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State government can cut organization memberships Updated 4 hours 40 minutes ago I'm about to make a shocking confession: I used to work for the government. And when I was a state employee, I went on trips at taxpayer expense...There's no budget category...
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Texas – Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison launched the first television commercials of their fractious primary fight today, each side claiming the conservative high ground aimed at winning Republican voters. The head-to-head TV war, which some observers...
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Many of the nation's governors say they don't want Congress to force states to pick up extra expenses, from health care to national security. Democrats and Republicans attending the convention of the National Governors Association said Sunday that state...
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Leaders of about half of the U.S. states and territories are gathering on the Mississippi Gulf Coast this weekend for the National Governors Association summer convention. Among the governors skipping the meeting are Republicans Sarah Palin of Alaska,...
Tags: Mississippi Gulf Coast, governor association, National Governors Association, Sarah Palin, Mark Sanford
00am Inside Edge What will the DGA do now? By Wally Edge There has been some speculation over the last few weeks that the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) would spend some money in New Jersey - one source suggested it would be $2 million on New...
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An array of Republican governors said they would reject at least some of the funding available under the Obama administration's economic-stimulus package, deepening the partisan divide over how to resuscitate the nation's moribund economy. South Carolina...
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Jim Douglas (Vt.), Charlie Crist (Fla.) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Calif.), have praised the stimulus as key to economic recovery at a time when they face looming budget deficits...Haley Barbour (Miss.) and Bobby Jindal (La.) have talked about sending...
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Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has been elected chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, succeeding West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin , officials said. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley was elected vice chairman, a statement said Wednesday. "The DGA...
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Gov. Deval Patrick plans to spend the weekend in Philadelphia attending the 100th anniversary meetings of the National Governors Association. Also making the trip are about 70 current and former governors. One of them -- former President Bill Clinton...
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JR. / The Dallas Morning News gjeffers@dallasnews.com Gov. Rick Perry told The Dallas Morning News on Thursday that he would seek re-election as governor in 2010. During a break in a Republican Governors Association forum being held in Grapevine, Mr....
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