating
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Patrick administration faces renewed criticism over its job creation efforts with the state unemployment rate at 9 percent and a measly 23 stimulus-funded openings on the state's official online jobs board.
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MA: Lobstermen get reprieve on ban
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WARWICK, R.I. — Several dozen lobstermen felt their burdens lighten a little yesterday when a multistate board shelved a proposal for a five-year ban on lobstering south of Cape Cod.
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MD: The hidden costs of 'tax-free' week
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For seven days in August, Maryland shoppers can purchase certain clothing items costing less than $100 without paying the state's 6 percent sales tax. It's not as good a deal as it sounds.
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ME: After first assessment in 15 years, seaside town's residents worry as values skyrocket
From: feeds.stateline.org
"ST. GEORGE, Maine — Gayle Bedigian inherited her waterfront property in this Knox County town from her aunt 26 years ago when it was worth $15,000. After the town's first revaluation in 15 years, her year-round home is now worth almost $1 million. Bedigian, who is retired and on a fixed income, is worried about paying the extra $1,440 in property taxes to the town this year.
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MI: Dry, hot summer points to bumper crop for farmers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Area farmers are looking at a large wheat harvest and a promising outlook for corn and soybeans, thanks to a hot, dry summer.
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MI: Jobless rates in most of Michigan's labor markets remain flat in June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates were little changed in most of Michigan's 17 major labor market areas in June, according to the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth.
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MI: Shortage of jobs -- Less federal money means less work for Southwest Michigan youths
From: feeds.stateline.org
"KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- A year ago, more than 3,000 Kalamazoo and St. Joseph county teens and young-20s applied for 1,000 summer jobs paid for with $2.1 million of federal stimulus money.
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MI: House extends jobless aid; Unemployed may get retroactive payments Tuesday
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of unemployed Michiganians whose jobless benefits were cut off during a seven-week stalemate in Congress will have access to their money as early as Tuesday.
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MN: Report -- Ethanol pumps $2.5B into Minn. economy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new report says Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more than $2.5 billion in economic activity in 2009 and supported more than 6,800 jobs.
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MN: Dairy farmers in Wis., Minn. have strong month
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Dairy farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota continue to outpace last year's levels of milk production.
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MO: Nixon appoints panel to study tax credit programs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a committee of 25 people to review Missouri's 61 tax credit programs. Nixon's office said yesterday that the Tax Credit Review Commission will recommend ways for tax credits to meet their goals more effectively and generate a better return on investment for taxpayers.
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MS: Tax holiday coming to state
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Mississippi's sales tax holiday takes place at the end of the month, and some merchants are expecting a boost in business.
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NC: Perdue ought to think twice before gambling backtrack
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Bev Perdue chose an odd time to waffle on the subject of video gambling.
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NE: Legislative task force hears from experts on economic, research development
From: feeds.stateline.org
"North Carolina has its biotech research industry.
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NH: New Hampshire jobless rate falls in June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Local area statistics from the state show improvement in the unemployment rate was spread widely across the state for the month of June. Statewide, the unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent in June from 5.9 percent in May, according to the report from New Hampshire Employment Security, Economic and Labor Information Bureau.
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NJ: Economists predict N.J. may be among last to recover from recession
From: feeds.stateline.org
"If you think the local economy isn't getting any better, you're right. New Jersey has yet to see any strong signs of economic recovery, even as the rest of the region has started to pull out of the recession, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said today.
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NJ: N.J. horse industry feels betrayed by Gov. Christie's support of Atlantic City, but not Meadowlands
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MONMOUTH COUNTY, N.J. — The black fences and white pickets lining the fields along Route 526 in Monmouth County signal the changing borders of horse farms with quaint names like White Birch, Fair Wind and Birch Creek.
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NJ: N.J. businesses are fined nearly $640K for employing undocumented workers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have fined 13 employers in New Jersey nearly $640,000 because of undocumented workers.
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NJ: Former N.J. economic czar gives Gov. Christie credit for tackling gaming overhaul
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As economic growth czar for then-Gov. Jon Corzine, Jerry Zaro heard scores of ideas on how to enliven Atlantic City, reinvigorate the state's racetracks and salvage the stalled entertainment megaplex at Xanadu.
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NJ: Gaming analysts say Atlantic City needs to be refocused, marketed as oceanfront vacation resort
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Atlantic City always seems to be on the cusp of becoming a perfect vacation resort. There's the 11 casinos, scores of hotels and motels, clubs, outlets and golf — and a tax rate for casinos that's at least 80 percent less than rates charged by surrounding states.
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NM: State budget shortfall puts lawmakers, candidates in a tough spot
From: feeds.stateline.org
"New Mexico is $160 million in the hole three weeks into the new fiscal year, state officials learned Wednesday. And that hole could double in size if Congress fails to send extra stimulus dollars New Mexico's way to help pay for Medicaid, the government's low-income health insurance program.
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NM: NM employment drops slightly in June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Bill Richardson's administration reports that New Mexico's unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent in June, from 8.4 percent in the previous month.
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NV: High-speed train would create equivalent of 50,000 one-year construction jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When the DesertXpress high-speed train is built, there would be up to 700 permanent jobs at an operations and maintenance facility — in Victorville, Calif.
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NY: New York sues Bank of America and Merrill over merger
From: feeds.stateline.org
"New York State is suing Bank of America and its Merrill Lynch unit over the companies' merger and Merrill's subprime mortgage issues.
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NY: They're off -- but where to?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- As thoroughbreds line up today for the 142nd opening of Saratoga Race Course, the New York Racing Association and the state's racing industry are on the brink, betting their survival on proceeds from yet-to-be-built slot machines.
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NY: Bloomy blitz aims to halt hedge clippers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Mayor Bloomberg blasted Albany leaders yesterday for trying "to kill the golden goose here" by pushing a tax that would drive hedge funds out of the state -- as he quietly called key Wall Street figures to plead with them to stay.
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NY: Empire State Games start today in Buffalo
From: feeds.stateline.org
"After a year off, the Empire State Games are back and they were welcomed to Buffalo by a large enthusiastic crowd at the opening ceremonies UB Stadium. Athletes, coaches and trainers marched into the stadium by region. The Western athletes were lead by Olympic Gold Medalist and Buffalo native, Steve Mesler. 2010 marks the return of the games after they were canceled last year because of the financial crisis in New York State.
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NY: Housing market is set for a slowdown
From: feeds.stateline.org
"COLONIE, N.Y. -- The number of closed homes sales in the Capital Region jumped by 38 percent in June -- but a steep drop is on the way.
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NY: Memo to boss -- I can be let go
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When layoffs loom, employees usually try to make themselves indispensable, or at least seem that way. Whether it's extra hours at the office or a surge in high-profile projects, people try to make sure the boss knows they're pulling their weight. An early-retirement option can prompt a different reaction.
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OH: Extended unemployment benefits OK'd -- What you need to know
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CLEVELAND -- The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is gearing up to restore unemployment payments to 155,000 Ohioans.
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OH: Home sales slow in June, but Ohio housing market maintains momentum
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CLEVELAND -- Northeast Ohio home sales maintained their momentum last month, despite the waning effects of a tax credit that propped up the weak housing market during the spring.
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OH: Ohio's bid to secure retiring space shuttle orbiter survives U.S. House fight
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Ohio's bid to land one of NASA's retiring space shuttles for museum display here has survived an attempt by Texas and Florida lawmakers to steer the historic and highly coveted spacecraft to their states.
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OH: Worst of bank crisis seems to be over, say Key, PNC, Fifth Third and Huntington
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CLEVELAND -- The banks with the greatest presence in Ohio declared today that the worst seems to be over for them as loan losses are subsiding, profits are back and the future looks pretty good.
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OH: Ohio OKs $1.8 million in grants for Dayton-area technology development
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The State Controlling Board has approved $1.8 million in state grants to help underwrite commercialization of a composite material as well as support services for technology startup businesses, state Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, said Thursday, July 22.
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OH: Kasich touts Indiana model, but data show no jobs mecca
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CLEVELAND -- In a perverse way, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels hinted yesterday, he would rather fellow Republican John Kasich not win the governor's race on Nov. 2, "because Ohio is fun to compete with right now."
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OH: Home sales in Columbus area, Ohio rose in June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Homes sales rose in June in central Ohio and statewide, as sales negotiated while the homebuyer incentive was in effect actually closed.
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OR: Western Oregon timber plan short on specifics and real solutions, many say
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A year-long review of federal timber management in Western Oregon reached what critics say are obvious conclusions: Major obstacles, ranging from deep mistrust among interest groups and policies demanding protection of threatened species, still stand in the way of increasing logging and easing economic problems in the state's hard-hit timber towns.
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PA: More transparency needed by gas drillers -- Companies should release list of chemicals
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A big question for many Pennsylvanians right now is what chemicals drillers in the Marcellus Shale region are using to extract natural gas.
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PA: Transportation funding is uncertain
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State legislators of both parties say they understand the enormity of the state's transportation funding crisis, but whether they will vote to enact $472 million a year in new taxes and fees remains to be seen.
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PA: Landowners settle with Marcellus Shale driller
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Some 2,000 landowners in Pennsylvania will receive a share of $1.75 million and could get as much as $20 million over the next few years as part of the settlement of a federal class-action suit against a Texas-based gas company drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
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PA: How Pa. slots barns turned the tide for Atlantic City casinos
From: feeds.stateline.org
"ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- It was spring 2006 and all the top casino bosses were gathered on stage here at the annual East Coast Gaming Conference. Smiles abounded. Many joked and laughed as they waited to begin a panel discussion on the state of Atlantic City's gaming industry - which that year was heading toward a record profit of $5.2 billion.
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PA: 1,200 hear Marcellus Shale debate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Concerns about the risk of water contamination and public health problems from Marcellus Shale drilling dominated a sometimes loud U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Canonsburg attended by 1,200 people Thursday night.
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PA: More transparency needed by gas drillers: Companies should release list of chemicals
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A big question for many Pennsylvanians right now is what chemicals drillers in the Marcellus Shale region are using to extract natural gas."
PA: Unemployment benefits renewed; Pennsylvania residents should see payments next week
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON — Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff.
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RI: R.I. market showing improvement
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Rhode Island's housing market continued to post robust numbers in June, even as federal tax credits expired and the national housing market has shown signs of weakness in recent months.
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RI: In face of anger, regulators back off on lobster ban
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WARWICK, R.I. -- Faced with a roomful of angry fishermen from up and down the East Coast at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, fisheries regulators Thursday backed off on a plan that would have banned lobstering from Cape Cod to North Carolina for the next five years.
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SD: Court upholds airport award
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that owners of land taken for an airport expansion at Spearfish were properly compensated for 206 acres and can come back if future regulations diminish the value of another 309 acres.
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TN: Unemployment benefits resume as local jobless rates rise again
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Willie James "Skip" Hunter says he has applied for work everywhere he can since he lost his truck-driving job in 2008. He has survived for most of the past two years on extended jobless benefits. But since June 2, Mr. Hunter has been among 2.5 million Americans who have lost their unemployment benefits because of a congressional budget deadlock.
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US: More of the rich run as populist outsiders
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Even as voters express outrage at the insider culture of big bailouts and bonuses, their search for political saviors has led them to this: a growing crowd of ber-rich candidates, comfortable in boardrooms and country clubs, spending a fortune to remake themselves into populist insurgents.
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US: 10 states add campaign-finance laws
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON — Ten states have swiftly passed new laws requiring additional disclosure of political spending, following a Supreme Court ruling that lets corporations and unions pump unlimited amounts of money into certain campaign commercials.
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US: President Obama signs six-month extension of emergency unemployment benefits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"President Obama signed a six-month extension of emergency jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed on Thursday, restoring aid to nearly 3 million people whose checks have been cut off since the program expired in early June.
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UT: A way forward on immigration
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new proposal to tap the resources of Utah businesses and state government could be a model for improving the lives of immigrants in Utah.
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UT: Officials extol Twitter's decision as sign of Utah's tech strength
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Twitter profiles are going crazy over the news that a custom data center for the company will be built in Utah. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon on the micro-blog of a Twitter engineer.
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VA: Virginia's latest attempt to secede from the United States
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For a state that was instrumental in creating the federal government, Virginia seems to have been regretting it ever since.
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VA: McDonnell to return from overseas trip tomorrow
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Bob McDonnell hopes to return from his first foreign trade mission with jobs for central Virginia. In the midst of his weeklong trip to lure business to Virginia and promote state products abroad, the governor met over two days with Rolls-Royce executives and companies in the supply chain for Rolls-Royce, which is building an aircraft-engine components plant in Prince George County.
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VA: Portsmouth poker halls to face enforcement from prosecutor
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In a city that has become the hot spot for Texas Hold 'em poker halls, it may be time to fold 'em. Commonwealth's Attorney Earle C. Mobley said Thursday that he has talked to the police chief and will be prosecuting people who run poker games and other forms of gambling not sanctioned by the state.
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VT: Organic milk market grows
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Retail sales of organic milk have rebounded, allowing Vermont's 200 organic dairy farms to begin to increase production and — their owners hope — improve their profitability. Effective Aug. 1, Organic Valley, a Wisconsin-based cooperative with 126 Vermont members, has removed a 7 percent production cut imposed on farmers in 2009 and will allow them to increase production at will.
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VT: Burlington International Airport unveils vision
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WINOOSKI, Vt. — Within 20 years, the easiest route for motorists to reach Burlington International Airport might be via a spanking-new exit 14N off Interstate 89 in South Burlington. Flight-bound passengers might scoot effortlessly onto a new loop road and — if they arrive the night before their flight — they could spend the night in an airport hotel.
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WA: Making the case for Washington state tax reform
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Economist Dick Conway writes that Washington state's tax system is in need of serious reform. He argues that Initiative 1098, which would impose an income tax on high income earners, is a good start.
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WA: Washington agency to mail info on jobless benefits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state Employment Security Department says it will take about a week to update its computer with the extension of federal jobless benefits approved by Congress.
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WA: State wants $364,000 plus jail time from Puyallup man
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A Puyallup man convicted of making fraudulent workers' compensation claims must repay the state more than $364,000 when he's released from prison, a Pierce County judge ordered earlier this week.
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WI: Groups study Great Lakes-Mississippi River split
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region kicked off a $2 million study Thursday of how to slam the door on exotic species such as Asian carp by cutting links between the lakes and the Mississippi River watershed.
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WI: Metro area home sales up 17% at mid-year, Realtors report
From: feeds.stateline.org
"While federal tax credits for homebuyers spurred sales of starter homes as expected, the Milwaukee-area real estate market had stronger sales in almost all price ranges in the first half of 2010, according to a report by the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.
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WI: Great Lakes leaders plan study of anti-carp measures
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Great Lakes governors and mayors -- including Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley -- are banding together to explore big changes for the Chicago River to protect the world's largest freshwater system.
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WV: W.Va. Lottery revenue plunges
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Tough economic times, along with new competition along the borders, took their toll on state Lottery revenues, which plunged nearly $135 million in the just-ended budget year, West Virginia Lottery figures show.
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WY: SourceGas defends rate boost
From: feeds.stateline.org
"SourceGas Distribution issued a statement Thursday saying it stands behind its proposed $7.5 million annual rate hike for its 77,250 Wyoming customers.
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WY: Group aims to improve job safety
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Many years ago when Mindy Hixon started working in the family trucking business in Carbon County, she realized that safety wasn't a top priority.
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