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No new taxes? It depends on where you live
Stateline.orgAfter years of budget triage, governors and legislators charted bold paths on taxes. AL Approved tax credits about $3,500 to help pay tuition at a private school for families with kids in "failing" schools. AK Lowered its oil production tax to...Tags: Tom Corbett, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Politics, Transportation
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer pushes through Obama's Medicaid expansion
TUCSON — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer won a battle with state lawmakers this week, defying most other conservatives in her party to get a key component of President Obama’s Medicaid expansion through the Legislature. The Arizona Senate voted...
Tags: Health Insurance, Medicaid, Justice System, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Judge sets deadline in 'America's toughest sheriff' Arizona profiling case
ReutersBy David Schwartz PHOENIX, June 14 (Reuters) - A judge who found Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio racially profiled Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration gave attorneys on Friday an August deadline to agree to steps to correct the abuse and...Tags: Racism, Local Elections, Justice System, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court
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Arizona lawmakers pass Medicaid expansion
ReutersBy David Schwartz PHOENIX, June 13 (Reuters) - A divided Arizona Senate passed a key piece of President Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion agenda on Thursday, handing Republican Governor Jan Brewer a policy victory over fierce opposition from...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Justice System, Politics
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Republican vs. Republican on covering uninsured
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's Republican versus Republican in the latest round of political battles over health care. Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Medicaid, Executive Branch, Religion and Belief, Regional Authority
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Michael F. Cannon: Gov. Corbett should not change decision rejecting Medicaid expansion
Hospitals across Pennsylvania and the nation are threatening that unless state lawmakers implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, the law's new taxes and spending cuts will lead to layoffs and closures. Let's not...
Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Tom Corbett, Medicaid, Rick Scott
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What it's like to get raped in prison, and how we can prevent it
What is it like to be brutally raped for four hours? In a prison, no less, where there are supposed to be guards maintaining order and facilitating rehabilitation? A young inmate at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility bravely shared his rape...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Rape, American Civil Liberties Union
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Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona's loose cannon
Apparently, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer feels she just hasn't yet done enough to tarnish her state's reputation. After defiantly defending SB 1070, the noxious Arizona law that sought to bully immigrants into leaving the state — only to have the U.S....
Tags: Justice System, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority
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Drones, fences and sensors influence immigration debate
Stateline.orgWASHINGTON Border security is a crucial part of the immigration overhaul creeping forward on Capitol Hill as it was during Washington's last, doomed attempt to tackle the issue. But in the seven years since, the security situation along the U.S.-Mexico...Tags: Rick Perry, Susana Martinez, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Politics
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Arizona law paves way for new for-profit corporations to create 'public benefit'
The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonArizona has adopted a new type of corporation with more than just the bottom line in mind. Called a "benefit corporation," this type of for-profit entity must have a purpose of creating a "general public benefit," in addition to the general corporate...Tags: Justice System, Laws, Politics, Labor Legislation, Business
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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: Extradition, Laws, Justice System, Executive Branch, Politics
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Fallout, arguments for states rejecting Medicaid expansion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare." It could mean exposing...
Tags: Medicaid, Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority, Government Health Care
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