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I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly waterway. Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure that ...
Sen. Cowan to address BC Law School commencement
Massachusetts U.S. Sen. William "Mo" Cowan will be delivering the commencement address at Boston College Law School. Cowan will be addressing the graduating class Friday morning at the school's Chestnut Hill campus. He was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat on an interim ...
South Carolina Senate approves $6.3B budget plan
The South Carolina Senate approved a budget proposal late Thursday that would allow hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of road and bridge construction, let more poor 4-year-olds go to school for a full day, and buy hundreds of school buses. The 31-6 vote followed seven days of floor debate ...
Wis. committee votes to slash UW System funding
A key legislative committee voted Thursday to slash the University of Wisconsin System's budget, venting its anger a few weeks after learning the system raised tuition for six straight years even though it's currently sitting on a surplus of $650 million. The measure, which passed the Joint Finance Committee by ...
Michigan panel OKs 3 pct. raise for K-12 schools
Michigan's public schools would get about 3 percent more and it's community colleges and universities about 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year under measures approved by Republican-led budget panels Thursday. Earlier this week, lawmakers agreed on the spending targets — or how much each department will receive ...
Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track
Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect said Thursday the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing nearly all of the LSU-run hospitals next year without shrinking services to the poor and uninsured. Three deals have been signed, for the hospitals in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and ...
Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over ...
Bills seeks $2M for Teach for America
Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposal to allocate $2 million to Teach for America has new life in the Nevada Senate. SB517 was introduced Thursday and referred to the Senate Finance Committee, where the proposal was stalled earlier by partisan divide when it was considered as part of the governor's K-12 education ...
Senate passes additional Newtown-related bills
Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday began building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April that addressed the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children. Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district ...
Okla. Legislature honors Moore schools educators
The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday honored two educators from a school district where a massive tornado destroyed one elementary school and heavily damaged another. Robert Romines, incoming superintendent of Moore Public Schools, and Shelly McMillin, principal of Briarwood Elementary School, appeared before the Oklahoma House and Senate just four days ...
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