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    Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Proposals allowing 55% vote for local taxes sidetracked

    Proposals to lower the voter-approval threshold for various local tax increases from two-thirds to 55% got sidetracked Tuesday, with even some Democrats saying more consideration is needed. Rather than send the four constitutional amendments to the...

    Tags: Lois Wolk, Elections, Norma J. Torres, Politics

    2. Jun 3, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  2. No elbow room in hot Senate chamber

    Capitol Ideas
    Yo! The other day when the 3H’s descended on Pennsylvania, my wife asked me if the Capitol was air conditioned. I said I guess so, it seems cooler inside. Then I stepped into the Senate Rules Committee chamber for the......
    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  3. Critic questions AQMD board member's doctorates

    A critic of the region's air-quality agency is questioning the academic credentials of a board member empowered to vote on the fate of the fire rings in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.
    A critic of the region's air-quality agency is questioning the academic credentials of a board member empowered to vote on the fate of the fire rings in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. Clark E. Parker, who sits on the South Coast Air Quality...

    Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Stanford University, Science

    4. Apr 2, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. Sports-Breaks-On-Steroids bill takes shape in Senate

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE – An attempt to give the Miami Dolphins the ability to make stadium improvements morphed Tuesday into a catch-all sports incentive package that could provide tax dollars for everything from Major League Soccer in Orlando to spring...
    5. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Senate pares back select committees after years of criticism

    Just before the Legislature broke for its spring break this week, Senate leaders took steps to rein in the number of select committees, which in the past have been used to pad the payroll, sometimes with political cronies, but with few or no meetings.
    Just before the Legislature broke for its spring break this week, Senate leaders took steps to rein in the number of select committees, which in the past have been used to pad the payroll, sometimes with political cronies, but with few or no meetings....

    Tags: Coccidioidomycosis , Darrell Steinberg, Gloria Romero, Politics

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  6. Election Date Bill Advances from Final House Committee

    Gov. Sean Parnell's proposal to move up the date of Alaska's primary elections has moved one step closer to a vote.
    Channel 2 News
    Gov. Sean Parnell's proposal to move up the date of Alaska's primary elections has moved one step closer to a vote. The House Judiciary Committee advanced HB104, which would shift the date of the primary from the fourth Tuesday in August to the second...

    Tags: Primaries, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Sean Parnell, U.S. House Committee on Rules

    7. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Prison watchdog group is a waste of money

    On Feb. 8, state Sen. James DeGrange introduced a bill to repeal the ban on using state funds to implement standards for state correctional facilities set by the American Correctional Association.
    On Feb. 8, state Sen. James DeGrange introduced a bill to repeal the ban on using state funds to implement standards for state correctional facilities set by the American Correctional Association. Maryland has its own Commission on Correctional...
    8. Feb 19, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  8. Senate sweeping ethics reform clears final committee stop

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — A sweeping ethics reform that cracks down on political slush funds, revolving-door lobbying, and Florida's weak ethics enforcement unanimously cleared its last Senate committee stop Tuesday. Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, has...
    9. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Pipkin proposes new rules for mega-hearings

    The fallout from last week's Senate hearing on Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun legislation continued this week with a proposal from the Senate minority leader intended to make sure everyone who wants to testify on a high-profile bill can.
    The fallout from last week's Senate hearing on Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun legislation continued this week with a proposal from the Senate minority leader intended to make sure everyone who wants to testify on a high-profile bill can. Sen. E. J. Pipkin...

    Tags: Brian E Frosh, Politics, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, Rentals

    10. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Rule would require audio recordings of committee votes

    UPDATE: A decision on this rule has been postponed until next week. The Senate Rules Committee is expected to vote Wednesday on a proposal that would shed some light on one of the darker corners of Annapolis: the committee voting session. Sen. Allan...

    Tags: Voting, Allan H. Kittleman, Politics, Annapolis

    11. Jan 23, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Serious flap: The case of the missing duck

    WASHINGTON -- There are some who call it a betrayal most fowl.
    WASHINGTON -- There are some who call it a betrayal most fowl. And yet there is poultry evidence of wrongdoing. However you bill it, this is a quacking good controversy. Our tale begins at Monday's inauguration lunch in Statuary Hall in the Capitol....

    Tags: Chuck Schumer, Merrick, Long Island, Politics, Long Island Ducks

    12. Jan 21, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Lawmakers assigned to serve areas temporarily without representatives

    PolitiCal
    Lawmakers to serve areas left not represented for two years by redistricting....
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