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• Looking at Republican contenders in SD26: Wasecas Mike Parry

  
  Bluestem Prairie — Authority: 539
  Woody Allen once famously said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up." This lesson was apparently lost on Waseca businessman and former city council member Mike Parry. Back in October 2008, the Waseca County News reported in Meeting attendance by council members varies : WASECA — At least once a year, the ...
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• New AZ anti-tenure laws and New Orleans

  
  Blog For Arizona — Authority: 509
  by David Safier Ive written posts on BfA condemning the new law that cut the heart out of teacher tenure in Arizona. My most recent column in the Explorer is on the same topic. A number of newspaper editorials and op eds have chimed in as well. But I havent seen anyone looking beyond the anti-tenure law itself to ...
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• Terror attack report tabled, opposition demands probe into leak

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Monday tabled in the legislature the report of the Ram Pradhan-V Balachandran Committee that inquired into the Nov 26-29 Mumbai terror attacks with the opposition demanding a probe into its alleged leak to the media.The opposition clamoured for an inquiry by the Central ...
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• Maine mulling cancer warning labels on cellphones, manufacturers mulling warning label on Maine

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Kory Kath: Still weighing decision in Senate District 26 special election

  
  Bluestem Prairie — Authority: 539
  Since local DFLers in Senate District 26 are playing their cards close to the chest about candidates in the January 26 special election, political gossip has been the order of the day. One Facebook friend recommended a former legislator from the 1980s; others have suggested Rep. Patti Fritz, who quashed rumors in a ...
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• Senate District 26 special election report: like elephants in a candy store

  
  Bluestem Prairie — Authority: 539
  Todays Owatonna Peoples Press reports that three more Republicans in addition to Wasecas Mike Parry and Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz  have entered the race for their partys endorsement in the SD26 special election: As it turns out, Republicans in the region will have two Owatonnacontenders to choose from. Ted ...
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• SD26 special election update: Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz throws his hat in the ring

  
  Bluestem Prairie — Authority: 539
  The Owatonna Peoples Press and Waseca County News are both reporting that Owatonna mayor to run for vacated Senate seat. Tom Kuntz joins fellow Republican Mike Parry and Independence Party candidate Winona Mayor Roy Srp as announced candidates in the race. Defeated by first-term Representative Kory Kath in a ...
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• Billy McCoy’s Legislative Budget Committee

  
  Majority In Mississippi — Authority: 132
  When Billy McCoy narrowly defeated Jeff Smith for another term as Speaker of the House, he had two options for how to govern. One option would be to reach out to those who opposed him, realize the divisions he had caused, and try to work with all members of the legislature to form the best legislation possible. Or, he ...
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• Minnesota Governor in Meeting and Greeting in New Hampshire

  
  State News Shot — Authority: 140
  From Twincities.com: “Never heard of him,” said Patricia Goulet, of Concord, shopping for books at a local Borders Bookstore. How about you, Susan Chabot, of Manchester? “No.” He’s the governor of Minnesota. Ring a bell, Rich Audet, of Northfield? “Nope.” Little more than a year after the last ...
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• IA: Former State Rep. Running for Secretary of State

  
  State News Shot — Authority: 140
  From DesMoinesRegister.com: Republican former state Rep. George Eichhorn today announced his candidacy for secretary of state, citing as a motivating factor a federal audit that found questionable spending in the office during the previous administration. Eichhorn, a Stratford lawyer, unsuccessfully sought the 2008 ...
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• WI: Troubled Lawmaker Back on Assembly Floor

  
  State News Shot — Authority: 140
  From the State Journal: A state lawmaker who is facing multiple driving-under-the-influence charges returned to Madison on Wednesday to vote on a drunken driving bill. Rep. Jeff Wood, a Chippewa Falls independent, has been arrested three times in the last year for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. An ...
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• SD: Lawmaker Pushes Governor to Make Senate Race

  
  State News Shot — Authority: 140
  From the Bismarck Tribune: North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven, who has been under pressure for months to challenge Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan’s re-election bid next year, is getting a fresh nudge from a South Dakota lawmaker on Facebook. State Rep. Dan Lederman of Dakota Dunes, S.D., has helped start a page on the ...
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• Details Needed

  
  Majority In Mississippi — Authority: 132
  From the Clarion-Ledger : “Where the legislative budget plan is deficient compared to Barbour’s is that lawmakers provide no specifics on how they plan to cut state spending. Barbour’s plan, however distasteful in some areas, at least provided a roadmap to the budget cuts. “House Speaker Billy McCoy and ...
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• Arizonas Budget Crisis in a Nutshell

  
  Blog For Arizona — Authority: 509
  By Michael Bryan  Lets make this simple. The budget crisis proves that the Arizona GOP is unfit to govern. Heres why. Arizonas GOP majority permanently cut taxes (mostly for the wealthy and corporations, and mostly without any minority party support) during a decade-long economic bubble based on the specious ...
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• Oops

  
  Blog For Arizona — Authority: 509
  by David Safier Al Melvin wrote an op ed in this weeks Explorer telling people to give tax credit money for public schools and private school scholarships. Its pre-election touchy-feely time when Melvin has to burnish his "Im just a guy who cares about people" credentials. Well, he inadvertently took his caring a ...
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• State Rep. Levy plans bill to clean up electric co-op elections

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 619
  A Boulder lawmaker says she’ll introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session aimed at cleaning up questionable campaign practices in rural electric association board elections. State Rep. Claire Levy told The Colorado Independent earlier this week that she is still working on a draft of the bill she’ll ...
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• Senate district 26 special election digest: with IPs Srp in, its a three-ring circus

  
  Bluestem Prairie — Authority: 539
  Yesterday, Pawlenty sets special election date in Senate District 26 for January 26; with a January 12 primary should one be required. For now, no DFL candidate has come forward, but contenders in the Independence and Republican parties are declaring their interest. According to the Minnesota Secretary of States ...
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• Oklahoma Leaders want 10% budget Cut

  
  State News Shot — Authority: 140
  From BusinessWeek: Oklahoma officials ordered budget cuts of 10 percent across state government on Tuesday, after revenue collections on a downward spiral fell short of projections for an eleventh consecutive month. So far in the fiscal year that began July 1, revenue collections are $717 million below the prior ...
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• State delegates propose wine sales at farmers markets

  
  The Silver Spring Penguin — Authority: 422
  Two state legislators have pitched a bill that would allow wineries to sell their stuff at farmers markets in Silver Spring and elsewhere, according to the Montgomery County delegations website.
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• State supreme court deals blow to county gas drilling impact fees

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 619
  Impact fees assessed against equipment used by oil and gas companies in Rio Blanco County – most notably ExxonMobil – took a big hit this week when the Colorado Supreme Court Monday rejected a county request to rehear the case. Rio Blanco County impact fees are unique in the nation and viewed by some observers ...
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