AK: State fair opens with food, animals and fun
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"PALMER, Alaska -- Workers put the finishing touches on booths and buildings Wednesday, prepping for the opening of the Alaska State Fair at noon Thursday.
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AL: Ohio firm to build in state
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"The state's growing list of aviation and aerospace com panies added another name Wednesday, when Ohio-based GE Aviation an nounced plans to build a co atings plant for military jet engines within three months.
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AL: General Electric subsidiary plans new $45 million plant in Alabama
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"A subsidiary of General Electric plans to build in Alabama a $40 million to $45 million plant that will make coatings that make jet engines more durable and heat resistant, the president of GE Aviation, David Joyce, said today.
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AZ: Home prices in Ariz. continue to dip
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"Housing prices nationwide are finally starting to go up. But not in Arizona.
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CT: Housing permits fall again
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"New home construction in Connecticut slumped again in July, dimming hopes of an imminent rebound from last year's historically low levels of residential building in the state.
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DE: Delaware government -- NCCo Council members question code use
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"It was never the intention of New Castle County Council to allow "redevelopment" of vacant land and vibrant office space, say a growing number of council members. The redevelopment code was pitched as a means to encourage developers to revitalize abandoned or decaying shopping malls and gas stations. Instead, it's become a free pass for developers, said Councilman Penrose Hollins.
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DE: Delaware government -- Potter gets checks from state, city
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"WILMINGTON, Del. -- State Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter has been paid $108,400 in consulting fees by the city since 2007 to teach leadership skills to 40 city employees, according to city records.
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GA: Editorial -- Temper enthusiasm for Race to the Top
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"Of course, $400 million is more than enough money to get excited about, but there are plenty of reasons that enthusiasm about the sum - which represents Georgia's take in the latest round of federal Race to the Top education grants - should be muted.
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GA: Georgia, Augusta to grow modestly
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"A double-dip recession is possible but not likely for Georgia, according to Georgia State University's economic forecast released Wednesday.
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GA: Georgia to receive federal housing aid
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"The U.S. Treasury Department has committed almost $127 million to aid unemployed Georgia homeowners facing foreclosure, but state officials are still unsure when residents might see relief.
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GA: Georgia Labor Day travel likely up 7%
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"More Georgians will hit the road this Labor Day weekend, according to AAA estimates.
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GA: CredAbility -- Ga. financial distress growing
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"Georgia's level of financial distress is growing, according to the CredAbility Consumer Distress Index results for the second quarter.
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GA: Atlanta's Mayor Reed suggests cutting state workforce
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"Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, in an address Wednesday to a special commission on Georgia tax reform, called on the state and Gov. Sonny Perdue to reduce the public workforce in order to redirect money toward education.
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IA: Fix cracks in food safety system
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""We have a very complicated network of food distribution in this country. You start with a couple of farms in Iowa and you can get nationwide exposure," said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Monday.
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IA: Lake Delhi Association president plans to appeal FEMA decision
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The rebuilding of the Lake Delhi dam just became much more difficult. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ruled the project will not receive federal assistance.
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IA: Panel seeks records related to egg recall
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- Congressional investigators are demanding federal and state records and e-mails in connection with the Iowa egg farms that are linked to a massive recall and large salmonella outbreak.
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IA: Personal toll of job loss detailed in state agency's survey
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"Many Iowans lost close friendships along with their jobs when they were forced to struggle with the financial hardship and personal stress of long-term unemployment, an Iowa Workforce Development survey found.
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ID: Forecast- Idaho should end 2011 with more revenue
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"The state's modest economic recovery should help Idaho finish the fiscal year with $80 million more tax revenue than the 2010 Legislature predicted, if a new forecast holds true.
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ID: ConocoPhillips appeals Idaho judge's wide-load ruling
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"LEWISTON, Idaho — Oil company ConocoPhillips is appealing an Idaho judge's ruling this week that revoked special state permits allowing four oversized loads of oil refinery equipment through a federally protected river corridor.
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IL: Educator -- 'Race to Top' not all that grand
From: feeds.stateline.org
"MARION, Ill. -- Illinois lost out on Race to the Top, a $4.3 billion public education competition designed to encourage education reform with winners announced by the U.S. Department of Education this week.
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IL: Quinn changes furlough day rules
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"Non-union state workers will be able to use vacation and personal days to fulfill their furlough days requirement under new rules developed by Gov. Pat Quinn's administration.
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IN: California OKs Anthem rate hike after controversy
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"State regulators have accepted rate hikes on individual Anthem Blue Cross health insurance policies after public outrage and government scrutiny halted a larger increase.
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IN: Invasive species research ahead
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"SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $2.5 million to the University of Notre Dame and its research partners to predict the next wave of invasive species likely to enter the Great Lakes and to identify cost-effective countermeasures.
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IN: New estimates raise Indiana's cost of health overhaul
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"Indiana's human services chief and insurance commissioner warn in a letter posted online Wednesday that the federal health care overhaul will cost the state more than previously estimated and stress its outdated welfare eligibility system.
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IN: IDEM mum on handling mint water discharge
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"HAMLET, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management won't answer questions from the Post-Tribune about how the agency is handling an illegal, scalding-hot discharge from a mint farm that killed a dog in Starke County.
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IN: NIPSCO electric bills will go up 10 percent
From: feeds.stateline.org
"If you're a customer of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., you can expect to pay an additional 10 percent on your electricity bill, likely starting later this year.
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KS: Kansas airports add billions of dollars to state economy, report says
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"Kansas airports support more than 47,000 jobs, generate $2.3 billion per year in payroll and produce $10.4 billion in economic activity, according to a study released Wednesday.
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LA: Hurricane Katrina altered demographic picture in New Orleans area
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"After thousands of individual decisions to stay or go, years of grueling work, and tens of billions in investment, a slightly reconfigured New Orleans has emerged from the ruins left by Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures the storm triggered five years ago.
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LA: BP close to freeing busted pipe pieces in Gulf oil well
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"After a setback of more than a day, BP engineers were working Wednesday to free two pieces of drill pipe from the blowout preventer of the once-gushing Macondo well, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Wednesday.
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MA: Cape Wind cost spikes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"National Grid's proposed electric contract with Cape Wind will cost ratepayers about $200 million more than previously reported, thanks to a sweetheart deal for the giant utility and other power companies that buy energy from the wind-farm developer.
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MA: Mass. schools to receive $204 million in federal funds
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"School districts around the state will receive $204 million in new federal aid in the coming weeks to rehire laid-off teachers and other employees, Governor Deval Patrick announced today.
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MA: Experts sound alarm on crumbling T spans
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"T passengers unwittingly ride over dozens of crumbling, decrepit railroad and subway bridges deemed so perilous that experts are calling on the transit agency to step up repairs before disaster strikes, a Herald review found.
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MD: Egg farmer in recall sued Md. over facility
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Iowa egg farmer at the center of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness tangled in the past with the state of Maryland, where he once ran two massive facilities and was charged with violating a quarantine by selling contaminated eggs.
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MD: State audit -- Lenders overdue for oversight
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State auditors say Maryland's office of financial regulation has a backlog of mortgage firms overdue for examinations, a problem officials have been grappling with for years but believe will be fixed soon.
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MD: Military urged to boost bay cleanup efforts
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"State, federal and military officials huddled at the Naval Academy in Annapolis on Wednesday to see how the Pentagon — one of the largest landowners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed — might do more on the region's sprawling bases to control pollution and restore the troubled estuary.
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MD: Officials say no recalled eggs found in state
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Maryland officials are working to make sure that recalled eggs aren't being sold in the state. Officials from two Iowa farms recalled more than a half-billion eggs after learning that salmonella may have sickened as many as 1,300 people.
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ME: Poll -- Maine consumers pessimistic on economy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"PORTLAND, Maine — A new survey shows consumer confidence in Maine is anything but robust.
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MI: Michigan woos films, but lets horse racing tracks wither
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Michigan is paying Hollywood filmmakers $155 million this year in hopes they'll bring jobs and investment to the state.
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MI: Rev. Jesse Jackson says Michigan needs to get over its anti-Detroit sentiment
From: feeds.stateline.org
"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a word for West Michigan: There is an anti-Detroit sentiment in the state, but Detroit is "the largest organ in Michigan's body. ... If Detroit suffers, Michigan suffers."
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MI: Fruitport casino plan gets the cold shoulder from Michigan House of Representatives
From: feeds.stateline.org
"FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The chances of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians building a casino at the former Great Lakes Downs racetrack site suffered a setback Wednesday.
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MI: House OKs using $208 million school-aid surplus to cover general fund shortfall
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A proposal to use $208 million from Michigan's school aid fund to help pay for other programs is advancing in the state Legislature.
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MI: Asian carp become rivers' sad reality
From: feeds.stateline.org
"While invasive fish can be dangerous, some residents have fun with festivals, attractions.
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MI: Illinois rivermen bemoan impact of invasive Asian carp
From: feeds.stateline.org
"DALLAS CITY, Ill. -- Asian carp are here and slowly pushing out the native fish -- a scenario many fear could replay in Michigan.
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MN: Pawlenty -- Ford plan unchanged for St. Paul plant
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Despite pleas from Gov. Tim Pawlenty and other state and local leaders, Ford Motor Co.'s plan to close its St. Paul plant next year remains unchanged, the governor and Ford said Wednesday.
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MN: Dairy farmers in Wis., Minn. have moderate month
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Dairy production in Wisconsin and Minnesota continues to outpace last year's harvest, but the rate of increase is slowing.
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MS: Biofuel the $50M question
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State lawmakers will begin debating today whether to authorize $50 million in incentives for a start-up company that hopes to create the next generation of biofuel to replace gasoline.
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MS: Federal, state officials say oysters safe to eat
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BILOXI, Miss. — Federal and state officials say oysters from Mississippi Gulf Coast waters are safe to eat.
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MT: Montana's big rig environmental review delayed until September
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state of Montana's formal environmental review of ExxonMobil's proposal to transport giant oil-field machinery over two-lane highways in western Montana won't be finished until early next month, state transportation director Jim Lynch said Wednesday.
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NC: Ga. faces tough battle implementing school reform
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Georgia faces a tough battle to implement education reforms in 26 school districts as more massive state funding cuts loom on the horizon.
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NJ: Proposed gas pipeline sparks opposition
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A battle is heating up over a proposed natural-gas pipeline that would run through New Jersey and Staten Island before winding up in Manhattan.
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NM: Food giant to dump New Mexico seed operation
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Seeds of Change, a New Mexico seed company acquired by a corporation that used its brand for a line of health foods, is moving to California.
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NM: Tourism Department hires European gatekeeper
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The New Mexico Tourism Department has signed an agreement with a company based in Germany to manage the state's branding, marketing and communication activities in Europe.
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NV: State agencies outline $544.8 million in construction requests
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Rebuffed in his efforts to close the aging Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Director Howard Skolnik wants to spend nearly $4.5 million to upgrade the penitentiary with such things as electronic door locks and security-level stainless steel toilets.
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NY: 'Fracking' fractures N.Y. county
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CALLICOON, N.Y. — At Bill Graby's call, four little Holstein calves trot over to a fence for a quick ear scratch. Nearly under their black-and-white noses, a buried natural gas pipeline runs through Graby's dairy farm, 200 acres in the Catskill Mountains near the Delaware River.
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NY: Michael Bloomberg's comments enrage native nations
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Despite a variety of protests, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shows no signs of apologizing for telling the governor to take a shoot-em-up stance over untaxed cigarette sales on American Indian reservations.
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NY: ObamaCare's got you covered, 'kid'
From: feeds.stateline.org
"More than 77,000 New York twentysomethings who have outgrown Mom and Dad's health-care plan will soon be allowed to stay on their parents' policy, thanks to the federal health-care reform act that's set to go into effect. Five months after President Obama enacted the sweeping reforms, scores of benefits are about to be implemented, including many that have substantial impacts on New Yorkers.
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NY: Capital Region home sales fall 39 percent
From: feeds.stateline.org
"COLONIE, N.Y. -- Despite the lowest mortgage rates in 50 years, Capital Region home sales plunged 39 percent in July compared with a year ago, the Greater Capital Association of Realtors said Tuesday.
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NY: Beech-Nut plant exit wallops village taxes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CANAJOHARIE, N.Y. -- Loss of the Beech-Nut factory, the lifeblood of the village for more than a century, could mean an average homeowner will have to pay an additional $2,700 in water and sewer bills, and taxes, for years to come, according to an audit released Wednesday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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OH: Tea Party Exchange bought by conservative, national nonprofit
From: feeds.stateline.org
"DAYTON, Ohio -- One week after the Tea Party Exchange suspended operations in the Dayton area, owner Donald Hutchinson sold it to a national group called Unite in Action.
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OH: Ohio seeks $35M for streetcar
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A $35 million request for Cincinnati's streetcar is among a dozen transportation projects for which Ohio hopes to receive federal funding next month.
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OH: Ohio Casino Control Commission attracts plenty of applicants, including Peter Lawson Jones
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones and county Democratic Party Chairman Stuart Garson have both applied to join the new Ohio Casino Control Commission.
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OH: Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approves rate plan for FirstEnergy Corp.
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State regulators on Wednesday approved a new rate plan for FirstEnergy Corp., but monthly electric bills could remain essentially the same or even decline.
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OH: Gov candidates dispute why firm left Ohio
From: feeds.stateline.org
"During his press conference today to announce an initiative to reform what he called Ohio's job-killing regulatory process, GOP gubernatorial nominee John Kasich gave a half-dozen examples of Ohio businesses that had been hampered by unreasonable, confusing or burdensome regulations and heavy-handed regulators.
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OH: ODOT bids for cash with long wish list
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Columbus would get a train station and help with untangling I-70 and I-71. Erie County would get a runway so that NASA can bring spacecraft to its testing facility.
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OH: Mental-health funding fight heading to mediation
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Franklin County mental-health agency officials and the Ohio Department of Mental Health are going to try to work through their differences about a state funding formula that county officials say is unfair and shortchanges residents.
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PA: Pennsylvania court rejects a petition from Pennsylvania Builders Association for relief from new building codes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Pennsylvania Builders Association and others seeking relief from new and amended state building codes lost their case before Commonwealth Court.
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PA: Pennsylvania egg producers report sales, prices are up
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The massive nationwide egg recall due to fears of salmonella poisoning is ironically good economic news for Pennsylvania's egg producers.
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RI: R.I. tells 900 businesses -- Pay sales taxes or shut down
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The move by the state last week to shut down an East Greenwich restaurant for failing to remit taxes is just one of roughly 900 instances in which officials are threatening to close businesses this summer for not paying taxes.
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RI: DMV opening draws a crowd
From: feeds.stateline.org
"What would make a family of three get up at 5 a.m., drive to the Division of Motor Vehicles and stand in line in a cold rain for three hours?
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SC: Haley, Sheheen promote jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"GREENVILLE, S.C. — While Republican Nikki Haley and Democrat Vincent Sheheen both said Wednesday the next governor must focus on job creation and overhauling taxes, some key differences included their ideas on incentives and corporate income taxes.
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SD: S.D. exports up 15% compared to last year
From: feeds.stateline.org
"South Dakota companies exported more than $1 billion of manufactured products to world markets last year, and for the first half of this year, exports are on the rise.
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SD: SDSU creates tool to aid farmers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state's farmers and ranchers soon will be the first in the nation to have easy access to everything from expert-based blogs to market reports, libraries of information and weather forecasts in one spot through the development of an Internet information system.
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TN: Some in Sale Creek want to leave county
From: feeds.stateline.org
"There's a petition floating around Sale Creek asking its 2,600 or so residents if they'd rather be part of Rhea County. So far, 100 people have signed, according Chris O'Keefe, the petition's organizer.
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TX: Oil industry's answers frustrate federal panel
From: feeds.stateline.org
"HOUSTON — Federal investigators are showing increasing frustration at murky or nonresponsive answers from oil industry officials as they parse the causes of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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UT: 14 Utah companies make the Inc. 500 list
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Fourteen Utah businesses were among the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the nation this year, according to Inc. magazine.
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UT: Utah's tax hike on tobacco reduces revenue
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Utah is collecting less revenue from tobacco products since more than doubling the tax rate July 1.
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VA: Lobbyists shelled out $15 million on 2010 General Assembly
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Virginia corporations, utilities, trade associations and individuals spent more than $15 million this year trying to influence the Virginia General Assembly. That is about the same as last year, when the legislature had a shorter session, 46 days. This year's session went 61 days.
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VA: Internet gaming cafes booming while legality debated
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Internet gaming businesses are popping up across South Hampton Roads. About 15 have opened in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and business licenses for at least a dozen more have been issued, according to records from the cities' commissioners of revenue.
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VA: It's no work and all pay for government worker in Norfolk
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A Community Services Board employee collected a salary with benefits for 12 years and never showed up for work, several City Council members said Wednesday.
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VA: Beach officials looking at man's expenses with city credit card
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A $250 dinner for two in Washington, D.C., on New Year's Eve. Grocery store bills. Liquor tabs that sometimes outpaced the cost of the food. A former city tourism official charged those expenses on a city credit card.
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WA: Avista seeks rate increase
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Avista customers in Washington could see their electric rates go up 7.2?percent and their natural gas rates rise 3.2?percent starting Dec. 1, according to an agreement pending state approval.
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WA: New home sales take big drop locally
From: feeds.stateline.org
"YAKIMA, Wash. -- With the number of homebuyers still eligible for federal tax credits dwindling, new home sales in Yakima County took a huge hit in July.
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WI: Full speed ahead
From: feeds.stateline.org
"There is absolutely no reason not to accelerate spending on a worthwhile project that promises great economic benefit -- including jobs.
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WI: 1 -year study aims to lift socioeconomic conditions in Northeastern Wisconsin
From: feeds.stateline.org
"DE PERE, Wisc. -- Lora Warner envisions a Northeastern Wisconsin in which community leaders understand each other's problems and collaborate to find comprehensive solutions. That may be on the way.
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WI: Metro area loses another 1,500 jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The number of jobs in the four-county Milwaukee metropolitan area shrank in July, according to the latest monthly figures from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
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WI: Wis. lawyer's license revoked for embezzling money
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a Milwaukee attorney who admitted to embezzling $2.4 million from a Texas-based client and then losing it all at area casinos.
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WI: Lake Michigan ferry fracas heats up over stimulus application
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When a proposal for a high-speed ferry between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Mich., was floated several years ago, the folks who operate the Manitowoc-Ludington, Mich., ferry cried foul over the new boat's government-backed loan guarantees.
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WV: State fund overpays jobless by millions
From: feeds.stateline.org
"West Virginia's dwindling unemployment compensation fund is owed $6.3 million by people who were given too much money from the state for one reason or another.
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