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Deal dies to build Amazon warehouse in Florida
TALLAHASSEE — A plan by Internet retailing giant Amazon.com to build at least one warehouse in Florida has been scrapped, with the company unable to reach an agreement on when it would have to start collecting state sales taxes, an official in Gov....
Tags: Government, Rick Scott, Executive Branch, Politics, E-Commerce Industry
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Brown to handle Preakness award honors
When the owner of the winning horse in the 2013 Preakness Stakes mounts the podium to strains of "Maryland, My Maryland" to accept the Woodlawn Vase Saturday, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make the presentation. Gov. Martin O'Malley's office said...
Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Government, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Poll: McAuliffe has small lead over Cuccinelli
Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee for governor opened a slight lead over his Republican opponent Ken Cuccinelli in a poll released by Quinnipiac University Thursday. The poll of 1,286 registered voters in Virginia showed McAuliffe with 43 percent...Tags: Government, Ken Cuccinelli, The Washington Post, Executive Branch, Television Industry
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California Gov. Jerry Brown promises prison legislation
California Gov. Jerry Brown's prison policy is forcing a split personality with federal courts. Brown on Tuesday repeated his insistence he will take no move to further reduce prison crowding unless ordered (again) to do so, and he included no money for...Tags: Government, Justice System, Jerry Brown, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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O'Malley signs gun bill
Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed a gun-control bill that is among the country's most sweeping legislative responses to the December mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The law bans the sale of assault-style rifles, including the AR-15 used in the...
Tags: Gun Control, Michael E. Busch, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, National Rifle Association of America, Martin O'Malley
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Despite state budget revise, Pasadena Unified lays off 96 educators
Despite optimistic projections of increased state funding for public education next year, Pasadena Unified school board members this week approved layoffs for 96 full- or part-time educators. Although many of the layoffs could still be rescinded after...Tags: Jerry Brown, Teachers, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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Skelton: Jerry Brown has upper hand
Gov. Jerry Brown has promised to keep a tight lid on state spending, but Democrats in the Legislature now have enough votes to override any of his vetos. George Skelton says in his Thursday column that Brown still has the upper hand. "In short,...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics
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Jerry Brown's plan could increase future school costs
SACRAMENTO -- Even as Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to chip away at the state’s debt, his budget plan will leave California on the hook for billions more in school funding down the line. The situation is the result of California’s complicated...
Tags: Government, Finance, Jerry Brown, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Illinois poised to let 17-year-olds vote in primaries
— Gov. Pat Quinn and other prospective governor candidates might be targeting a new voting group during the primary elections next year: 17-year-olds. On Wednesday, the Senate voted 43-9 to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries, but only if they...
Tags: Lincolnshire, Dale A Righter, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Government
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COLUMN: Internet can help state's transparency
RoslynEvery year, the issue of transparency in South Dakota state government seems to be revisited. I don’t see how a government of, for and by the people can operate properly without complete transparency. What is the downside of complete...Tags: Politics, Elections
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Jerry Brown urges UC to stress graduating students in 4 years
SACRAMENTO — The graduation rates of UC students came under more scrutiny Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown urged administrators and faculty to prod more undergraduates to earn a degree in four years, not six. Brown recently proposed giving UC and Cal...
Tags: Strikes, Students, Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace, Personal Income
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Tom Corbett to replace education secretary with mid-state superintendent
HARRISBURG — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett came into office in 2011 as an unabashed supporter of school vouchers, charter schools and other forms of school choice. When it was time to name an education secretary, he picked someone with the same mind-...Tags: Students, Teachers, West Point, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bernie O'Neill
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