Officials to present plan to unify KC area's splintered transit system
Source: Kansas City Star
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:07:06 -0700 | political-news
Today, no fewer than five transit agencies operate in the Kansas City area: the recently created Kansas City streetcar authority and four bus systems run by Independence, Johnson County and both Kansas Citys. On Wednesday, Area Transportation Authority chairman Robbie...
APNewsBreak: Cuomo, leaders agree on 4 casinos
Source: SF Gate
Albany :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 20:36:37 -0700 | political-news
N.Y. (AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck deals Tuesday night to authorize four upstate casinos and to allow separate votes on a women's rights package including an abortion proposal that appeared to have been blocked in the Senate,...
Granite schools will cut staff to make up budget deficit
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 20:35:27 -0700 | political-news
Board members voted Tuesday night to make the cuts in personnel so that about $500,000 could be cut from the 2013-14 budget, said district spokesman Ben Horsley. The district did not have information on the number of people who would...
Judge tosses lawsuit claiming DCFS took kids from family because father is black
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 20:35:23 -0700 | political-news
The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 20 minutes ago Updated 20 minutes ago A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Clinton couple who claimed they lost custody of their children because the father is black. In...
Chinese Official Blows Millions on Online Game Addiction
Source: Epoch Times
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:46:37 -0700 | political-news
Tweet You may also like A local official in China became addicted to an online video game and embezzled 2.6 million yuan ($424,247) in public funds to support his obsession. The official, surnamed Chu, worked for the Neighborhood Cooperative Economic...
Local governments spend big to lobby Legislature
Source: Seattle Times
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:58:57 -0700 | political-news
Rosenthal Seattle Times staff reporter Local government spending on lobbying state lawmakers Top government type, January-April 2013 Cities: $860,052 Indian tribes: $490,779 Counties: $334,623 Ports: $191,404 Utility districts: $128,687 Top individual governments, January-April 2013...
From the editor: A new Chicago Sun-Times online and in print
Source: Chicago-Sun Times
Cook :: NE :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:19:44 -0700 | political-news
June 19, 2013 12:28AM Today marks the beginning of a change in the way we deliver news and information both in the newspaper and online. We are rolling out a new contemporary design in print that we believe will help...
Growth-control initiative passing narrowly
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Encinitas :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:02:37 -0700 | political-news
A citizens' group initiative that would control growth in Encinitas appeared to be passing narrowly Tuesday night, early election results showed. Absentee results gave the Proposition A initiative a "yes" vote of 50.67 percent, with just 110 more votes in...
Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan takes helm of Pueblo Diocese
Source: The Denver Post
Denver :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:39:07 -0700 | political-news
Font Resize Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan has been named administrator of the Diocese of Pueblo after the sudden resignation last week of Bishop Fernando Isern. Isern, 54, was ordained bishop of the Pueblo Diocese's more than 100,000 Catholics in...
Jeffco Sheriff seeks community's help in locating man, 57
Source: The Denver Post
Evergreen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:39:07 -0700 | political-news
Font Resize The Denver Post The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is asking the community for help in locating a 57-year-old man reported missing. Ronald Kuetemeier was last seen at his home in Evergreen on Friday, and was reported missing Saturday...
Amazon doesn’t need tax incentives, but localities offer millions in tax breaks
Source: Miami Herald
Cape Coral :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:44:50 -0700 | political-news
One Florida county is considering a package of up to $7.5 million in local and state tax breaks for online retailer Amazon to build a new warehouse, creating 1,000 local jobs. Three people died when a helicopter on its way...
Partisan lines harden in Senate over immigration reform bill
Source: The Hill
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 03:10:47 -0700 | political-news
The bill seems likely to pass the Senate, particularly after a Congressional Budget Office score on Tuesday found it would reduce deficits by $700 billion over the next two decades. Yet hopes the bill could win 70 or 80 votes...
Capitol Alert: AM Alert: California representatives roll rice for reward
Source: Sacramento Bee
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:30:00 -0700 | political-news
Whether lawmakers make enough money ranks fairly low on your average voter's list of concerns, but members of the Citizens Compensation Commission are tasked with thinking about such things -- and there's an indication that , after years of cuts,...
Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina
Source: Boston.com
Conway :: AR :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:16:40 -0700 | political-news
S.C. (AP) A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut state lawmakers passed stricter gun control laws after the Sandy Hook School shootings. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach (http://bit.ly/12aWsIr) reports PTR Industries will make the formal...
Police search for gunman in Darien, Norwalk
Source: Boston.com
Norwalk :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:39:47 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) A police search in Darien and Norwalk for a reported gunman has come up empty after officials temporarily suspended Metro-North train service and asked local residents to stay indoors...Wednesday about a man displaying a handgun at the Interstate...
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