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NH Senate backs conservation, higher education
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 ...
Large funnel cloud touches down near Oklahoma City
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 ...
Okla. House suspends work as tornado sirens blare
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 ...
Dem lawmaker launches 2014 run for Ohio treasurer
A third-term Democratic state lawmaker said Monday she will challenge Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel next year, adding to the growing list of 2014 statewide election matchups. State Rep. Connie Pillich, of the Cincinnati suburbs, said she'll focus her campaign on fighting for working families, fellow small-business owners and senior citizens. ...
RI Senate to take up school security secrecy bill
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 ...
Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures
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 ...
Okla. House panel approves $40M for Indian museum
A plan to divert $40 million in use taxes over three years to help complete construction of an American Indian Cultural Center and Museum along the banks of the Oklahoma River has cleared a House committee. A House budget panel on Monday voted 13-10 for the measure, which would divert ...
School bully bill stumbles at Minn. Legislature
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 ...
Medicaid backers call on Ohio Legislature to act
Advocates for extending the Medicaid program to cover more low-income Ohioans are holding events statewide in an effort to keep the issue before state lawmakers. Republican leaders of the Ohio House scrapped the governor's plans for expanding the federal-state Medicaid program under President Barack Obama's health care law. The Ohio ...
Editorials from around Ohio
Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: The (Canton) Repository, May 17 The state Legislature apparently needs to hire someone to dispense Mom-like wisdom such as "Haste makes waste." (Last) week alone, legislators have had to fix errors or problems in two previous bills. They ...
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