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Oklahoma Lawmaker Considering Bill To Opt Out Of Hate Crimes Act
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
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So-called " tenthers " argue that the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution never explicitly gives the federal government the right to regulate health care, leaving that power exclusively in the hands of the states. To that end, officials in various...
Tags: Sen. Steve Russell, hate crimes, federal government, Oklahoma, health careful, crimes act, San Francisco, Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Matthew Shepard Act, United States Constitution, Federal government of the United States, Federalism in the United States, Crimes, Hate crime, Social Issues, Politics
Colorado stimulus-reporting errors explained
Boulder :: CO :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility It turns out that the misclassifications were the result of mistakes, faulty interpretations and even guesses born of frustration with the stimulus-reporting software, said recipients of the money who were responsible for reporting to the federal government...
Tags: congressional district, AM MST Colorado, Donna Romeo, federal government, stimulus funding, district listing, Boulder, Colorado, Denver, Federal Reserve System
Stimulus jobs listed in phantom districts
Washington :: DC :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Republicans in Congress have been quick to jump on what appears to be a programming glitch that has hundreds of stimulus projects listed on the Recovery.gov website as existing in non-existent districts. "Not only has the 'stimulus' not produced jobs...
Tags: web site, congressional district, Texas, federal stimulus, government web, federal government, Washington, 111th United States Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Climate crisis, Barack Obama, John Boehner, States of the United States, Presidency of Barack Obama, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Politics, Tennessee Republican Party, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Republican Party, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, United States federal banking legislation, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Nevada, Nevada, Business Finance
Gun proposal would defy feds
Cottonwood Heights :: UT :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility The Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee advanced a bill that its sponsor, Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, calls the "Firearms Freedom Act." If upheld in federal courts -- a big if, considering past rulings on states'...
Tags: federal government, Utahns, Montana, Cottonwood Heights, United States Constitution, Gun politics, Gun show, Firearm Owners Protection Act, Gun politics in the United States, Utah, Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Politics
More than 80K sign petition to save Sallie Mae jobs
Fishers :: IN :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Sallie Mae employees in Indiana have collected more than 81,000 signatures on a petition to help save their jobs. The federal government's proposed student loan reform is threatening 2,300 Sallie Mae jobs in Indiana, and the company thought the petition...
Tags: Sallie Mae, Central Indiana, Scott Faultless, loan reform, students loan, federal government, Senate, Fishers Town Council, mae employees, Fishers, United Student Aid Funds, Financial aid, SLM Corporation, Evan Bayh, Labor, Politics
Dodgy colleges may face spot fines
Sydney :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility State Government proposal designed to safeguard the international student market. As Australia seeks to rebuild its reputation as an education hub for foreign students, the Brumby Government is pushing the Commonwealth for sweeping changes designed to...
Tags: international students, federal government, private college, Australia, Sydney, Education, Politics
Real Estate, On the Wane, Fights to Stay Politically Relevant Amid Financial Reform
Washington :: DC :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility A glut of available credit compounded matters, in turn flash-freezing property buying...And the federal government wants to ensure that the risky mortgage products that in part helped hurl the nation headlong into this mess are strictly regulated...House...
Tags: estate industry, U.S. Senate, Senate Banking, Congress, financial reform, federal government, subprime loans, election cycle, lobbying expenditures, Chuck Schumer, Washington, Chuck Schumer, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Video game censorship, Subprime lending, National Association of Realtors, Subprime mortgage crisis, Financial economics, Interest rates, Business Finance, Politics
Senators: Let's drop out of Medicaid
Miami :: FL :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Top Florida senators said the state should consider dropping out of the federal-state Medicaid program to avoid a planned expansion and create its own healthcare system for low-income residents...Mike Haridopolos, R-Melbourne, and Don Gaetz, R-Niceville,...
Tags: Gaetz-Haridopolos, News Service of Florida, Florida Top Florida, Florida CHAIN, Don Gaetz, Mike Haridopolos, U.S. Senate, federal government, Washington, U.S. House, Miami, Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, State Children's Health Insurance Program, TennCare, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Medicaid, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Politics
Intervention taskforce member slams Federal Govt
Sydney :: Australia | 15 days ago
Credibility The Australian Medical Association's Territory branch says compulsory health checks uncovered thousands of children with serious lung problems but about 500 have not been given adequate follow-up treatment. It says only about two of these cases per week...
Tags: federal government, Federal and Territory Governments, intervention taskforce, taskforce member, Australia, Sydney, Government of Australia, Law enforcement in Australia, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, Northern Territory, Warren Snowdon, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Indigenous peoples of Australia, Human rights, Politics
Lukin backs Crawford Report
Sydney :: Australia | 15 days ago
Credibility The report questions so-called funding "bias" towards Olympic sports at the expense of more resources being directed at higher participation sports such as cricket, football codes, basketball, hockey and netball. Despite weightlifting being one of the...
Tags: Australian Institute of Sport, olympic sport, Crawford Report, sport funding, John Coates (sports administrator), olympic committee, David Crawford, federal government, Australia, Sydney, Australian Olympic Committee, Dean Lukin, John Dowling Coates, Olympic Games, allnews, Australian Sports Commission, Coates, Summer Olympics, Sport in Australia, Australia women's national water polo team, Rebecca Rippon, Rudd, Human Interest, Business Finance, Politics, Sports science, Curriculum, Education in England, Exercise, Physical education, Education
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