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Tensions flare as Wake leaders discuss $810 million school bond
The News & ObserverEfforts to put a school construction bond referendum on the fall ballot continued Thursday, even as Wake County school board members and commissioners publicly squabbled over details of the plan. Discussion of a $939.9 million school-construction...Tags: Referenda, Raleigh, Wake County, Bonds, Politics
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S. Sudan youth association accuses SPLM SG of failing the party
Sudan TribuneA national association for youth in South Sudan has accused the ruling party's secretary general, Pagan Amum of allegedly failing the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the country. In an interview with the Juba-based UN sponsored Miraya radio...Tags: Salva Kiir Mayardit, Sudan, France, Politics
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Morse recall has campaign season in full swing in Colorado Springs
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Southwestern Colorado Springs has become a battle ground for the effort to recall Sen. John Morse with signature gatherers bumping against the decline to sign movement at grocery stores, libraries and street corners. Enough money -- a total of almost...Tags: Polls, John Hickenlooper, Elections, Voting, Politics
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Democrats in House blast welfare reform cuts
Boston HeraldHouse Democrats yesterday slammed a proposed Senate spending plan that gutted House-approved welfare reforms, calling it a "disgrace" and vowing to fight to restore them in the final state budget. "The House is not going to take a nosedive on this,"...Tags: Therese Murray, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Politics
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Margaret Carlson: Republicans smell blood, but may take it too far
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco Rubio,...Tags: Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Republican Party
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Committee sends Legislature hospital debt bill with Medicaid included; GOP cries foul
Bangor Daily News, MaineA sharply divided legislative committee voted Thursday to support a Democratic proposal that ties an expansion of Medicaid to Gov. Paul LePage's top priority of the legislative session: paying back Maine's $484 million debt to its 39 hospitals. The...Tags: Government, Medicaid, Kathleen Sebelius, Hospitals and Clinics, Finance
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GOP attorney general hopefuls tout law backgrounds
The Virginian-PilotThere isn't a lot of policy daylight between Del. Rob Bell and Sen. Mark Obenshain, two tough-on-crime Republican lawyers from west of Richmond vying to be the GOP's attorney general nominee. Both were leaders in the fight that culminated in last year's...Tags: Business Enterprises, Primaries, Labor Legislation, Elections, Ken Cuccinelli
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Maine Democrats, Republicans duel over Medicaid, hospital payback
Portland Press Herald, MaineState lawmakers continued their war of words Thursday over Democrats' desire to expand Maine's health insurance program for the poor and Republicans' support for Gov. Paul LePage's plan to pay off the state's hospital debt. The parties held dueling...Tags: Government, Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Republican Party, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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IRS asked about Wisconsin recall, Texas tea party group says
Milwaukee Journal SentinelA Texas tea party group is saying the Internal Revenue Service questioned its leaders about whether they participated in verifying recall signatures in Wisconsin last year. The news comes as the IRS' interim director and commissioner for tax-exempt...Tags: Taxation, Scott Walker, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy
WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, White House, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sexual Assault
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Browning, Ott joust over taxes
THE RACE: Lehigh County executive THE CANDIDATES: Republicans Dean Browning and Scott Ott THE AD: Voiceover: "Candidate Scott Ott promised not to raise our taxes. Nine months later Commissioner Ott broke his promise and jacked up taxes on thousands. To...Tags: Values, Religion and Belief, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Don Cunningham
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: Migration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, John Cornyn, Immigration, Republican Party
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