Rhetoric trumps realism In campaigns for governor
From: feeds.stateline.org
"There’s no shortage of reform ideas in this year’s gubernatorial campaigns. But there aren’t many specifics about how the huge budget gaps that exist in most states can be resolved.
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Bashing oil industry is tricky politics in Gulf states
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Now that oil has stopped gushing in the Gulf of Mexico, state and local governments are tallying the economic losses they have suffered—and vowing to hold BP accountable. But they are moving carefully, mindful that much of the region’s economy depends on the industry they are confronting.
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AK: Alaska animal hospital gets stimulus loan
From: feeds.stateline.org
"FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Mt. McKinley Animal Hospital has won approved for federal tax-exempt bonds through the federal economic stimulus program.
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AK: Spill probe uncovers troubling pattern
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The company that runs the trans-Alaska pipeline remains under federal investigation and is in the middle of major changes after an internal probe this summer raised serious concerns about how it handled a major pipeline leak and emergency shutdown in May.
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AL: 11 Alabama entities to be reimbursed for health care costs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The federal government will reimburse about 2,000 companies, unions and municipalities -- including 11 in Alabama -- for the health care costs of many early retirees, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
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AZ: Lottery says 2010 a recording breaking year
From: feeds.stateline.org
"There may be a down economy, but Arizonans hoping to strike it rich are buying lottery tickets at a record setting pace.
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AZ: GOP candidates to Dems -- Disavow boycott, 2 unions
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Five Republican candidates for statewide office and several congressional hopefuls called on their Democratic foes Tuesday to denounce a boycott of Arizona and the unions that support it.
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AZ: Arizona Democrats' ties to unions attacked by GOP
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Arizona Republican candidates launched a coordinated attack against their Democratic foes Tuesday, accusing them of collusion with unions that are harming the state's economy by pushing Senate Bill 1070-related boycotts.
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AZ: Hike in demand, price buoys Arizona cotton farmers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Ronald Rayner has weathered many ups and downs in the four-plus decades he has grown cotton in the West Valley.
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AZ: Report -- Arizona could be site for clean-energy research center
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Arizona could be a key member of a regional clean-energy research network proposed in a report released today.
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CA: Legislative session ends with shouting, finger-pointing
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It was an ugly ending. Lawmakers closed out their lackluster two-year legislative session by shouting, pointing fingers and casting votes on a bill that was written out of public view in the middle of the night.
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CA: Schwarzenegger to top California officials -- Stop hiring
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued a message to top officials in his administration: Stop hiring.
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CA: California legislators OK pay reforms inspired by Bell scandal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"California lawmakers passed wide-ranging public compensation reforms inspired by the Bell municipal salary scandal in the waning hours of the 2010 legislative session, but a closely watched, first-in-the-nation ban on plastic grocery bags was defeated Tuesday night.
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CO: Suthers campaign cash hangs over payday loan hearing
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Attorney General John Suthers is not writing the new rules that will govern the payday loan industry in Colorado. That's why he is playing down the $10,000 in campaign donations he has received from the industry, saying the cash won't influence the final contours of the new state regulations.
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CT: Rising prison population dampens hopes of budget relief
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Connecticut's prison population stood poised Tuesday to record its fourth consecutive monthly increase, a trend likely to put a damper hopes that a prison closure could help balance the state's budget.
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CT: The Wilton Bank under regulatory order
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State and federal banking regulators have ordered a Fairfield County bank to cut the levels of its soured loans, which have risen in the wake of defaults on commercial real estate loans, according to regulators.
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CT: Shoreline merchants hope Earl doesn't ruin Labor Day weekend
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Shoreline restaurant owners and other merchants are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Earl, but because the possible glancing blow is expected Friday, they don't think the storm will ruin the last holiday weekend blast.
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DE: Retirees vent fury over leak of data
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Angry state pensioners swamped Aon Consulting's phone lines Tuesday after opening their mailboxes and finding letters informing them that the benefits consultant had inadvertently posted their Social Security numbers and other personal information on the Web.
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FL: Earl could force US evacuations ahead of Labor Day
From: feeds.stateline.org
"RALEIGH, N.C. -- A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.
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FL: Report may aid Glades land buy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Forcing water managers to build a massive abandoned reservoir would cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars but still not do enough to clean up the Everglades, according to an advisor to a federal judge. If U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno accepts the advisor's recommendation, and he has in the past, it would keep alive what remains of Gov. Charlie Crist's controversial sugar land buy.
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GA: Ga. State U unveils tax credit calculator online
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Georgia State University researchers have created an online calculator for small businesses interested in whether they qualify for tax credits under the new federal health care law.
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GA: Georgia banks post $694M loss, but improve
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Georgia's banks posted an 11 percent improvement in earnings in the second quarter.
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HI: July tourism hits 5-year high
From: feeds.stateline.org
"July was the best month for visitor performance that Hawaii has seen in five years. Arrivals and spending were up on all islands and from every major market, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, which released monthly visitor statistics yesterday. It was the first month that saw all indicators rise since September 2005.
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IA: Federal agents descend on egg farms for 2nd time
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- Federal agents have descended for a second time on Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the two Iowa farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall.
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IA: Time to change Iowa's livestock rules
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Iowa has taken a lot of organic nutrient from Jack DeCoster. The longtime bogeyman of the Iowa livestock industry is back in the news as the founder of a Wright County egg operation targeted by the federal investigation into a national salmonella outbreak.
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IA: State tax collections up 1.1 percent in July
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Net tax receipts in July for state government totaled $407 million, an increase of $4.5 million or 1.1 percent compared to July 2009, according to the Iowa Legislative Services Agency.
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IA: Iowa employers to get help with retiree health insurance
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Forty-two Iowa employers and unions have joined a new federal program that helps subsidize health-care coverage for early retirees.
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IA: One bright spot in the economy -- Farming
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Agriculture Department says that net farm income will rise 24 percent this year, thanks to higher returns for livestock producers and in row crops such as soybeans and cotton.
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IA: Market may rule DeCoster's fate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- Egg producer Jack DeCoster faces trouble with the government and consumers. But although regulators rarely prosecute producers of tainted food, the market could.
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ID: Idaho task force wary of hiking truck fees
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's transportation funding task force unanimously agreed Tuesday with a state study showing heavy trucks don't pay their fair share to maintain roads, but members expressed strong reservations about raising fees for trucks.
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ID: Idaho passes New York in milk production race
From: feeds.stateline.org
"POCATELLO, Idaho — Idaho's dairy industry increased milk production by 5.3 percent in July, a rate that enabled the state to surpass New York as the nation's third leading milk producer.
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IL: $551 million. Poof!
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The new finding that Illinois politicians squandered $551.3 million due to their own bumbling confounded us: What would 551,300,000 dollar bills look like?
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IL: Madigan says Democrats face tough economy in election, but party's record is solid
From: feeds.stateline.org
"DECATUR, Ill. -- During a visit to Decatur on Tuesday, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan conceded Democrats in the state will face challenges due to the frustrating times but shouldn't forget a long list of important achievements the party has made over the last year.
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IL: More than 50 percent of Illinois students now eligible for free or reduced-prices lunches
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In another sign of the sour economic times, about half of all Illinois school students are eligible for free or low-priced meals at school.
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IL: Firm scratched from Lottery could stall bidding with protest
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Odds are growing that a lucrative contract to manage the Illinois Lottery is heading toward a formal protest, adding more drama and further delay to the high-stakes bidding process that Gov. Pat Quinn is slated to decide on Sept. 15.
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IL: ComEd asks ICC for $60million
From: feeds.stateline.org
"On the heels of a request for a 7 percent rate hike, Commonwealth Edison is asking the Illinois Commerce Commission to add $60 million to fund additional improvements.
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IL: Chicago home prices up 2.5% in June
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Home prices in the Chicago area rose for the third straight month in June, raising them up to a level equivalent with a year ago, new data released Tuesday shows.
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IL: Frontier plans $40 million investment in Illinois broadband
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Frontier Communications, which serves mainly rural areas and smaller communities, plans to spend more than $40 million to expand broadband service in Illinois over the next 12 months.
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IN: State tax collections up, but still below peak
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State tax collections in Indiana and across the nation have ticked upward for two consecutive fiscal quarters, according to a study the Rockefeller Institute of Government released this week.
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IN: Port of Indiana funneled $3.5B to region in 2009
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new report shows that the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor brought in about $3.495 billion to the region and state in 2009.
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IN: DNR acts to protect walnut trees
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Indiana's wildlife agency has issued an emergency rule banning walnut products from nine western states and Tennessee from being shipped into Indiana.
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KS: State collects $38M more than expected
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Kansas collected nearly $38 million more in taxes than anticipated in August, raising hopes Tuesday that the state can avoid major reductions in its current budget.
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KS: State energy efficiency program slow to ignite
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A program tasked with making Kansas homes and small businesses more energy efficient used less than one-tenth of the stimulus money available to it during its first year. Efficiency Kansas, run through the Kansas Corporation Commission, spent just $285,416.25 to help improve energy efficiency in 42 projects, at an average cost of $6,800.
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KY: Kentucky farm receipts fall for first time in four years as poultry overtakes horses
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Kentucky's farmers received $4.26 billion for their products last year, the first year-to-year drop since 2005, as poultry overtook horses as the state's most valuable industry sector.
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KY: Kentucky kids' status worsens, report says
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The nation's economic problems continue to make life harder for Kentucky's youngest residents, according to a new report by Kentucky Youth Advocates.
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LA: National oil spill commission using nuclear power industry as model
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The national oil spill commission is looking to the nuclear power industry as a model in developing some of its recommendations of how the oil industry and government agencies should move forward after the BP oil well blowout in the Gulf, commission co-chairman Sen. Bob Graham said Tuesday.
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MA: Senate's chief budget writer increases deficit estimates
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state Senate's top budget writer has raised high-end projections for the state's budget deficit for this fiscal year, pointing to executive agency estimates that showed surging demands that could result in a gross $600 million deficit in Medicaid accounts.
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MD: Md. contractors got $34 billion from federal spending last year
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The U.S. government funneled more than $34 billion to Maryland contractors last fiscal year as defense and other spending saw huge increases that eclipsed the ramp-up after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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MD: Kiplinger -- Ellicott City among top 10 communties in nation
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For the second time this summer, Ellicott City has been selected by a national publication as one of the nation's top communities.
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MI: Michigan leads U.S. in new jobs with 27,800
From: feeds.stateline.org
"One month of encouraging jobs data is hardly enough to declare a rip-roaring recovery of Michigan's feeble economy -- but it's nothing to sneeze at, either.
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MI: Michigan underserved by federal stimulus
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new study reveals there was no correlation between the allocation of stimulus money and the level of economic stress suffered by individual states.
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MI: End of an era -- Michigan State Fair ends 160-year run
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Rabbit breeder Rob Usakowski typically spends the week before Labor Day helping his daughters show their Jersey Woolies and Holland Lops at the Michigan State Fair.
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MI: State has funding in hand for first phase of plaza project
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Funding is secured for the first phase of the Blue Water Bridge Plaza expansion project, but millions of dollars more are being sought to complete it.
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MI: MDOT razes vacant homes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As Ray Smith swept the driveway of his Scott Street home on Tuesday, the steady sound of freeway traffic could be heard.
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MN: Pawlenty, Guard urge vets to start businesses
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Minnesota National Guard are encouraging veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to go into business for themselves.
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MO: Court rules against tax break for restaurants
From: feeds.stateline.org
"What's the difference between preparing and manufacturing something? For Missouri restaurants, the difference amounts to tens of thousands of dollars.
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MS: Gov. eyes saving some stimulus cash
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and a bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers are considering saving, rather than spending, one of the two pots of federal stimulus money Congress recently approved.
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MS: State appliance rebate program reopens today
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Mississippi residents wanting to replace old or inefficient appliances are eligible for rebates beginning today.
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MS: Miss. tax collections in August surpass expectations
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Mississippi tax collections beat expectations in August for the second month in a row, but state leaders said it's too soon to declare the state economy has rebounded from recession.
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MS: Ed chief -- Faculty cuts not a trend
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Other Mississippi public universities are not expected to follow the University of Southern Mississippi in terminating professors to shrink budgets, higher education leaders said Tuesday.
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MT: Gov goes after out-of-state firms
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday he is sending the state revenuers after online travel booking sites and out-of-state oil lease traders he suspects may be shirking their Montana taxes.
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MT: Defenders of Wildlife ends wolf predation payments
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A conservation group is ending its program to compensate ranchers for livestock killed by wolves.
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ND: Group aims for $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A Fargo-based group plans to push for the North Dakota Legislature to pass a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes in the near future.
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ND: ND education panel lists funding priorities
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Continuing a scholarship program, providing funding for preschool programming and improving curriculum alignment between high schools and colleges are among the priorities for state education officials.
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ND: Education group looks at teacher pay
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The North Dakota Commission on Education Improvement discussed an alternative teacher compensation system at its Tuesday meeting.
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ND: Pharmacy ownership measure now in North Dakota Supreme Court's hands
From: feeds.stateline.org
"North Dakota's Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a voter initiative on pharmacy ownership should get a statewide vote this fall.
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NE: Nebraska inmates build skills through manufacturing jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For 13 days straight, Dustin Belmarez sewed the grey cotton duck canvas.
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NH: Draft -- Failure across board
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The failure to catch the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Financial Resources Mortgage is shared across state government, according to a draft report prepared by a special legislative panel investigating the collapse of the Meredith company. The report also recommends a broad overhaul of the state's financial and consumer protection laws if a similar scam is to be prevented.
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NJ: $111.9M Turnpike widening, Shore Parkway shoulders contracts OK'd
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Officials Tuesday approved a $111.9 million contract for the massive New Jersey Turnpike widening where the highway meets Interstate 195, and $25.5 million in contracts to do the final design for returning shoulders to the Garden State Parkway in the Shore area.
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NJ: Gov. Chris Christie signs bill allowing towns interest-free loans for clean water projects
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Chris Christie today signed three bills he said would help both the economy and the environment by providing loans to local governments for "clean water" projects.
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NJ: Hoboken Assemblyman Ramos endorses a bill to discourage NJ businesses from outsourcing
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Hoboken Assemblyman Ruben Ramos, Jr., along with his colleague Nelson Albano, is currently pushing for state legislation that seeks to discourage New Jersey businesses from "outsourcing" jobs to other countries in order to protect jobs on American soil, according to a press release.
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NJ: N.J. wins suit over sale of dangerous yo-yo toys
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NEWARK, N.J. — A judge has ordered an Indiana company to pay New Jersey more than $67,000 for selling toys that were banned as dangerous.
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NV: A taxing debate?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Former Gov. Bob Miller led the state through the recession of the 1990s and, looking at the budget situation today and a shortfall that could reach $3 billion, he says there is no way to balance the state budget without new revenues — that is, tax increases.
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NV: UNLV- No job growth in forecast through end of the year
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A UNLV economic index projects little employment growth in Southern Nevada over the next four to six months.
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NV: Report- Nevada should be hub for clean-energy innovation
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In 19th-century America, the government awarded land grants to start what would become the transcontinental railroad and establish universities such as Rutgers and Michigan State.
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NV: Nevada regulator- Death benefits may be scrutinized
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt says he hasn't received any complaints about a checkbook method used by some insurers to pay death benefits.
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NY: New York is trying again to tax Indians' cigarette sales
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The last time New York State tried to collect cigarette taxes on Indian lands, 13 years ago, protesters blocked highways upstate and clashed with State Police troopers, who had surrounded reservations to keep cigarettes and other taxable goods from flowing in. After a standoff that dragged on for days, the state relented and scrapped its plan.
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NY: Seneca leaders vote to suspend casino payments to New York
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Seneca Nation of Indians has voted to withhold a casino payment to New York, claiming the state has violated terms of a 2001 gambling agreement.
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NY: GlobalFoundries chips away at hiring
From: feeds.stateline.org
"COLONIE, N.Y. -- It's official: GlobalFoundries is hiring. The company building the much ballyhooed and anticipated plant in Malta on Tuesday drew nearly 400 people to a recruiting fair designed to help it fill some of the 1,400 jobs it is expected to create.
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NY: Tribes win cigarette tax delay
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Just as state tax agents were preparing to act on the Legislature's and Gov. David Paterson's decision to collect taxes from Native American cigarette merchants, a federal court judge in Buffalo on Tuesday gave a reprieve to at least two Indian nations.
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OH: Taking guns to work -- Car-storage proposal infringes on property rights of employers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Not long after the state's concealed-carry bill went into effect in 2004, many, if not most, of Ohio's private employers let everyone know exactly where they stood on the issue.
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OH: Mike DeWine -- Attorney General Richard Cordray's campaign is funded 'almost exclusively' by party, labor unions and special counsels
From: feeds.stateline.org
"One notion that Democrats in Ohio and elsewhere haven't been able to shake over the last generation is that their campaigns are funded by cigar-puffing party big wigs and labor bosses.
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OH: Ohio Lottery running well but could make some changes, including freeing itself from some oversight, Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor says
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CLEVELAND -- Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor says the Ohio Lottery Commission is well managed but could be improved if it trimmed some staff and offices and were free of some legislative oversight.
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OH: Lottery better if partially private, state auditor says
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Ohio Lottery should reconstitute itself as a "quasi-public corporation" to free itself from red tape and return more money to public schools, the state auditor said yesterday.
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OH: State promises faster passenger rail
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Ohio's transportation director asserted yesterday that passenger trains eventually will reach speeds of 110 mph across the state, even as freight railroads that will share the tracks effectively responded: "Not so fast."
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OK: Remote control -- Consumers may mute state tax's outreach
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Amazon should collect sales taxes? "Over my dead gadget-loving body!" wrote a blogger in response to state "Amazon laws," a form of which has been passed in Oklahoma.
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OK: Oklahoma banking numbers flat
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Oklahoma Bankers Association CEO Roger Beverage describes the current state of state banking with one word — flat.
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OR: Home prices continue to creep up, but concerns linger
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Home prices rose in June for a third straight month nationally -- and the fifth in a row in the Portland area -- as since-expired tax credits inspired a spurt of home-buying.
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OR: State corporate kicker possible
From: feeds.stateline.org
"True or false: Oregon's tax system is designed so corporations can get $42 million in tax rebates because their profits were surprisingly large -- even as the state faces a $3 billion deficit?
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PA: Harrisburg defaults as localities struggle
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Pennsylvania's capital of Harrisburg said it will skip a $3.29 million municipal-bond payment due in two weeks, marking the second-largest general-obligation municipal-bond default this year.
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PA: Investment gain puts state teacher pension fund on sounder footing
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Pennsylvania's mammoth retirement fund for teachers and other school workers is on sounder footing thanks to a 14.6 percent return on its investments for the year that ended June 30.
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PA: Pigging out? A tax would not hamper Marcellus Shale drillers
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Last Friday the head of Pitt's Center for Healthy Environments and Communities said the emissions of hazardous chemicals into the air and water from wastewater ponds at Marcellus Shale gas wells were a cause for public concern.
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PA: Zinc brownfield gets DEP permit
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state on Monday gave developers in Carbon County a permit to move forward with a plan to elevate the West site of the former New Jersey Zinc plant in Palmerton by adding millions of tons of dirt.
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PA: Opponents outnumbered in public battle over Gettysburg casino proposal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A gaming board spokesman said it was the largest public hearing the agency has ever had for a casino applicant. Not everyone fit in the small conference room. People milled in the lobby of the Comfort Suites hotel in Cumberland Township and queued up on the sidewalk outside.
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RI: R.I. treasurer, candidate seeks to halt Schilling loan deal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"In a turnabout, state treasurer and Democratic candidate for governor Frank T. Caprio is trying to halt the state's $75-million loan guarantee to former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video-game company, 38 Studios LLC.
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TN: Sen. Lamar Alexander wants coal ash hearing in TN
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Sen. Lamar Alexander is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to hold an extra hearing in Tennessee on regulation of coal ash, following criticism from environmentalists.
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TX: State cites local energy company in fatal blast
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A Houston company failed to adequately mark the path of a buried 36-inch natural gas pipeline in Johnson County that was struck and exploded in June, killing one person, the Texas Railroad Commission said Tuesday.
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US: Tax cuts weighed to spur economy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Obama administration is considering a range of new measures to boost economic growth, including tax cuts and a new nationwide infrastructure program, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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US: Federal spending rises a record 16%
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Federal domestic spending increased a record 16 percent, to $3.2 trillion, in 2009, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, largely because of a boost in aid to the unemployed and the huge economic stimulus package enacted to rescue the sinking economy.
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UT: Utah governments hire while others fire others
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Most local governments nationwide reduced their work forces during 2009 amid the recession. But not in Utah.
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VA: FBI, others join inquiry into no-show Norfolk employee
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The FBI has joined a growing list of law enforcers trying to figure out how a woman who didn't show up for work at a community services organization for 12 years continued to be paid and to what extent others might be involved.
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VA: In Bristol, McDonnell vows to back rail efforts
From: feeds.stateline.org
"BRISTOL, Va. -- Gov. Bob McDonnell pledged further support for efforts to expand passenger and commercial rail yesterday, but he conceded any such efforts will be expensive and time-consuming.
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VT: Vermont Yankee nuke plant has "unusual event"
From: feeds.stateline.org
"VERNON, Vt. — Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is continuing to operate at full power after the staff declared a brief "unusual event" due to a loss of some control room alarm circuits.
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VT: Sheffield wind project granted final permit
From: www.burlingtonfreepress.com
"A Vermont Environmental Court judge has ruled that a 16-turbine wind-energy project is entitled to the final permits it needs to begin construction on Granby Mountain and Libby Hill in Sheffield.
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WA: Punishing the UW for success
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state expects the UW to be both "racehorse and workhorse," and on a starvation diet.
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WA: Only Las Vegas worse for home prices -- Study
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Seventeen of the largest 20 U.S. metro markets showed an increase in home prices in June over May, but Seattle wasn't one of them.
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WA: Poll -- Income tax 'yes'; soda tax 'no'?
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new poll shows that Washington state voters are inclined to pass initiatives that would impose an income tax on high earners and another that would repeal new taxes on soda and bottled water.
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WA: Trying to rebuild the construction industry
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Puget Sound region's depressed housing market has entered its third year.
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WI: Fewer Wisconsin banks are unprofitable, FDIC reports
From: feeds.stateline.org
"More Wisconsin banks posted a profit in the second quarter, but lending remained slow in the state and nationwide, a report released Tuesday by regulators shows.
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WI: Madison's train station would cost at least $12 million, have four stories
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state Department of Transportation estimates a Madison passenger rail station next to Monona Terrace will cost about $12 million, though city officials are already contemplating additions that could drive up the local share of the cost.
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WY: State of Wyoming seeks buyers for abandoned CBM wells
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Some 10 years after urging newcomers in the coal-bed methane gas rush to "Go Blue," the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments is trying to find buyers for dozens of abandoned gas wells on state lands -- often depicted in the color blue on oil and gas lease maps.
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