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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AL: Alabama GOP leaders pick Talladega businessman Ray Robbins to run in place of state Sen. Jim Preuitt
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Alabama Republican Party has chosen Talladega businessman Ray Robbins to replace Republican state Sen. Jim Preuitt of Talladega on the general election ballot Nov. 2.
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AL: State justice criticized for past bingo role
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Representatives of two closed casinos are complaining that Ala bama Supreme Court Justice Glenn Murdock joined in key deci sions about electronic bingo with out disclosing that he once repre sented an owner of Greenetrack, home to one of Alabama's closed ca sinos.
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AL: Advertiser editorial -- Hunters help economy, ecology
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Even those Alabamians who have never pulled the trigger on a rifle or shotgun and have no wish to do so should welcome the arrival of the fall hunting seasons in the state.
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AZ: Mounting confidence could mean more jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Arizona economy since December 2007 has been an ugly sight, with about 267,000 jobs lost.
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AZ: NAU 'adjusts' pay by $6.8M
From: feeds.stateline.org
"About 1,700 Northern Arizona University employees, from secretaries to professors to vice presidents, are getting raises ranging from $500 to more than $29,000 apiece.
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AZ: Growth rate slows state's recovery
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Some people are heading to places where jobs are more plentiful. Some are just leaving Arizona because of the tough stance on immigrants.
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CA: Schwarzenegger bound for Asia on trade mission
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leading a trade mission to Asia this week to promote California products and to help secure what he said could amount to billions of dollars in business for companies in the state.
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CA: Global warming bill a lose-lose issue for GOP candidates
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A November ballot measure that would rescind California's landmark global warming bill until unemployment drops significantly has become an albatross for the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.
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CA: Global warming bill a lose-lose issue for GOP candidates
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A November ballot measure that would rescind California's landmark global warming bill until unemployment drops significantly has become an albatross for the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate."
CA: Whitman gets some union support
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spends a lot of time bashing labor unions -- especially the ones that have backed her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown.
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CO: Suthers wants more teeth in Colorado anti-trust laws
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Attorney General John Suthers would like to see Colorado's antitrust law changed to allow his office to challenge mergers that may harm Colorado's citizens and markets, a Suthers' spokesman recently told the Colorado Independent.
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CT: Governor proposing pension cap
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Retiring Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed "bold and decisive measures" to reduce the state's largest financial obligation -- $34 billion in unfunded pensions and health benefits for state retirees.
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CT: Malloy discusses hopes for future with Yale crowd
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy fielded questions Tuesday night about climate change and multiple modes of transportation, talking about his hopes for the future, but not making any promises until the state gets its fiscal house in order.
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CT: Critics blast Rell's 'quick fixes' on pension
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. M. Jodi Rell has endorsed a number of steps to address Connecticut's large pension and retiree health benefit liabilities, but the state treasurer says Rell's recommendations lack the detailed cost analysis she had requested.
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CT: '90s pension raid haunts state officials now
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A 1995 decision to put the state employee pension program on what amounts to a balloon mortgage schedule has come back to haunt Connecticut officials working now to bring fiscal stability to retirement benefits.
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CT: Craigslist adult services shutdown must be permanent, Blumenthal says
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Three days after craigslist shut down its adult services section, replacing it with a black bar that simply reads "censored," Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called on the website to shut down the section permanently and take steps to eradicate prostitution ads from other parts of the site.
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DE: Delaware energy -- State OKs Delmarva contracts for renewables
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Two Delmarva Power contracts for renewable energy received the blessing of the Delaware Public Service Commission on Tuesday.
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FL: Florida's state budget shortfall shrinks in new forecast
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Florida's looming budget shortfall has been cut in half by state analysts, who credit federal stimulus dollars, years of spending cuts and Indian gambling money as helping to forge a brighter picture — but still leaving the state in a $2.5 billion hole.
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FL: Study -- Oil from spill has not become a drifting cloud of death
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Millions of barrels of crude spewed by BP's blown-out well have reduced deep-sea oxygen levels -- but nowhere near enough to create another of the ``dead zones'' that periodically plague the Gulf of Mexico, a federal study said Tuesday.
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FL: FPL bills to rise to pay for nuke projects
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Florida's Public Service Commission voted 3-2 Tuesday to increase Florida Power & Light customers' bills by $31 million starting in January to pay for development of the company's nuclear projects.
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HI: Hawaiian Airlines August traffic rises 14.3 pct
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Hawaiian Airlines said Tuesday that its August traffic jumped 14.3 percent, pushing occupancy on its planes up to 88 percent.
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IA: Candidates spar over state debt load
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new ad in the campaign for governor uses a well-known country song to skewer current Governor Culver Culver who, in turn, accuses rival Terry Branstad of distortion.
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IA: Culver -- End state film tax credit program
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Governor Chet Culver says once the existing state commitments are met, the state tax credit program for film and TV productions in Iowa should be shut down.
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IA: Branstad, Culver battle over I-JOBS and debt
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Republican gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad's version of Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" song in a campaign ad criticizing Iowa Democrats' bonding for job-creation efforts hit a sour note Tuesday with Gov. Chet Culver.
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IA: Branstad attacks state spending
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Republican Terry Branstad kicked off the post-Labor Day campaign sprint trying to convince voters that Gov. Chet Culver's signature public works project is saddling Iowans with excessive debt.
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IA: Grassley asks USDA to explain federal inaction on egg farms
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- State officials and the U.S. Agriculture Department are facing questions about the Iowa egg farms that were linked to this summer's salmonella outbreak.
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IA: Iowa economic index rises for 10th month
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Iowa Leading Indicators Index took a half step back and a half step forward in July to end up in about the same place it's been all year, making baby steps toward recovery.
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IA: Study favors downtown train depot
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The historic Rock Island Lines' depot in downtown Des Moines should be restored as the city's train station -- if Chicago-to-Des Moines passenger railroad service is re-established -- a new report recommends.
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IL: Expert -- High risk of Asian carp invading lakes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Signs of Asian carp in Chicago waterways mean there's a great risk the invasive fish could slip into Lake Michigan at any time, a witness said today in the first full day of testimony in a five-state lawsuit.
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IL: Expert says he advised against river poisoning
From: feeds.stateline.org
"CHICAGO -- The pioneer of controversial "environmental" DNA tests that indicated Asian carp were getting closer to Lake Michigan testified Tuesday that he warned Illinois and federal officials not to waste $1.5 million poisoning a river just south of Chicago last spring, but he was ignored.
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IL: Analysts downplay positive August revenues
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It may have just been a financial hiccup, but there was a nugget of positive news last month regarding Illinois' recession-battered budget.
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IN: For many, residential homes are a 'last resort'
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state moratorium on new resident admissions in the Residential Community Assistance Program is not yet impacting mentally ill and disabled residents of those homes, two of which operate in Lake County.
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IN: Mental health takes hit in state budget cuts
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A state commission listened Tuesday to pleas about how Indiana's $1 billion revenue shortfall impacts some of its most vulnerable citizens -- mentally ill adults.
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IN: Indiana casino commission -- Staffer hid complaints
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Indiana Gaming Commission has found that one of its staffers hid dozens of gamblers' complaints against the state's 13 casinos for a year or more, the agency said.
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IN: Indiana panel's proposal would expand net metering
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A proposed expansion of Indiana's rules dictating which owners of wind turbines and other renewable power systems get credit for excess power they generate is drawing early support from clean energy advocates.
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IN: State port shipments signal boost in economy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state's port authority says shipments at the Port of Indiana in Burns Harbor rose 52 percent in 2009 in a sign of better economic conditions.
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LA: Oil spill claims staff has struggled to keep pace with volume, administrator admits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Two weeks into Kenneth Feinberg's reign as the oil spill claims administrator, he's failed to live up to expectations he set for the process -- and he admits it.
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MA: Bringing the barnyard to the backyard
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For those who swear by farm-fresh food, last month's national recall confirms their fears about the safety of mass-produced agriculture, and raises questions about the treatment of the animals involved. Those worries, along with a back-to-basics ethos that has taken hold in recent years, are prompting Massachusetts residents to raise chickens themselves, even in thickly settled suburbs.
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MA: State rejects Green Line bid
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Uneasy over the involvement of Parsons Brinckerhoff, the Department of Transportation's board of directors declined yesterday to extend a planning contract for the firm behind the Big Dig to help plan the expansion of the MBTA's Green Line to Somerville and Medford.
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ME: Independent Moody touts business growth for government
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Independent gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody said Tuesday that Maine needs to "grow our way out" of the current recession by making the state more friendly to the small businesses that are the backbone of the state's economy.
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ME: Tidal power turbine being moved to benefit fishermen
From: feeds.stateline.org
"LUBEC, Maine — For weeks, Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been working with local officials and the Maine Marine Patrol to find a new location for its tidal power turbine so that the equipment would not negatively affect local fishermen.
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ME: Talks on freight railway buy roll on
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Neither side calls it an impasse, but Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway and the state remain locked in talks over a state plan to buy 233 miles of northern Maine freight rail tracks slated for abandonment, they said Tuesday.
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MI: Wanted -- Good roads
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Evidence from the primary, indicating that Michiganians do value good transportation, should help lawmakers buck up the courage to fix the road funding problem with a fuel tax increase recommended by a coalition of business, labor, public interest and local government leaders.
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MI: Bernero asks Snyder to back Obama's tax breaks
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero is asking his GOP rival to join him in urging Congress to back business tax breaks being proposed by President Barack Obama.
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MI: State Tax Commission goes after businesses' 'industrial' classification
From: feeds.stateline.org
"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The State Tax Commission is trying to capture an additional $20 million for the state's School Aid Fund by challenging the "industrial" classifications assigned to more than 10,000 Michigan companies.
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MI: Southeast Michigan employers to cut 420 jobs in coming weeks, WARN notices show
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nine Michigan private sector employers will shed a combined 863 jobs in the coming weeks, including 420 jobs at five employers in Southeast Michigan, according to new data for plant closings and layoff notices from the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.
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MI: State budget deal struck -- without a tax hike
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Negotiators for Michigan legislative leaders and Gov. Jennifer Granholm reached a deal Tuesday on a state spending plan for 2011 that includes an early retirement plan for state employees and no general tax increase.
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MI: Testimony begins in hearing over closing shipping locks to stop Asian carp from reaching Great Lakes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A federal court hearing is under way today in Chicago that has serious ramifications for Michigan and the Great Lakes region's $7 billion fishery industry.
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MI: Auto industry could get boost from Obama tax credits
From: feeds.stateline.org
"While many businesses and economists are taking a wait-and-see approach to the Obama administration's plan to pump up to $200 billion into business spending, the auto industry's chief lobbying arm enthusiastically embraced one part of it.
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MI: Michigan disbursement of stimulus money slows
From: feeds.stateline.org
"WASHINGTON -- Michigan's disbursement of its share of funding from the federal stimulus bill has slowed through the second quarter of this year.
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MI: Michigan lawmakers reach tentative budget deal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A budget deal for 2011 is expected to be signed today, balancing the state books without tax increases and averting a potential government shutdown.
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MI: MDOT razing pleases neighbors
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Bill Albers said his neighborhood has transformed since the state started razing homes on his street.
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MN: Minn. corn continues to develop ahead of schedule
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Minnesota's corn crop continues to develop ahead of schedule, while soybean development is on pace with the five-year average.
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MN: Minn. State Fair attendance falls short of record
From: feeds.stateline.org
"FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Despite sweltering heat at the start and a cold, windy final finale, attendance at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair was the second-highest on record.
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MN: Minnesota governor hopefuls focus on jobs in debate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"DULUTH, Minn. -- The three major candidates for governor focused on jobs and the state's budget shortfall Tuesday in their first debate in northeastern Minnesota.
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MO: Applicants for casino narrowed to 4 entities
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The competition for Missouri's last available casino license has been narrowed to four companies.
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MO: Missouri PSC reviewing quality of phone service
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Missouri utility regulators are looking into whether people are getting quality service from their local telephone companies.
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ND: North Dakota Supreme Court rules pharmacy issue won't be on ballot
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A flaw in the way petitions were circulated means North Dakota voters will not decide in the November election whether to change a law limiting pharmacies.
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ND: Corn producers urged to seek legal advice
From: feeds.stateline.org
"North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging corn producers to consult an attorney if they receive a letter from a New York law firm telling them they must repay money they received from corn sales to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp.
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ND: Supreme Court rejects pharmacy petition appeal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The North Dakota Supreme Court issued a speedy rejection of a group's attempt to get the pharmacy measure placed on the November ballot after a hour-long hearing last week.
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NE: Ag official from Nebraska shares global view
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Darci Vetter has come home.
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NE: State encouraging foreign tourists to wander off the interstate
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nebraska's Tourism Division is trying to encourage foreign tourists to drive off the interstate and into a western world of rolling sandhills, wooded bluffs, real cowboys and rodeos.
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NE: Nebraska State Fair attendance second best in decade
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Nebraska State Fair attracted 309,400 people in its first year in Grand Island.
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NJ: N.J. Attorney General to review role of Race to the Top consultant after failed application
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The state Attorney General's Office today said it is reviewing the contract of a consultant paid more than $500,000 to help New Jersey through two rounds of competition for federal education funding, as lawmakers called for more details about the company's involvement in the failed bids for up to $400 million.
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NJ: In N.J., less demand keeps fueling lower prices at the pump
From: feeds.stateline.org
"New Jersey motorists are getting more miles per gallon at the pump, according to a recent survey.
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NV: Nevada is most economically stressed in U.S.A.
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nevada leads the nation as the most stressed state in the country while Lyon County ranks third among all U.S. counties of 25,000 or more, an Associated Press monthly analysis of conditions around the country finds.
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NV: National leaders focus on renewable energy in Nevada
From: feeds.stateline.org
"With clean-energy legislation trapped in a political deadlock, renewable-energy advocates called big business the new leader in the nation's green revolution during a national summit meeting Tuesday.
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NV: Report doesn't include new taxes to boost Nevada economy
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Nevada should strive to secure federal grants and venture capital to bolster its sagging economy, according to a draft report prepared for a group appointed by legislators to look at the state's future.
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NY: Links to Wall St. become liability in primary races
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When she set out to topple a popular nine-term Congressional incumbent, Reshma Saujani reveled in her background in the world of high finance, emerging as a national voice for an industry that felt besieged, blamed and battered after the banking collapse.
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NY: Judge extends order barring taxes on Indian cigarettes
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A federal judge Tuesday extended his order blocking the state from taxing two Indian nations' cigarette sales to non-Indian customers while legal challenges to the state's plans continued to mount.
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NY: Benefits unclear in state's new law on power
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A new state law being hailed as a major boost to the local economy may or may not be all that it's cranked up to be. In all likelihood, its impact will be far less that what politicians have contended since Gov. David A. Paterson last week signed a law redirecting profits from the sale of unused hydropower from the New York Power Authority to a new program to fund economic development in Erie and Niagara counties.
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NY: Protest over greenhouse gas curb
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A group tied to conservative Oklahoma oil billionaires who are behind a campaign to deny man-made climate change is taking aim at New York's participation in a program to cut greenhouse gases.
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NY: Farmers feel pinch from lack of rain
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Meteorologists haven't started using the word drought, but they say conditions, particularly in Rensselaer County, southern Vermont and the northern Berkshires, have been extremely dry.
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NY: Dear alma mater -- I can't pay
From: feeds.stateline.org
"At New York's colleges and universities, the arrival of a new school year brings anticipation tinged with anxiety. For many students, the second emotion is prompted by one nagging question: How am I going to pay for this?
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OH: Bill would ax panel's selection of director
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A month after a state investigation determined that the director of the Ohio agency that spends $2.8 million a day building new schools was too cozy with labor unions, a lawmaker has proposed changing how the job is filled.
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OH: Yvette McGee Brown says Ohio has fewest state employees since Reagan administration
From: feeds.stateline.org
"For much of this gubernatorial campaign, Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has been defending his record against charges from Republican challenger John Kasich that he has done too little to stem job losses in Ohio and responding to accusations that he still oversees a bloated state government.
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OH: Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce takes credit for creating and saving tens of thousands of jobs
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Spend any time with an Ohio politician running for office this year and you'll hear one common theme: Jobs.
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OH: Ohio AFL-CIO initiates GOTV effort
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Ohio AFL-CIO, the state's largest union, has launched what it calls "one of the largest voter mobilization efforts in the state," to ensure that members of labor unions go to the polls on Nov. 2.
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OH: Pension officials traveled in style
From: feeds.stateline.org
"When two board members of the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund jetted to New York in October for a conference on protecting investments, the pension fund made an investment of its own: more than $400 per night for each trustee to stay in a hotel that "blends old-world elegance and new-world opulence."
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OR: Oregon needs an annual Legislature
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A state with more than 3.8 million residents, a yo-yo economy and a volatile tax system can not run on auto-pilot for an entire year.
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PA: Rendell- No drilling moratorium
From: feeds.stateline.org
"There won't be a Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling moratorium in Pennsylvania while Ed Rendell is governor -- even if that means only four more months.
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PA: Economy is in no shape to handle tax rate hike
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Neither the commonwealth of Pennsylvania nor the United States of America can tax and spend its way out of economic hard times.
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RI: R.I. trash agency sues former dump operators for alleged corruption
From: feeds.stateline.org
"A $20-million "blunder" and another $20 million in dubious land deals add up to two hefty lawsuits seeking to recover money allegedly squandered by the former stewards of Rhode Island's trash agency.
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SC: Bad check ruling could cost consumers, businesses
From: feeds.stateline.org
"South Carolina consumers and taxpayers could be the losers in a state Supreme Court decision that now bans business representatives from prosecuting worthless check cases in magistrate's court because they aren't lawyers.
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SD: Federal cash turns to cost for schools
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Millions in federal dollars that were supposed to save teaching jobs could cost several South Dakota school districts money on longer financial audits.
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SD: State Fair attendance to exceed or match 2009
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Early indications from the South Dakota State Fair suggest that crowds were as large or better than last year.
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TX: Two eyeing Texas House Speaker post
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Another conservative legislator is mulling a challenge to moderate Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio, raising the specter of a Republican leadership battle just as lawmakers begin to tackle a huge budget shortfall early next year.
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TX: White, Perry disagree on revenue estimate timing
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Democrat candidate for governor Bill White says Republican Gov. Rick Perry should use his power to release more information about the Texas budget shortfall.
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US: As stadiums vanish, their debt lives on
From: feeds.stateline.org
"It's the gift that keeps on taking. The old Giants Stadium, demolished to make way for New Meadowlands Stadium, still carries about $110 million in debt, or nearly $13 for every New Jersey resident, even though it is now a parking lot.
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UT: Decreased chance of 'double-dip' recession is good news for Utah small businesses
From: feeds.stateline.org
"New employment figures suggest there is less chance that the U.S. will plunge into a "double-dip" recession, and that is good news for small businesses in Utah, according to the Zions Bank Small Business Index issued Tuesday.
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VA: Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell to unveil plan for a bar and restaurant tax
From: feeds.stateline.org
"RICHMOND -- Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) will unveil a proposal Wednesday to impose a 4 percent tax on restaurants and bars as he tries to make up for $260 million the state could lose in taxes and profit if Virginia privatizes its liquor system, according to several sources familiar with the plan.
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VA: Governor to reveal his liquor-sales plan today
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Gov. Bob McDonnell is expected to announce today that his proposal to get Virginia out of the liquor business could generate a one-time windfall for roads of more than $450 million and prove more profitable than the state's 76-year-old monopoly on spirits.
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VA: Va. DMV bars immigrants' papers for driver licenses
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles will no longer accept a federal employment document provided to immigrants as proof of legal presence as part of an application for a state driver's license or identification card.
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VA: Business leaders offer advice to McDonnell
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Improve workforce training. Deal with the state's transportation infrastructure needs. Do more to market Virginia to up-and-coming industries such as alternative-energy firms. Cut taxes. Those were some of the suggestions for rejuvenating economic and job growth that prominent Virginia business leaders suggested to Gov. Bob McDonnell at a forum yesterday in Richmond.
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VA: Virginia Beach nears a deal for old Norfolk Southern rail line
From: feeds.stateline.org
"City officials said Tuesday that they've struck a last-minute compromise with the state to complete a $40 million deal to buy an old rail line for a possible light rail project.
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VA: NATO to stay in Norfolk, even if JFCOM shuts down
From: feeds.stateline.org
"NATO's top official said Tuesday he's committed to keeping the alliance's North American headquarters, known as Allied Command Transformation, in Norfolk, regardless of whether American defense officials carry out plans to close the U.S. Joint Forces Command.
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VT: AP Analysis -- Vermont avoids economic distress
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Vermont was one of the least-stressed states in the country under the economic conditions prevalent in July in a new study of Americans' economic struggles, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions nationwide.
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VT: South Burlington actuaries explain pension shortfall
From: feeds.stateline.org
"South Burlington's increasingly generous employee benefits and pensions — coupled with a sudden market downturn — subverted the city's financial strategies over the past decade, according to experts who managed the municipal retirement funds.
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WA: Initiative 1098 would put local Bartell Drug at serious disadvantage
From: feeds.stateline.org
"George Bartell, CEO of Bartell Drug Co., explains how Initiative 1098, to create a personal income tax in Washington, would hurt his ability to compete with the national drug chains.
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WA: Economy, lawsuits hammer at BIAW
From: feeds.stateline.org
"The Building Association of Washington, a generous contributor to conservative candidates and causes, has hit a rough patch.
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WI: Ditch Wisconsin's minimum markup law that pumps up prices
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wisconsin survived just fine without a minimum markup law on gasoline these past 19 months.
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WI: Acting together
From: feeds.stateline.org
"An agreement between Wisconsin and Michigan to cooperate on climate change has much potential, especially if other states join the effort.
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WI: AnchorBank gets conditional approval from federal regulator
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Federal regulators have given conditional approval to AnchorBank's capital restoration plan, effectively giving the bank more time to search for outside financing or to shore up finances on its own.
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WI: State could lose millions in stem cell research funding
From: feeds.stateline.org
"Wisconsin researchers and biotechnology companies stand to lose millions of dollars a year in federal funding for promising stem cell research because of a federal judge's ruling, Gov. Jim Doyle and university officials said Tuesday.
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WI: Walker says he'd veto pork projects
From: feeds.stateline.org
"SUN PRAIRIE, Wisc. -- Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Tuesday that he would veto pork projects from state budgets if elected governor.
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WV: Workers compensation is in better shape now
From: feeds.stateline.org
"As this decade began, the state-run workers'
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WV: State tax collections strong
From: feeds.stateline.org
"State tax collections remained stronger than expected in August, sparking hopes that the state's economy is emerging from the national recession.
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WY: Groups will discuss Wyoming Range natural gas exploratory drilling proposal
From: feeds.stateline.org
"ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- Conservationists and sportsmen will meet tonight to discuss a Texas oil and gas company's natural gas exploratory drilling proposal for the Wyoming Range.
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States pressed to fix local water systems
From: feeds.stateline.org
"American cities — including state capitals — are responsible for their own water systems. But when cities can’t afford to make urgently needed repairs, some states are stepping beyond their traditional roles to help finance upgrades to the nation’s aging water infrastructure.
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