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Seeking to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious habits, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday approved banning the sale of sugary drinks in public elementary and junior high schools. In a 24-6 vote, the Senate advanced a bill that would limit beverage choices to water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Its ...
Oregon Editorial Rdp
Editorials from Oregon newspapers Medford Mail Tribune, May 17, on shopping for health insurance. A funny thing happened on the way to health care reform: Insurance companies began to compete with each other, right out in the open. A comparison of premiums that health insurers propose to begin charging next ...
Texas lawmakers pushing for review of UIL
One of the chief critics of the University Interscholastic League is pushing lawmakers to conduct a thorough review of the governing body for public Texas high school sports. The Texas Senate on Tuesday followed the lead of Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston, voting to place the agency under a process ...
SC Senate defeats effort to expand Medicaid
South Carolina senators defeated another attempt by Democrats to extend Medicaid coverage under the federal health care law. The Senate's 23-19 vote Tuesday rejected inserting the expansion into its 2013-14 budget proposal. It represented supporters' closest vote yet. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has remained steadfast in her opposition of the ...
Ban on soda in elementary, middle schools advances
Seeking to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious habits, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday approved banning the sale of sugary drinks in public elementary and junior high schools. In a 24-6 vote, the Senate advanced a bill that would limit beverage choices to water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Its ...
Illinois House panel approves fracking regulations
A groundbreaking deal to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois cleared a top House committee Tuesday, setting up a floor vote on a measure that supporters say would bring tens of thousands of jobs to struggling areas in the southern part of the state. The House Executive Committee ...
Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't
Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition ...
NC Senate budget drawn by GOP target for critics
Senate Republicans pushed their state spending proposal through a pair of committees Tuesday, but not before giving Democrats and advocacy groups plenty to pick at when it comes to reshaping public school funding and raising fees. The North Carolina government budget plan cleared the Senate's appropriations and finance panels with ...
Budget panel approves ending ballast water fees
The Legislature's budget committee has voted to end ballast water discharge fees for Great Lakes shipping in two years. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted Tuesday to end the fees as Gov. Scott Walker proposed. The state Department of Natural Resources started requiring freighters to obtain ballast water discharge permits ...
Wis. budget committee approves sand mining plan
Wisconsin's budget-writing committee has approved pulling money from the state's environmental management fund to cover sand mining inspections. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted Tuesday to approve the proposal from Gov. Scott Walker. Money in the environmental management fund comes from a number of sources, including fees landfills pay the ...
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