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Might a tax holiday cure slow economy?
PIERRE — As taxpayer relief and job incentives go, the best idea of the 2013 legislative session never stood a chance. That was the proposal from Sen. Tim Begalka to phase out South Dakota’s 2 percent contractor’s excise tax....Tags: Tim Begalka, Regional Authority, Business, Parties and Movements, Dennis Daugaard
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Negron’s push to reel insurance break brings out the big-business critics
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Senate budget chief Joe Negron's push to end a 25-year-old tax break for insurers is drawing the ire of business groups and major political contributors put in the unusual position of defending their tax-advantages before a Republican-... -
In week three, Scott takes a bow on teacher-pay
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Senate's budget-writers signaled Wednesday they're likely to go along with Gov. Rick Scott's push to give teachers $480 million in new money for raises, although they plan to tie the money to student-learning gains. Instead of ... -
Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Government Health Care
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Ag's role in education funding questioned
PIERRE - The statewide tax levies for general education would increase next year on commercial property and owner-occupied homes, but agricultural property would see its levy go down, under a key piece of school-funding legislation from the Daugaard...Tags: Regional Authority, Teaching and Learning, Executive Branch, Values, Taxation
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Progress slows on Budget Bill to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to...
Tags: U.S. Congress, John Boehner, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting
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Progress slows on federal budget bill
WASHINGTON -- A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to permit...Tags: U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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Corbett’s Medicaid Mire Campaign Fodder?
Capitol IdeasYo, If you see smoke coming from the Capitol on Tuesday, don’t panic. It’s senate Democrats trying to light a fire under Public Welfare Department to get Gov. Tom Corbett to accept Medicaid expansion that is being offered under the...... -
Home care aides not getting paid
Many people in Pauline Konrath's situation live in a nursing home. At 85, she has dementia and Parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair. But she doesn't live in a nursing home because her son, Joe, moved her in with his family. It's not an easy...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Alzheimer's Disease, Lehigh County, Interior Policy, Health Insurance
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Tax-levy bill gets approval from committee
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Elections, Jim Bradford, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Regents seek $3.4M in stopgap funding
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state Capitol during...Tags: Julie Bartling, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party
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Kathleen Kane sworn in as PA's new state Attorney General.
Capitol IdeasVowing to roll up her sleeves and “just get it done,” Kathleen G. Kane was sworn into office as Pennsylvania’s new attorney general on Tuesday, becoming the first woman and the first Democrat to serve as the state’s top law......
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