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Injured volunteer seeks payment from lost hiker
A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness says he deserves restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges. Nick Papageorge, 20, said after Nic Cendoya's arraignment was postponed Wednesday that his medical bills could total $350,000, City ...
Senate approves new Rio Grande Valley university
A plan to merge two South Texas universities into one and create a new medical school cleared one of its last hurdles Wednesday night with a final vote of approval by the state Senate. The unanimous vote sends Gov. Rick Perry a project that has enjoyed broad support among higher ...
Minn. lawmakers compromise on sand mining rules
Critics of silica sand mining had hoped the Minnesota Legislature would adopt aggressive statewide rules to protect people and the environment. What finally emerged from the just-completed session, however, was a compromise that still leaves key decisions up to local governments. The sand in the bluffs and hills of southeastern ...
Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records
A bill crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office, Connecticut's top prosecutor and legislative leaders would require the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting may be publicly released. According to a working draft of the bill, released ...
Racial Justice Act repeal heard by NC House panel
Opponents of a measure to repeal North Carolina's law that created another method to challenge racial bias in death row cases pleaded with House members Wednesday to preserve the Racial Justice Act and prevent the acceleration of capital punishment. The measure, which passed the Senate last month, got a hearing ...
Ohio bill would extend Medicaid, add cost sharing
A Republican state lawmaker submitted a bill Wednesday to expand Medicaid to thousands more low-income Ohioans, with the hope that by adding changes such as copayments for some of the newly eligible that she could sway more of her GOP colleagues to back the idea. The plan from state Rep. ...
Retiring coal-fired plants in Nevada passes Senate
The Nevada Senate endorsed NV Energy Inc.'s plan Wednesday to retire coal-fired power plants and pave the way for the state's biggest electrical utility to transition to more renewable sources. After several revisions, SB123 was approved unanimously and now moves to the Assembly. Under the bill, NV Energy will eliminate ...
Snyder: Mich. could still get Medicaid expansion
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the Republican-led Legislature to expand government health insurance for low-income adults, despite the state's tentative budget deal that leaves out the Medicaid expansion. Snyder told The Associated Press during an interview in Washington that ...
Universal background checks clears state Senate
Legislation mandating universal background checks for gun transactions in Nevada cleared the Senate on Wednesday along a party lines vote. Passionate opinions flared from both sides of the aisle, with Democrats trumpeting SB221 as a step in the right direction toward reducing gun violence in the Silver State that needed ...
Bill banning sports kiosks from bars advances
Opponents of a bill to ban sports betting kiosks at bars and taverns hope to make a defensive stand in the Nevada Assembly after the measure cleared the state Senate. If approved, SB416 would prohibit the free-standing sports-betting machines in small establishments with restricted gambling licenses as of July 1. ...
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