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SC Senate defeats effort to expand Medicaid
South Carolina senators defeated another attempt by Democrats to extend Medicaid coverage under the federal health care law. The Senate's 23-19 vote Tuesday rejected inserting the expansion into its 2013-14 budget proposal. It represented supporters' closest vote yet. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has remained steadfast in her opposition of the ...
NC budget deletes education earmarks for lottery
The North Carolina budget sought by Senate Republicans would eliminate the law that lays out how the state lottery's net proceeds should be distributed for education. The spending plan set for a floor vote Wednesday deletes what the General Assembly intended for profits when the North Carolina lottery law passed ...
Wis. panel considers bill limiting local recalls
A group of municipal officials pressed Wisconsin lawmakers Tuesday to make it harder to initiate recall elections at the local level, saying it's currently too easy and that such campaigns often divide communities. Town of Garfield board chairman Steve Dickinsen told the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections that a ...
Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't
Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition ...
NC Senate budget drawn by GOP target for critics
Senate Republicans pushed their state spending proposal through a pair of committees Tuesday, but not before giving Democrats and advocacy groups plenty to pick at when it comes to reshaping public school funding and raising fees. The North Carolina government budget plan cleared the Senate's appropriations and finance panels with ...
Senators reject new school funding formula
Senators on Tuesday killed a $3.5 billion public school funding proposal submitted to lawmakers by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, because of concerns about proposed changes to payments for special education and gifted students. The Senate Education Committee rejected the formula without objection, a move that likely ends ...
Committee delays vote on ACT test requirement
The Legislature's budget committee has delayed taking a vote on whether to have every high school junior in Wisconsin take the ACT college entrance exam. The plan by state superintendent Tony Evers and Gov. Scott Walker was before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee for a vote Tuesday. But the Republican-controlled ...
Highlights of the new Colorado school finance law
The school finance overhaul signed into law Tuesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper makes big changes to how public schools in Colorado are funded. All the changes depend on voters approving some $1 billion a year in new taxes. Among the changes Colorado schools would see if voters agree are: — ...
Louisiana editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: May 20 The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on panel nixes accountability: In rejecting a bill to expand public access to the records of the Governor's Office, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee early in this legislative session struck a blow against transparency in state government. ...
North Carolina editorial roundup
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: May 16 The Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C., on STD bill puts more at risk: If judged only by the stated intent of its sponsors, legislation before the North Carolina General Assembly that would require parental consent for children to have access to a wide ...
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