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Racial Justice Act repeal heard by NC House panel
Opponents of a measure to repeal North Carolina's law that created another method to challenge racial bias in death row cases pleaded with House members Wednesday to preserve the Racial Justice Act and prevent the acceleration of capital punishment. The measure, which passed the Senate last month, got a hearing ...
Ohio bill would extend Medicaid, add cost sharing
A Republican state lawmaker submitted a bill Wednesday to expand Medicaid to thousands more low-income Ohioans, with the hope that by adding changes such as copayments for some of the newly eligible that she could sway more of her GOP colleagues to back the idea. The plan from state Rep. ...
Retiring coal-fired plants in Nevada passes Senate
The Nevada Senate endorsed NV Energy Inc.'s plan Wednesday to retire coal-fired power plants and pave the way for the state's biggest electrical utility to transition to more renewable sources. After several revisions, SB123 was approved unanimously and now moves to the Assembly. Under the bill, NV Energy will eliminate ...
Jindal-backed retirement change delayed by a year
Lawmakers have delayed the start date of Gov. Bobby Jindal's signature retirement achievement from last year, a law that would shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k)-style retirement plan. With a 35-0 vote Wednesday, the state Senate gave final legislative passage to a one-year suspension of the law that ...
DONORS URGE CUOMO TO PRESS FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF STATE CAMPAIGNS
c.2013 New York Times News Service ALBANY, N.Y. — As the capital is engulfed in scandals, advocates of campaign finance reform are intensifying their pressure on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, urging him to persuade the Legislature to rewrite state elections law in the hope that change in New York could ...
Universal background checks clears state Senate
Legislation mandating universal background checks for gun transactions in Nevada cleared the Senate on Wednesday along a party lines vote. Passionate opinions flared from both sides of the aisle, with Democrats trumpeting SB221 as a step in the right direction toward reducing gun violence in the Silver State that needed ...
Gregg pondering 2nd run for Indiana governor
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg said Wednesday he is pondering another run at the state's top job, but has yet to make a decision. Gregg narrowly lost to Republican Gov. Mike Pence last November despite the state's Republican tilt and Gregg being heavily outspent when it came to on-air ...
Crackdown coming for Internet cafes in Ohio
Storefront sweepstakes parlors appear on their way out in Ohio, after state lawmakers delivered a one-two punch Wednesday effectively banning the businesses statewide and blocking new startups until the ban takes hold. Both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate played a part with passage of a pair of bills, defying ...
Bill allows Newtown families to release records
A bill crafted behind the scenes in Connecticut is requiring the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting, such as photos and videotapes, are publicly released. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office released a working draft of the bill Wednesday. ...
Senate Democrats offer slew of Ohio budget changes
Democrats in the Ohio Senate suggested Wednesday that budget writers take millions of dollars from a proposed income tax cut for higher wage earners and direct it to schools instead, as work intensified on the state's spending plan. The idea is among roughly 200 amendments that Democratic senators are offering ...
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