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Health care: Expansion includes state-paid premiums
After arguing for months over how to provide health care to poor Iowa adults, the Iowa Senate approved a compromise plan late Wednesday and sent it to the House. Continue reading
Legislature approves South Texas medical school
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The Legislature has approved opening a medical school in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. The House on Friday passed a constitutional amendment already approved by the Senate which seeks to open, as early as 2016, a medical school along the underserved Texas border with Mexico. Lawmakers also passed a funding bill for the new school Continue reading
Hatch wants IRS probe to expand, include Freedom Path
(Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is leading a group of Republicans seeking a new line of inquiry in the IRS scandal — one aimed at the release of confidential documents, including those from a group that spent $570,000 helping to re-elect the Utah senator Continue reading
GOP boycotts health care advisory board
GOP boycotts health care advisory board Washington House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding A link to this page will be included in your message. Continue reading
Florida House swats health care plan to use federal money
TALLAHASSEE | After more than five hours of heated discussion Thursday, the dynamic of Floridas health care expansion debate officially shifted to 74 House Republicans versus the rest of the Legislature. That chambers GOP majority Thursday protected a plan, sponsored by Rep Continue reading
IQ2: Is the GOP for liberty, or for restrictions on liberty? – Video
IQ2: Is the GOP for liberty, or for restrictions on liberty? 2012 was a disappointing year for Republicans. The failure to win key swing states in the presidential election and surprising losses in the House and Senate… Continue reading
"I Can’t Take the Loss of Liberty" or, How to Radicalize a Suburban Mom – Video
“I Can't Take the Loss of Liberty” or, How to Radicalize a Suburban Mom “I didn't want to run for office,” says Gigi Bowman, “liberty candidate” for the New York state Senate. Continue reading
Bill Allows Refusal Of Health Care On Moral Basis
By David Eggert, Associated Press LANSING (AP) – For 35 years, Michigan law has protected health care providers who refuse to perform an abortion on moral or religious grounds. Continue reading
In Olympia, a mixed message on aerospace
Published: Friday, April 12, 2013, 12:01 a.m. The split is between budget measures in the Democratic House, which would fund the office, and the Republican-led state Senate, which has passed a budget that would not Continue reading
Will The Future GOP Be More Libertarian?
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shown speaking at a meeting of the U.S. Continue reading
Will the state’s aerospace office survive budget cuts?
Published: Friday, April 5, 2013, 4:26 p.m. The Senate’s proposed budget, which is being voted on this afternoon, would eliminate funding for the office. Former Gov. Continue reading
Kentucky’s religious freedom bill divided politicians, public, ministers
By Jack Brammerand Beth Musgrave jbrammer@herald-leader.combmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT The Rev. Patrick Delahanty of Louisville says he thinks the new state law dubbed the Religious Freedom Act is needed Continue reading
Aerospace executives urged to fight for more help
Published: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 12:01 a.m. They said efforts to enlarge training programs, expand enrollment in college engineering and computer science courses and reform workers compensation, as desired by the industry, are all on the table for action in the final weeks of the legislative session. But with a budget shortfall, and political differences between the House and Senate, they may not all get done unless the aerospace leaders inject themselves aggressively into the debate, lawmakers cautioned. 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
Cayman Islands Seeks to Protect Its Tax Shelter Racket by Seeking to Extend Its Sovereignty to the US; Trikona …
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Trikona calls for Congressional hearings of the Cayman Islands tax shelter racket and the efforts of Cayman courts and Cayman judges to extend their control over US courts and US sovereignty. Trikona will call upon Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House John Boehner, and the Senate and House Committees on Foreign Relations to investigate Ugland House, Judge Jones, and the efforts of Cayman judges and Cayman courts to interfere in the US Continue reading
MEDICAL SCHOOL : Medina, Roth urge $15 million in budget
Posted on | March 14, 2013 | Comments State Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, and Assemblyman Jose Medina, D-Riverside (Senate photo) No votes were taken and no promises were made. But a pair of Riverside Democrats made their case Thursday to Senate budget writers that the 2013-14 spending plans needs to include $15 million for UC Riversides medical school Continue reading
MEDICAL SCHOOL : Riverside lawmakers ask for budget appropriation
SACRAMENTO A pair of Riverside Democrats made their case Thursday to a panel of Senate budget writers that this years state spending plan needs to include $15 million for UC Riversides medical school. The medical schools future depends on lawmakers appropriating the money, Assemblyman Jose Medina and state Sen. Richard Roth told the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committees education subcommittee. Continue reading
Bill could create chaos, not liberty; 'religious freedom' already protected
No sooner had a “religious freedom restoration act” sailed through the state House last week than Internet commentators started hailing it as a victory for Kentucky’s Rastas and their sacrament of marijuana use. Continue reading
Rand Paul: Voters ready for Libertarian Republican in 2016 – Video
Rand Paul: Voters ready for Libertarian Republican in 2016 Sen. Rand Paul says he'll wait until 2014 to decide whether to run for president, but he believes voters are ready for a Libertarian-minded Republican candidate. “I would absolutely not run unless it were to win,” the Kentucky Republican said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Points have been made, and we we will continue to make points Continue reading