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Tornado Relief: How to Help
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsHere are some of the many ways you can help the people of Oklahoma as they deal with massive cleanup and recovery efforts. If you want to help in the relief efforts - the best thing you can do is send money. The Kansas Division of Emergency...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Politics, Sam Brownback, Tornadoes, Conservation
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Proposal to block insurance coverage for abortions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Business, Politics, Abortion Issue, Women's Health
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After deadly Oklahoma tornado, officials vow to rebuild Moore
MOORE, Okla. – State and local officials vowed to rebuild this bereft suburb, shattered by a tornado that brought death and massive destruction, even as they fought poor weather to push ahead with rescue efforts. At an afternoon news conference,...Tags: Local Government, Politics, Natural Disasters, Mary Fallin, Government
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South Florida Water Management District head resigns
Sun SentinelThe head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup, South Florida Water Management District
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Scott signs bill extending early voting
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott has signed an elections bill that allows more early voting, in an attempt to reverse some of the restrictions the Republican-controlled Legislature put in place in 2011. The legislation is a response to the ridicule...Tags: Voting, Politics, Rick Scott, Polls, Barack Obama
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In Broward, Scott tries to rally Republican faithful
— Six months after Republicans suffered big elections defeats, and 18 months before his own fate is in the hands of the voters, Gov. Rick Scott sought to energize Republican activists and donors Monday night with a call to evangelize on behalf of...
Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Government, Elections
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Bill Drafted In Secret Would Block Release Of Some Newtown Massacre Records
The Hartford CourantThe staffs of the state's top prosecutor and the governor's office have been working in secret with General Assembly leaders on legislation to withhold records related to the police investigation into the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre —...Tags: Criminals, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Hartford Distributors, Government
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Water district leader submits resignation letter
The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....
Tags: Politics, Rick Scott, Environmental Politics, South Florida Water Management District, Government
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Senate Backs Bill To Label Genetically Modified Foods
The Hartford CourantA bill that would require food made with genetically modified organisms to carry labels cleared the state Senate late Tuesday night. The Senate's approval, on a 35-1 vote, gives new energy to a measure that had strong grassroots backing but appeared...Tags: Politics, Agriculture, John McKinney, Consumers, U.S. Congress
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Illinois Governor, Politics, Pat Quinn, Consumers, Energy Saving
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Seafood company announces expansion, new jobs in Newport News
High Liner Foods, a publicly owned frozen seafood processor and marketer, announced on Tuesday it will expand its production in Newport News. The action means an investment of $6.6 million and creation of 57 new jobs at its facility in the city, which...
Tags: Politics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Investments, Fort Eustis, Government
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UPDATED: Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and...
Tags: Government Health Care, Politics, Republican Party, Government, Medicaid
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