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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 ...
Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are used by 1 in 7 Americans. The ...
White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week. The bill would cost almost $100 billion a year over five years and would set policy for farm programs and food aid. The legislation would ...
Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis
An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the U.S. from Europe during the Nazi era. The exhibition, "Against All Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe's Refugees, 1933-41" will be on view for a year at the ...
Smokers adapting to ban at Ill. State University
School officials and some students say a ban on smoking in high traffic areas at Illinois State University is going smoothly so far. The Bloomington Pantagraph reports (http://bit.ly/18bXBFH ) the smoking ban affects the campus quad and other areas. It was started by a student initiative. ISU spokesman Eric Jome ...
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 ...
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