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LETTER: Thanks For Supporting Housing Funds
We at the Publicly Assisted Housing Resident Network and the Connecticut Housing Coalition thank state Sen. Toni Harp and Rep. Toni Walker for their work in restoring payment in lieu of taxes and tax abatement grant funding for public housing to the...Tags: Interior Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Politics, National Government
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LETTER: Scott Walker Has Hurt Wisconsin
Regarding The Capitol Watch story, "Union Activists Plan to Protest Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Speech" [May 19, courantblogs.com/capitol-watch]: I am a lifetime resident of Wisconsin. During my 71 years, I have never seen Wisconsin in a bigger mess...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Scott Walker
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Gov. Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian & Co. about Rich Soil logo
It's not every day that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian about anything. But the governor's administration sent out a "pro forma" letter to Rich Soil, Kardashian's husband Lamar Odom's clothing line, warning that the logo used on one of...Tags: Executive Branch, Andrew Cuomo, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, New Products, Politics
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Former APD Officer Faces Records Misconduct Charges
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Police Department officials say a former officer is facing misconduct charges after improperly trying to have a DUI case dismissed against a 23-year-old woman with whom he was having a relationship. APD spokesperson Dani Myren says police...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Politics, Safety of Citizens, Trials
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Pakistan, Politics, Civil Rights, Rape, Hamid Karzai
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Mo. bill would allow more time for moms to give up baby, add Springfield's PCC to list
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Dozens of times, in recent years, new mothers have decided that -- after having a baby -- that they cannot care for the child, so they dropped off their newborn at designated safe places. Right now, parents can leave their babies...
Tags: Jay Nixon, Executive Branch, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Electricity rate hikes back on the radar in Glendale
Glendale will host a series of community meetings to discuss a schedule of electricity rate increases that city officials say are needed to pay for badly needed infrastructure upgrades and to improve the utility’s financial footing. The meetings...
Tags: Google Inc., Electricity Production and Distribution, Alternative Energy, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Politics
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Goldberg: Obama's 'idiot' defense
Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: Human Mishaps, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Woodrow Wilson, Politics, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Lynchburg religious and civic leaders want voting rights restored for non-violent felons
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA push is underway to change a state law that prohibits convicted felons from voting. Virginia is one of four states where voting rights are not automatically restored for non-violent felons, after their sentence is carried out. A group of religious...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Executive Branch, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Politics, Prisons
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Governor, Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Politics
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Analysts say French president's plan to boost economy, attract jobs is misguided
AP Business WriterPARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told...Tags: Paris (France), Career and Workplace, Germany, Politics, Nationalization
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: International Court or Tribunal, Politics, Civil Rights, Mexico City, Trials
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