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NC budget deletes education earmarks for lottery
The North Carolina budget sought by Senate Republicans would eliminate the law that lays out how the state lottery's net proceeds should be distributed for education. The spending plan set for a floor vote Wednesday deletes what the General Assembly intended for profits when the North Carolina lottery law passed ...
Jury convicts aide to former Conn. House speaker
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a former aide to ex-Connecticut House Speaker Christopher Donovan in connection with illegal contributions to Donovan's failed congressional campaign last year. The jury in New Haven found Robert Braddock Jr. guilty of campaign finance and conspiracy charges, only hours after hearing closing arguments. Braddock ...
Notes from the Legislature's regular session
The House refused Tuesday to relinquish legislative control over tuition hikes for students at Louisiana's public colleges. A proposal by Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, would have spelled out in the state constitution that tuition increases don't require approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Carmody said the campuses need ...
Ark. treasurer resigns amid charges she took cash
Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of taking at least $36,000 in cash — sometimes stashed in a pie box — from a broker who later came to manage a large share of the state's $3.3 billion investment portfolio. Democrat Martha Shoffner held the office since 2007 and ...
Committee OKs universal background checks for guns
Family members of victims slain by various acts of gun violence across the country converged on Nevada's Capitol Tuesday urging lawmakers to approve universal background checks on gun purchases in the Silver State. Shortly after the speeches ended, members of the Senate Finance Committee did just that by voting 4-3 ...
Ala. legislators' view of session depends on party
Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing a recording of Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyric, "They call me Mr. Pitiful." It was fitting music for the Democratic minority in the Legislature, which failed to pass its top priority: expanding the ...
Nevada Assembly approves trafficking victims fund
A bill creating a state-managed fund to distribute donations and grants to victims of human trafficking has cleared the Nevada Assembly. The lower house voted unanimously Tuesday in support of AB311. The bill now heads to the Senate. Democratic Assemblyman Michael Sprinkle of Sparks is the primary backer of the ...
NC Senate budget drawn by GOP target for critics
Senate Republicans pushed their state spending proposal through a pair of committees Tuesday, but not before giving Democrats and advocacy groups plenty to pick at when it comes to reshaping public school funding and raising fees. The North Carolina government budget plan cleared the Senate's appropriations and finance panels with ...
Committee delays vote on ACT test requirement
The Legislature's budget committee has delayed taking a vote on whether to have every high school junior in Wisconsin take the ACT college entrance exam. The plan by state superintendent Tony Evers and Gov. Scott Walker was before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee for a vote Tuesday. But the Republican-controlled ...
Missouri life sentence for juveniles still in flux
A western Missouri prosecutor who heads a statewide association for prosecuting attorneys said Tuesday that lawmakers' failure to pass a new sentencing structure for juveniles could delay or jeopardize the trials of teens accused of murder. Under Missouri law, anyone convicted of first-degree murder is either sentenced to death or ...
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