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Interim committees to investigate K-12 funding, domestic violence
PIERRE — With barely a tussle, the Legislature’s Executive Board appointed lawmakers Monday to two interim committees that will study parts of South Dakota’s funding system for public schools and gaps in state laws regarding domestic...Tags: Canton (Hartford, Connecticut), Schools, Public Schools, U.S. Senate, Jim Bradford
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Illinois Republican chairman search down to nine
Clout StreetIllinois Republican leaders identified nine finalists Monday to replace Pat Brady as state GOP chairman, including several contenders who have been defeated in past elections. The list could be narrowed even further when the 19-member state central...Tags: Joe Walsh, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Government, Ronald Sandack, Pat Brady
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Budget a step in right direction
For average Hoosiers uninterested in political point-scoring, the budget crafted by the Indiana legislature inspires only muted, if any, fanfare. The extra $114 will help. Every dollar counts in a household living on $48,393 per year -- the median...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Americans for Prosperity, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Income, Government
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Pittsburgh region’s population loss is Lehigh Valley area’s gain
Capitol IdeasYo! The long-running success of the Pittsburgh Steelers apparently is not enough to keep people in parts of western Pennsylvania. Allegheny County lost 4.3 percent of its population between the 2000 Census and 2010 Census. As a result, it will...... -
Ron Kaye: An idea whose time hasn't come
My head spun when I heard Democrats with their super-majority in the state Assembly slammed through a bill that would make California the only state in the nation to let immigrants, legal ones, sit on juries. I thought, "What has America come to when,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Migration, John A. Perez, Elections
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Community Announcements for May 9
Upcoming Public Government Meetings - Lincoln County Board of Education: 6:30 p.m. May 9 at the Board of Education office - Lincoln County Public Library Board: 12 p.m. May 13 at the Lincoln County Public Library - Lincoln County Fire Protection...
Tags: Relay for Life, Interior Policy, Arts and Culture, Basketball, Heart Disease
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Editorial: Make uncovering Benghazi truth a bipartisan mission
"A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al-Qaida is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead." —President Barack Obama to the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 6, 2012. Five nights after that speech, scores of attackers...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Univision (tv network), Al-Qaeda, U.S. Congress, United Nations
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A lifeline for the poor
Critics of a federal program that provides free cellphones to thousands of Maryland residents who can't afford regular commercial service are right that some recipients who don't qualify for the benefit are taking advantage of the system. But there's no...Tags: Political Corruption, U.S. Congress, Personal Income, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan
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How to straighten out the state GOP's gay mess
The Illinois Republican Party should appoint as its next party chair someone who supports legalization of same-sex marriage. Why? First, because it would mess with our minds. Outgoing party chair Pat Brady, who resigned Tuesday in a letter to the...
Tags: Minority Groups, Family, Social Issues, Pat Brady, Same-Sex Marriage
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Republicans say military could have done more in Benghazi
WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the political battle over the killing of four Americans in Libya is unfolding this week, with Republicans pointing to the testimony of a State Department official as evidence that the U.S. military could have...Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Embassy, The Washington Post, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Government
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South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...
Tags: Steve Israel, Israel, Nancy Pelosi, Adultery, U.S. Congress
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