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Coats defends his vote on guns
Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....
Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Ted Cruz, Gun Control, Dan Coats, Mayors Against Illegal Guns
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Bill Clinton, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Productivity, National Government
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Race-by-race results from Preakness Day
Race 1: Jockey Joel Rosario rode Aussi Austin to victory in the first of 13 races on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Bake Shop took second and Pretension finished third in the 1 1/16-mile dirt race. The winner finished in 1:45.23. Bake Shop and...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Sage, Equestrian, United States Statutory Debt Limit, Rosie Napravnik
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Burbank, Glendale schools hold breath over budget
Despite plans by Gov. Jerry Brown to spend roughly $1.6 billion more on education, local school officials this week remained only cautiously optimistic about their financial prospects. The additional funding included in Brown's budget revision...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance, Media Industry, Budgets and Budgeting
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Buena Vista school board OKs debt plan, may reopen
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Saginaw County's Buena Vista district soon could reopen its doors after the local school board on Tuesday night approved a plan aimed at bringing the district out of its million-dollar deficit. The Buena Vista Board of...
Tags: Detroit Free Press, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Freedom of the Press, Students
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Productivity, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan, Republican Party
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Washington Co. budgets approved with no change in tax rates
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the county’s proposed 2013-14 fiscal year operating budget of $245.9 million. The budget calls for tax rates to remain the same as last fiscal year, with a real estate tax of 94.8...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Employees, Finance, Career and Workplace
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Obama's budget puts the onus on Ryan
WASHINGTON — When it comes to deficit reduction, President Barack Obama may have correctly taken the measure of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and U.S. corporate leaders; that's a reason why any deficit deal is more remote than ever. Two and a...Tags: Medicare, Bill Clinton, U.S. Senate, Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve
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District 15 tables iPad purchase
Fretful that dwindling state funding and rising expenses could lead to an estimated $7.9 million budget deficit, the Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education has delayed plans to buy $1.2 million worth of iPads for students....
Tags: Apple iPad, Government Debt, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Federal budget cuts put hurt on South Florida's feeding programs
Looming federal budget cuts are putting a big squeeze on programs in South Florida that feed seniors. In Palm Beach County, about 240 daily breakfasts served to the elderly were cut about two weeks ago after $147,000 was lopped off a county program's...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Government Debt, Tamarac, Broward County, Federal Aviation Administration
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Tax increase, fund balance drawdown under consideration in Windber school district
Daily American Staff Writer @DAPeteBosakWINDBER — Windber Area School Board members are taking a hard look at several budget options to deal with an anticipated deficit next year, including a possible tax increase. School directors are at work on a preliminary 2013-14 spending plan and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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U.S. House passes Pat Toomey's debt limit idea; Dent votes against bill
WASHINGTON — Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent was one of eight Republicans who bucked their party and voted against a debt ceiling contingency plan that was the brainchild of Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey. Toomey proposed the idea of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Senate, Fiscal Cliff, Patrick J. Toomey
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|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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|Story| Daily American
May 9, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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