Senate Republicans said Monday their two-year budget proposal demonstrates how Medicaid keeps siphoning away money from other priorities, but critics assert that the GOP spending plan keeps taking from the needy and the middle class. The proposal for state government spending through mid-2015 sets aside $1.2 billion over those two ...
The Alabama Legislature has authorized city and county school systems to hire armed security guards to protect students. The Senate voted 21-0 Monday to go along with changes the House made to a school security bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Montgomery. The bill now goes to the ...
The Senate Finance Committee voted Monday to tentatively set the University System of New Hampshire's aid at $153 million — the same amount as the House but $12 million less than the system's trustees say they need to honor a pledge to freeze tuition. The committee addressed that and other ...
A large tornado is bearing down near Oklahoma City, part of a series of severe storms expected across portions of the Midwest. Television footage shows a funnel cloud touching down southwest of the city on Monday, and radar indicates it is moving toward the state's capital city. The Oklahoma House ...
The Oklahoma House has temporarily suspended its daily session and members were urged to head to the basement of the Capitol after tornado sirens sounded outside the building. Faxon Republican Rep. Don Armes was presiding over the House Monday afternoon when he said troopers alerted him to worsening weather conditions ...
Telegraph Herald. May 17, 2013. Top outrage? Take your pick It's been quite a week for President Obama and his administration. In the span of just a few days, the White House has had to address these outrageous (and, in at least one case, criminal) acts: — The Internal Revenue ...
Rhode Island lawmakers are set to vote on a proposal to allow local education officials to formulate school security plans behind closed doors despite concerns from open government groups. The state Senate is scheduled to vote on the measure Tuesday. It would allow locally elected school officials to hold closed-door ...
Omaha World-Herald. May 19, 2013. Separation of powers It's called "separation of powers," and there's a good reason for it. The legislative branch makes laws. The executive branch carries them out. The judicial branch interprets the law and applies it to the facts of cases brought to the courts. That ...
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest — and most substantial — development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two ...
Supporters of legislation to crack down on bullying in schools are vowing to press on next year after their bill got held up in the Minnesota Senate. A few dozen supporters of the bill gathered at the Capitol Monday. A few hours earlier, the Senate tabled the House-passed bill for ...
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