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Minnesota House rejects $800 million bonding bill
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe crumbling Minnesota State Capitol apparently will deteriorate for awhile longer. The House failed -- by five votes -- to pass a public works bill Friday, May 17, that would have provided the money needed to continue restoring the 108-year-old...Tags: Mark Dayton, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Alice Hausman, Parties and Movements
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Minnesota House approves $11.3 billion health and human services bill
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe House voted Friday night, May 17, to pass a health and human services bill that accounts for nearly one-third of the state's general fund -- a big step in getting budget work done prior to adjournment of the Legislature on Monday night. The...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Long Term Care, Medicaid
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Minnesota borrowing proposal fails on mostly party-line vote
Star TribuneIn a stunning last-minute setback, House DFLers failed Friday to pass a proposal for $800 million in state-backed construction projects. The surprise defeat throws dozens of new projects in doubt, everything from buildings at state colleges and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Mark Dayton, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Alice Hausman
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NH vote nears on expansion of Medicaid
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterSenate Republicans on the Finance Committee continue to be skeptical of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services officials urged the committee to expand the program, which would add about 58,000 people to the rolls...Tags: Health Insurance, Politics, Medicaid, Sylvia Larsen, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored left-leaning environmentalists over conservative groups when granting fee waivers for requests to access...Tags: Gina McCarthy, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Taxation, Freedom of Information Laws
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IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra...Tags: Albert Tom, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Taxation, Tea Party Movement
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Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges
WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...
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The giant, shocking IRS scandal that wasn't
There's nothing Washington likes better than a scandal. So official Washington was absolutely orgasmic this week while dealing with not one, but three scandals at the same time. Not one of which, sadly, was a sex scandal. First, there were accusations...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, The Associated Press, Taxation
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Ousted IRS boss insists: 'I did not mislead' Congress
Boston HeraldThe ousted head of the IRS went on the defense during a Congressional hearing investigating the agency's targeting of conservative groups, claiming he never lied under testimony and didn't have any names to offer lawmakers as they demanded answers about...Tags: Charles B. Rangel, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Taxation, Justice System
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Repeal of Jordan Lake cleanup rules advances
The News & ObserverThe full Senate on Wednesday approved a bill repealing measures to clean up Jordan Lake that have been in place for several years. Republicans said the measures haven't improved water quality at the lake, but Democrats argued the environmental rules...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Lakes and Ponds, Regional Authority, Immigration
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COLUMN - Austerity is a moral issue
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 17 (Reuters) - In the nearly five years since the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, the remedy for the world's economic doldrums has...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Christianity, Germany, Religion and Belief, European Union
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