Iowa governor signs education reform package into law

Source: Quad-City Times

SPRINGFIELD — A plan to reduce the number of regional school superintendents in the state is heading to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. For the first time in its five-year history, the Q-C Pridefest will include an Interfaith Prayer ...
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State Health Insurance Exchanges Moving Forward

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs

As we all await the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Healthcare Reform Act”) requirement for each individual to purchase insurance is deemed constitutional or unconstitutional, the Healthcare ...
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Wisconsin gubernatorial recall debate open thread

Source: Daily Kos

Well, I been around the world, and I've been in the Washington Zoo. And in all my travels, as the facts unravel, I've found this to be true.... ...they don't give a f^ck about anybody else another live debate th ...
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Editorial: Legislators must reform Medicaid, pensions, pass a budget

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

With less than one week left in the state’s spring legislative session, just three things matter: Medicaid reform, pension reform and passing a budget. Nothing else — and that includes passing a gambling bill in the Senate — makes the ...
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House Votes to Hike Cigarette Taxes by $1 Per Pack | NBC Chicago

Source: Newsvine

"For cigarettes, it more than doubles the tax, to $1.98 a pack. Other tobacco products such as roll-your-own cigarettes, would see a similar tax increase." And as happened so many times before the revenue actually goes down...The ...
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Cary settles Taser, cell-tower lawsuits

Source: The News & Observer

CARY -- The town of Cary has settled two legal disputes, its attorney announced this week. Sean Elrod, who was Tasered by a school police officer during a 2008 altercation, will receive $15,000 in cash and medical costs from the town of Cary and ...
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Chicago's Week in Review

Source: NBC Chicago

Police said situation was not a domestic dispute. Gunman was reportedly owed money by... Body of 15-year-old Lexie Adu was recovered Friday on Loyola Beach in Roger's... President will be back in Chicago on June 1 for a fundraiser at t ...
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Fewer than one in four kids in county with Medi-Cal get dental care

Source: Daily Breeze

Sacramento children on Medi-Cal and about half of all kids on Medi-Cal statewide. Isabel Lopez shows her daughter Itzel Garcia's teeth on May 2, 2012 at their home in Hollywood. The seven-year-old had to wait four months with an aching mouth before ...
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FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim

Source: AzFamily.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending i ...
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