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Libertarian think tank rates Oklahoma fifth-freest state
By JULIE DELCOUR Associate Editor on Jun 9, 2013, at 2:04 AMUpdated on 6/09/13 at 7:34 AM Norman Meyer carries his fair tax sign during the Tea Party rally on the south steps of the state Capitol in April 2010, in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoman file Oklahoma at No Continue reading
Vt. lawmakers weigh apologizing for eugenics
MONTPELIER, Vt.If the state of Vermont had carried out a plan to sterilize his grandmother, Don Stevens said Tuesday, he “wouldn’t be here.” Many Vermonters of mixed French Canadian and Native American heritage, like Stevens’ grandmother, as well as poor, rural whites, were placed on a state-sanctioned list of “mental defectives” and degenerates in the 1930s and placed in state institutions like the Home for the Feeble Minded in Brandon. Some had surgery after Gov. Stanley Wilson in 1931 won enactment of a sterilization law Continue reading
Medical school plan will work, Inslee says
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Amendment could keep medical school out of Cameron County
The location of the Rio Grande Valleys prospective medical school is now the center of debate. The conversation now is about the medical school’s location. Cameron County officials have collected 42 pages with 800 signatures in just one day. Continue reading
Future of health care is big issue missing from campaign
But the prospect is diminishing that governments will be able to meet that demand without significant reforms to the way we provide care and the infusion of a lot more money than taxpayers seem willing to provide to keep afloat the public system as we now know it. Continue reading
Restoring sand to Venice and Anna Maria beaches
Published: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 6:37 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 6:37 p.m. The state Legislature this week is poised to approve the final plank of funding to renourish Venice and Anna Maria Island beaches, both ravaged last year by Tropical Storm Debby. Continue reading
Lawmakers mull constitutional amendment on beaches
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A Texas House panel on Monday debated where private property rights end and public beaches begin, as lawmakers considered a proposed constitutional amendment and another measure that could reverse two contentious state Supreme Court rulings on coastline boundaries. Rep Continue reading
Colorado aerospace takes center stage at state capitol
Many of Colorado’s aerospace organizations, companies and educational institutions gathered Monday at the state Capitol for Aerospace Day in an attempt to raise the visibility of Colorado’s aerospace industry and send a message to Washington. Area businesses and universities set up booths near the rotunda before and after the House and Senate passed Joint Senate Resolution 20, officially making March 25 Colorado Aerospace Day. “We are trying not to be a secret,”said Joe Rice, director of government relations at Lockheed Martin Space Systems and a former state representative. Continue reading
UCR MEDICAL SCHOOL : Funding bill passes committee
SACRAMENTO For several years, the states deep budget problems have thwarted attempts by supporters of a school of medicine at UC Riverside to get the Legislature to appropriate $15 million for the school. State finances are improving. Now a labor dispute could complicate the effort Continue reading
Health care providers oppose Republican resolution to not expand Medicaid
Topeka Allowing more low-income people to get health coverage will save lives and boost the economy, health care providers said Friday as they urged legislators to reject a resolution that says Kansas isn’t interested in expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act. But several Republican legislators supported the resolution, saying Medicaid expansion would be too costly, drive up the federal deficit, and they expressed general displeasure with the ACA, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama and is known as Obamacare. Continue reading
Senators: Health care funding to hit budget
The two state senators who represent Jackson County as the 2013 legislative session nears see challenges for the General Assembly in funding increased health care costs in the wake of passage of the Affordable Health Care Act. Sen Continue reading
Cayman Islands governor appoints new premier
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) – The Cayman Islands’ governor appointed Deputy Premier Julianna O’Connor-Connolly as premier of the British Caribbean territory on Wednesday, refusing a request by the ousted premier to dissolve parliament and call early elections. O’Connor-Connolly, 51, succeeds McKeeva Bush, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote of the legislature on Tuesday, a week after his arrest on suspicion of corruption. British-appointed Governor Duncan Taylor said he appointed O’Connor-Connolly on the advice of a majority of lawmakers from the ruling United Democratic Party, which holds nine seats in the 15-member Legislative Assembly. Continue reading
REGION: State funds requested again for UCR medical school
The University of California Regents are not giving up. Once again, as part of their budget proposal for next year, the regents have included a request for $15 million to support the UC Riverside School of Medicine. Continue reading
Libertarian candidate: ‘I wasn’t the spoiler’ in Hillsboro’s House District 30
By Kyle Markley The race for House District 30 was expected to be close, with first-term Republican incumbent Shawn Lindsay facing Democrat challenger Joe Gallegos in a district where Democrats enjoy a 7 percent advantage in voter registration. Both campaigns were vigorous. According to ORESTAR (the campaign finance database maintained by the secretary of state’s office), the Gallegos campaign had total expenditures exceeding $600,000 and the Lindsay campaign over $500,000 Continue reading
Arkansas moves forward on health overhaul
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas officials say the state is moving forward with implementing parts of the federal health care law after an election that provided clarity on the federal level but uncertainty in the state Legislature about the political future of the controversial legislation. Continue reading
Nine states launch religious freedom caucuses to promote tolerance
Holly Bruce holds up a sign during the Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally in front of the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Enlarge photo WASHINGTON Legislative leaders from nine states Tuesday, citing a growing polarization on the issue of religious freedom, announced the formation of state religious freedom caucuses Continue reading
Nine states launch religious freedom caucuses
WASHINGTON Legislative leaders from nine states Tuesday, citing a growing polarization on the issue of religious freedom, announced the formation of state religious freedom caucuses. Continue reading
Wyoming voters will get a say on Obamacare mandate
CHEYENNE — A proposal designed to block the federal health-care act’s insurance mandate in Wyoming will go before state voters on Nov. 6. Continue reading
B.C. pioneered health insurance in Canada for brief period during '30s
While reading Chronic Condition, the new book about Canada’s troubled health care system, I came across a reference to an almost forgotten chapter of B.C. history. Continue reading