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The $27.8 Billion, two-year budget that Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law late Tuesday affects virtually every resident in the state. Higher education While universities essentially are seeing the same funding they received in 2009 -- with the exception...
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Lawmakers this morning launched what they hope will be a three-day special legislative session to quickly deal with a few transportation issues before heading home for the Fourth of July holiday. Gov. Rick Perry ordered legislators back to Austin for...
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Gov. Rick Perry is summoning lawmakers back to the Texas Capitol on Wednesday for a special session to make sure key state agencies keep operating, take up highway bonds and consider public-private transportation partnerships. All were left unaddressed...
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Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry says he will call a special legislative session so lawmakers can address unfinished state business. Perry said he hadn't decided when the special session would be held. The Legislature adjourned its regular session June 1...
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Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday he will offer a solution to cover the struggling Capital Improvement Board's $47 million projected deficit. Mayor Greg Ballard has sought options for the City-County Council to raise taxes to help generate more revenue...
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Gov. Chris Gregoire will call the Legislature into a special session to deal with unfinished budget business — but only after legislative leaders agree to limit debate and stick to issues necessary to implement the 2009-11 budget. At a news conference...
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Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said Wednesday he will call lawmakers back into session to amend the state's safe haven law to cover only newborn children. Heineman said he would call the Legislature into special session Nov. 14, the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald...
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August 20, 2008 Cedar Falls, Ia. � A special legislative session to help Iowans deal with flood damage is becoming less likely as time passes, several lawmakers observing flood and tornado damage said Tuesday in Cedar Falls. "I think there's still a...
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