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EDITORIAL: Never ending UT power struggle drama continues
Austin American-StatesmanThe ongoing struggle for control of the University of Texas at Austin can play either as serious drama or farce, but whatever the interpretation, it's going to get really good now. A bill limiting the power of appointees to boards of regents of the...Tags: Government, University of Texas at Austin, Rick Perry, Education, Trey Martinez Fischer
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Florida jobless rate dips to 7.2 percent in April
Florida's unemployment rate continues to fall, dipping from 7.5 percent in March to 7.2 percent in April — the lowest level in five years. Metro Orlando's jobless rate also improved, falling to 6.4 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage...
Tags: Rick Scott, Orange County (Florida), Polk County, Rollins College, Labor Markets
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NC Community colleges, high schools emphasize training for manufacturing jobs
The News & ObserverMomentum is building in North Carolina to better train workers for more sophisticated manufacturing jobs to erase a so-called skills gap in the workforce. At a Raleigh summit Friday hosted by the N.C. Community College System, business, government and...Tags: Engineering, Advanced Training, Wake County, Technology, Science and Technology
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Taxpayers will pay more under Walker health plan, study says
Milwaukee Journal SentinelGov. Scott Walker's proposed rejection of a federally funded expansion of state health programs would add some $50 million in costs to state taxpayers over the next two years, according to the Legislature's nonpartisan budget office. The new report from...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Finance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bill would prevent lobbying about gun control, pro or con
The Wichita EagleKansas state government could be barred from lobbying against gun control in Washington by a gag rule designed to prevent local governments from lobbying in favor of gun control at the Statehouse. The state Senate on Friday gave its final approval to...Tags: Lobbying, Interior Policy, Local Government, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Editorial: It's about safe water
A state board assigned to protect the environment is taking a second look at a controversial ruling it issued last year. The Illinois Pollution Control Board will revisit a ruling on groundwater protection at certain dump sites. The board has...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, Government, Environmental Cleanup, Illinois Governor
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LePage to Democrats: Act now, or bankrupt DHHS
Portland Press Herald, MaineBlasting Democrats in the Legislature, Gov. Paul LePage said Friday that Maine's Department of Health and Human Services will run out of money to pay Medicaid providers in three weeks if lawmakers don't act to approve a new state budget. LePage's...Tags: Government, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul LePage, Government Health Care
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Chicago State's board reprieves university's president
The Chicago State University board of trustees said Friday that it supports President Wayne Watson, who earlier this year was on the verge of taking a yearlong sabbatical as the board started making plans to replace him. Instead, the current board,...
Tags: Chicago State University, Government, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Politics
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After emotional debate, Senate OKs medical marijuana
— Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The issue sparked...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Food and Drug Administration, Multiple Sclerosis, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Illinois concealed carry bill stalls
— The push to pass a more restrictive concealed carry measure stalled late last week as support began to drop off before a key vote in the Illinois Senate. The legislation represents the latest attempt to address a federal appeals court order...
Tags: Interior Policy, John J Cullerton, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Martin Sandoval
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Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld
TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....
Tags: Trials, Extradition, American Civil Liberties Union, Deportation, Immigration
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DP Buzz: Primary or convention?
Editors' Note: "DP Buzz" is an interactive feature of the Daily Press Opinion Page. We email weekly questions on issues and topics affecting Peninsula-area citizens. Each week, subscribers can choose whether to weigh in or not with a short answer. Here is...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Government, Republican Party, Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Elections
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