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OPINION: Ethics reform: At a crossroads
The StateA YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the Senate will determine how strong we...Tags: Joint Ventures, Trials, Human Interest, Lobbying, Punishment
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Minnesota Senate's anti-bullying bill pulled after GOP planned to extend debate
St. Paul Pioneer PressA bill that would beef up efforts to combat bullying in schools will not get a final vote in the Minnesota Senate. The Senate started debate on it late Sunday evening, May 19, but bill sponsor Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, said it was pulled early...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Politics
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OPINION: Why ethics reform now?
The StateDemands for ethics reform coalesced amidst a string of ethics scandals, a study that tied the scandals to flaws in our laws and the first election after a federal judge threw out a key component of our campaign reporting law: Our memories were still...Tags: Political Corruption, Economy, Business and Finance, Judges, Robert Ford, Mark Sanford
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EDITORIAL: Justice Department drags out voter ID
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloVoter ID has become a contentious issue throughout the nation. Most Republicans see it as a necessary means of combating voter fraud. Most Democrats say it unfairly targets minorities and other Democratic-leaning constituencies and is designed to...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Social Issues, Voting, Judges
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Fans say the Orioles have baseball's best uniforms
The slumping Orioles have lost five in a row, but on Monday, they came away with a win off the diamond. The Orioles have the best uniforms in the major leagues, according to a recent fan poll conducted by ESPN. The O’s entered the SportsNation...
Tags: Brooks Robinson, Cleveland Indians, American League, Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles
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L.A. Votes: Candidates try to pump turnout in race's final hours
As the two-year campaign to be Los Angeles' next mayor draws to a close, the candidates spent the weekend furiously courting voters across the city, trying to avoid the potential lowest turnout for an open mayoral seat in modern history. Wendy Greuel...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Highway Transportation, Ed Reyes, Steve Lopez
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Obama tells Morehouse grads to think of more than careers
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPresident Barack Obama roused the new graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday with a commencement address that spoke directly to racial issues in a way the first African-American president does only sparingly. Through a steady downpour, Obama -- at the...Tags: Political Fundraising, Human Interest, Martin Luther King Jr., University of Georgia, Albany State University
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California oil tax push would direct new funds to schools
The Sacramento BeeJust months after California voters passed Proposition 30 to stave off education cuts, a push is under way to ensure that the next stream of higher education funding flows out of the ground. The idea of an oil severance tax has been bubbling for years,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Energy Saving, Voting, Mutual Funds, Energy Resources
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EDITORIAL: The few, the proud, the voters
The York Dispatch, Pa.Thumbs up: To everyone who votes in Tuesday's primary election. Unfortunately, you're few, but you should be proud. Last year -- a presidential election year -- just 24.97 percent of registered voters bothered to turn out for the primary. In 2011,...Tags: Politics, Primaries
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House OKs $2 billion tax bill, Senate backs Capitol repair
The Bemidji PioneerThe keystone of Minnesota Democrats' budget plans, $2 billion in tax increases, won House approval early today and the Senate pulled a surprise in the early morning hours by approving money to fund state Capitol building renovations. Faced with a...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Property, Economy, Business and Finance, Renovation, Taxation
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Stroudsburg borough council votes to remove some street lights
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.In addition to purchasing their streetlights in order to get a better electricity rate, Stroudsburg officials also plan to remove some of the lights. They identified nine lights that could be taken down because they require extensive renovations...Tags: Trials, Criminal Laws, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Punishment, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Not running scared: Security measure seen and unseen at Run for the Red
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Security was foremost on the minds Sunday of Run for the Red organizers and local police, who ramped it up to unprecedented levels following last month's Boston Marathon bombings. "This was a very big planning effort between our local, state and federal...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Road Running, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Security Measures, New York City Marathon
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