Tobacco
SC colleges look at on-campus tobacco bans
Campus-wide bans against smokers could spread to several South Carolina universities. The State newspaper of Columbia reports (http://bit.ly/110zJ7i) that at least 10 South Carolina colleges have gone tobacco free and at least five others are considering it in the country's fifth-largest tobacco-growing state. University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides ...
Health advocates oppose NC Senate smoking bill
Health advocates say a North Carolina Senate bill would repeal hundreds of local and community college rules restricting smoking outdoors. The Senate Environment Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local governments and community colleges from enacting smoking bans that are stricter than state law. Sen. Buck Newton, R-Wilson ...
Kentucky editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: May 12 The Independent, Ashland, Ky., on tourism has greater impact on economy than most think: It's certainly good news that a new report by Kentucky's Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet has found the economic impact of tourism grew by 5.2 percent in eastern Kentucky ...
Dayton, Minn. DFL leaders reach budget deal
Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature's top Democrats announced an agreement Sunday to raise taxes on Minnesota's wealthier residents and cigarette sales and to spend the extra money on public education and to relieve pressure on local property taxes. Dayton and DFL leaders held a rare Sunday news conference to ...
Kansas group sues AG over tobacco money report
A children's advocacy group went to court Friday in hopes of forcing Kansas' attorney general to disclose information about how much the state can expect in tobacco settlement funds as lawmakers consider how to spend those dollars. Kansas Action for Children filed a petition in Shawnee County District Court, accusing ...
U of M poised to ban smoking on Twin Cities campus
The University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus is on the verge of going smoke-free, even outdoors. The University Senate, which includes faculty, students and staff, voted last week in favor of the ban. That resolution still needs the formal approval of University President Eric Kaler, who said he supports a ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
The Texas Senate on Monday unanimously approved its version of a major high school curriculum overhaul, reducing the number of standardized tests students must pass to graduate from a nation-leading 15 to five while allowing some to earn diplomas without taking upper-level math courses such as Algebra II. The proposal ...
Museum exhibits open at former Va. school site
The old schoolhouse glistens like new again, although truth told it's surely equipped better now than it ever was in its days as Prince Edward County's high school for black students during segregation. Teachers and students back then never could have imagined the electronics, videos and bright lights that now ...
Ball St. trustees approve campus-wide smoking ban
Ball State University's board of trustees has voted to ban smoking on campus starting Aug. 1. University spokeswoman Joan Todd told The Star Press (http://tspne.ws/16ArEIO ) that as a concession, the new policy allows people to smoke in their cars with the windows rolled up. But it eliminates designated outdoor ...
Another Ohio hospital won't hire smokers
A third major hospital system in northeast Ohio has decided not to hire smokers. The new policy begins June 1 at MetroHealth System. It mirrors a national trend to encourage healthier lifestyles, increase worker productivity and lower health-care costs. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/YjdVU6 ) reports that the hospital system's ...
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