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Top Pa. senator: Liquor bill still lacks support
Top Republican state senators continued to seek enough support Tuesday to pass legislation one of their members is writing to liberalize wine, beer and liquor sales in Pennsylvania and give Gov. Tom Corbett the ability to claim victory on one of his top priorities. However, legislation being written by Bucks ...
Republicans negotiate changes to Wisconsin budget
Republicans negotiated a series of last-minute changes to the state budget on Tuesday, including removing a cap on a popular tax credit program for disabled veterans and delaying the loosening of requirements for high-capacity wells opposed by environmentalists. The changes, discussed among Republican legislative leaders, were announced throughout the day ...
Highlights of Senate GOP liquor privatization plan
The liquor privatization plan outlined by top Senate Republicans on Tuesday would: — Allow the 620 state stores that now sell most wine and liquor in Pennsylvania to remain open, while selling wine and liquor to other new, private retailers at an 18 percent discount. Devote any increase in profits ...
State releases list of Ala schools failing by law
Seventy-eight Alabama schools, mostly poor and from both urban and rural areas, are considered failing, according to a list released Tuesday in response to a new state law. Many of the schools could lose students and state funding if parents seek tax credits provided under the law to go to ...
Pa. House Dems fail to slow charity-tax amendment
Minority Democrats in the state House of Representatives failed to slow a constitutional amendment at the center of a power struggle between the legislative and judicial branches. Republicans on Tuesday defended the plan to let lawmakers decide which institutions qualify as "purely public charities" that are exempt from local taxes ...
Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government
Protest leaders called for another huge demonstration in Brazil's largest city Tuesday, building on historic turnouts spawned by widespread frustration over decades of government red tape, high prices and shoddy services even as the nation's economic fortunes have risen. With Sao Paulo girding for another march, the mobilizations have shown ...
Audit: Lawmakers need to define school readiness
A state audit of South Carolina First Steps says lawmakers need to define "school readiness" and implement pre-school testing to better determine which children most need help and how to boost chances for success. A report released Tuesday by the Legislative Audit Council finds the percentage of at-risk children in ...
Wisconsin Senate passes venture capital bill
The state Senate has passed legislation that would invest millions of dollars in public money in Wisconsin startups despite criticism that it only targets limited industries. The venture capital program created under the bipartisan proposal would contain $25 million from the state and at least $50 million in private money. ...
Auditor: Payments take heavy toll on Pa. turnpike
The cash toll for a cross-state trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is expected to reach about $50 by 2021, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to halt the spiraling debt resulting from the massive contributions the turnpike is required to make toward the state's other ...
Missouri moves to lift ban on foreign farm owners
Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land. The northern Missouri legislator whose amendments to a pair of larger bills helped push the plan ...
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