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GUNMAKERS SAY CONNECTICUT LAW MAY PUSH THEM OUT
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — In a state desperate to maintain and revive its industrial base, Mark Malkowski thinks he should be getting gold stars. He started a manufacturing company at age 25, and in 10 years built it into an industry leader, with 200 ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
Most bills didn't clear Iowa Legislature DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The 2013 Iowa Legislature approved plenty of high-profile measures, but many more bills died during the session. Officials filed 1,105, and most didn't clear the Legislature. Among the failed efforts were proposals to increase oversight of traffic cameras, require ...
New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits
Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file lawsuits against both abusers and the institutions that employed them will have greater access to Minnesota's court system under a bill awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton's signature. In 1996, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that anyone over the age of 24 ...
Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients
Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday. The Republican won re-election last year despite revelations he had affairs with patients and once urged one ...
Indiana lawmakers to review ISTEP test troubles
Indiana lawmakers said Thursday they will spend the coming months reviewing computer troubles with a statewide standardized test, the use of land banks to sell vacant property and other problems uncovered around the state. Legislative leaders say they would like more answers from McGraw-Hill and the Department of Education about ...
Legislature approves sexual assault protections
Gov. Rick Perry will consider new measures to protect victims of sexual assault. In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that would give victims the right to track physical evidence collected in a rape kit. It has already passed the House. Another bill approved by both chambers ...
EX-GEORGIA GOVERNOR DEFENDS LEGISLATOR ACCUSED OF FRAUD
c.2013 New York Times News Service MARIETTA, Ga. — In the state where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. was born and a legacy of lynching still informs politics, it is never easy to suggest that a leader of the civil rights movement might be a thief. That is ...
EX-GEORGIA GOVERNOR DEFENDS LEGISLATOR ACCUSED OF FRAUD
c.2013 New York Times News Service MARIETTA, Ga. — In the state where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. was born and a legacy of lynching still informs politics, it is never easy to suggest that a leader of the civil rights movement might be a thief. That is ...
Attorney: Brooks didn't steal money from groups
Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks may not be a great bookkeeper, but he's not a crook and broke no laws, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes said Thursday. Barnes spoke at a news conference meant to address the charges in last week's 30-count federal indictment against Brooks. Barnes opened the news ...
Dayton vetoes projects from Minn. Legacy bill
Gov. Mark Dayton used his line-item veto Thursday to strike two controversial provisions from the bill that uses state sales-tax money for grants to environmental and arts programs. In deleting over $9 million from the $496 million Legacy Fund bill, Dayton acknowledged that he was forced to renege on a ...
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