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Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. Amazingly, nobody was killed. ...
Perry opposed to part of Texas budget deal
Gov. Rick Perry on Friday joined the ranks of lawmakers dissatisfied with parts of a Texas budget deal. But entering the final weekend for the Legislature to pass a spending plan, no changes to meet his concerns were expected, while GOP negotiators declared victory on a separate sticking point of ...
Senate confirms 3 Texas regents
The Texas Senate on Friday confirmed Gov. Rick Perry's three appointments to the University of Texas System board of regents with a warning that "all hell would break loose" if they move to fire Bill Powers, the popular president of the flagship Austin campus. Powers and his clashes over the ...
EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES
c.2013 New York Times News Service DECEPTION ON GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS A strange thing happened after 45 senators killed a bill to expand background checks for gun buyers five weeks ago: Many of those same senators suddenly discovered a profound affection for background checks. They had been for them all ...
Perry staying mum as special session talk ramps up
Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say Friday whether there is too much unfinished business at the Texas Legislature to adjourn next week as scheduled. His record the last 13 years says lawmakers aren't going anywhere. The regular 140-day session ends Monday. But with only the Memorial Day weekend left to work ...
News from around Wisconsin at 5:58 p.m. CDT
Man found guilty of 2006 slaying at Burger King WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2006 strangulation death of a Lindenhurst restaurant manager. After three hours of deliberations Friday, James Ealy was convicted of killing 45-year-old Mary Hutchison of ...
IN ALBANY, BILL ON COLLEGE AID FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS SEEMS STALLED
c.2013 New York Times News Service As immigration legislation moves forward on Capitol Hill, generating widespread debate and providing glimpses of an emerging bipartisan consensus, a less ambitious effort in Albany, N.Y., is playing out differently. With less than four weeks to go in the legislative session, a bill that ...
Groups disagree over proposed wetland law changes
For the second time in recent years, the Michigan Legislature is rewriting environmental law in ways that critics say would accelerate development of sensitive wetlands, although business interests contend the revisions would provide adequate protections while boosting the economy. The state Senate this week approved and sent to the House ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say Friday whether there is too much unfinished business at the Texas Legislature to adjourn next week as scheduled. His record the last 13 years says lawmakers aren't going anywhere. The regular 140-day session ends Monday. But with only the Memorial Day weekend left to work ...
Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee
A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber's Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively ...
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