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GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks up ties to Iowa during a visit to 2016 caucus state
Associated PressWEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do — one of their own. After all, the Wisconsin governor weighing a 2016 bid for president...Tags: Regional Authority, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Elections, Political Fundraising, Local Elections
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Bill to require sales tax for online purchases advances in Senate
Online shoppers would have to pay state sales taxes on more purchases under legislation that advanced in the U.S. Senate on Monday — but Marylanders could also wind up paying a smaller increase in gasoline taxes. Bricks-and-mortar stores have long...
Tags: Justice System, Barbara A. Mikulski, Elections, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Justin Amash, Elections, Mitch McConnell, Saxby Chambliss
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Obama taps O'Malley to co-chair national homeland security panel
President Barack Obama has named Gov. Martin O'Malley one of two co-chairmen of a panel of state and federal officials focused on defense and homeland security, the governor's office said Monday. The Maryland Democrat will co-chair the Council of...Tags: Regional Authority, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hurricane Sandy (2012), National Security, Martin O'Malley
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Governors: Looming cuts threaten economic gains
WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors are becoming prominent voices in the fight to cut the federal deficit, warning that Capitol Hill's latest budget stalemate is causing fresh uncertainty that threatens economic progress. State leaders attending the...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Regional Authority, Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Washington, DC
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Iowa unaware of company's fraud suit
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - State and local officials promised an Egyptian company $200 million in tax breaks to build a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa without knowledge of a pending lawsuit alleging one of the company's subsidiaries defrauded U.S....Tags: Justice System, Companies and Corporations, Litigation, Trials, Joint Ventures
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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad tries to bag some California companies
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is sweeping through California in a bid to lure businesses away -- a mere week after his counterpart in Texas similarly tried to bag some Golden State companies. Branstad and Texas Gov. Rick Perry had similar courtship...
Tags: Regional Authority, Business, Government, Politics, Executive Branch
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Arizona business group wants tax-weary California businesses
PolitiCalAn Arizona business group is reaching for one of the oldest plays in the book -- offering to help California companies avoid higher taxes by leaving the state. The Greater Phoenix Economic Council said it will fly 100 chief executives...... -
Midwest hit by its first major snowstorm of season
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season began its slow eastward march across the Midwest early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, creating treacherous driving conditions and threatening to disrupt some of the...Tags: Religious Festivals, O'Hare International Airport, Snow Storms, Air Transportation Industry, Holidays
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Iowa releases plan to cut runoff in Gulf of Mexico
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Wastewater treatment and industrial plants would be asked to make costly upgrades to cut pollution while farmers would do so voluntarily under a long-awaited strategy released Monday to reduce harmful nutrients in Iowa waterways and...Tags: Energy Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Politics
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Governors call for renewing wind energy tax credit
The fate of a tax credit that advocates say is needed to maintain tens of thousands of wind energy jobs will be decided during high-stakes, last-minute negotiations between President Obama and House Republicans over fiscal issues, officials said Tuesday....
Tags: Regional Authority, Sam Brownback, Wind Power, Elections, Taxation
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Governors push for extension of wind energy tax credit
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWarning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake, governors in wind energy states are calling on Congress to renew an expiring tax break. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R), Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R), Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) and Oregon...Tags: Regional Authority, Sam Brownback, Wind Power, Taxation, Tim Huelskamp
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