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Arkansas treasurer arrested for extortion by FBI
Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner, who has faced questions about her management of state investments, was arrested for extortion Saturday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being held in Pulaski County Jail. FBI spokeswoman Kimberly Brunell said Shoffner was arrested Saturday afternoon at her home in Newport and is ...
Amendments add money for Nevada mental health
Legislative money committees approved $6.4 million for new mental health programs Saturday to fund a home visit pilot program, community interaction services and more beds for mentally ill inmates at a northern Nevada psychiatric hospital. The late budget amendments proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval will be paid for by a ...
Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up
Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. That sandy line that long defined the state's ...
Rural colleges get some relief in budget closings
Two rural Nevada colleges will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken Saturday by legislative money committees. Lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees agreed to add $1 million a year to reduce losses Great Basin and Western Nevada colleges would realize under ...
Ill. lawmakers face tough votes before adjourning
The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, leaving lawmakers with a tight deadline for action on issues including tackling the state's pension crisis, gay marriage and how guns will be allowed to be carried in public. Making good on what's ...
Minn. Legislature approves care worker pay hikes
The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a $11 billion package of spending on health and assistance programs that includes a 5-percent pay increase for nursing home workers. The Senate passed the Democratic-crafted bill on Saturday afternoon by a 39-28 vote along party lines. The House passed the bill late ...
Hurry up and wait at Nevada Legislature
Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session — a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait. There is no logic to "legislative time." Committees scheduled to ...
Michigan lawmaker backs anti-cyber-bullying bill
A Democratic Michigan lawmaker is backing an effort aimed at preventing cyber-bullying in schools. A bill recently introduced by Democratic Rep. Theresa Abed of Grand Ledge would require schools to expand their policies prohibiting bullying to also include cyber-bullying. It would also mandate that schools report cyber-bullying incidents to the ...
Minn. House backs nursing home pay hike
The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase. The pay hike is included in a broader, $6 billion a year budget for health and human services programs that the House passed Friday night by a party-line vote of 73-61. It's one ...
Judge grants injunction in Ark. abortion ban case
An Arkansas law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy won't take effect while a legal challenge is pending, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a request for a preliminary injunction against the ban, which was set to take effect in August. ...
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