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How should the county pay for bridge repairs?
Q: More than 50 of Northampton County's bridges are in need of repair, including 17 identified by the state as needing priority maintenance. Would you be willing to raise taxes or borrow up to $20 million to repair the county's bridges designated in...Tags: Government, Politics, Science and Technology, Allentown, Economy, Business and Finance
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Oxbow wins 2013 Preakness, beating Derby winner Orb
No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday and waited out a midafternoon downpour to watch Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Pimlico Race Course, Kevin Plank, Mark Turgeon, Sports
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Republicans select statewide candidates for November election
Virginia Republicans are selecting their candidates for Campaign 2013. The party is meeting in Richmond Saturday to pick its nominees for the state's top three offices. E.W. Jackson, a minister and retired marine, beat out six other hopefuls to become...
Tags: Elections, Ken Cuccinelli, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Government, Politics
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Railway Transportation, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Commuters Face Nightmare As Search Begins for Cause of Metro-North Crash
The Hartford Courant— Commuters face a potential nightmare of detours and traffic jams after the collision of two Metro-North trains shut down tracks between the Fairfield and Bridgeport rail stations Friday night. Three people remained in critical condition on...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), National Transportation Safety Board, Railway Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: George W. Bush, Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Poverty, Healthcare Laws
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Column: In Florida, timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn’t change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Regional Authority, Entertainment Events, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), The Miami Herald
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U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company
ReutersBy Susan Guyett INDIANAPOLIS, May 17 (Reuters) - Indiana has cancelled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives...Tags: Regional Authority, Plant Openings, Finance, Companies and Corporations, Pakistan
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Bill would protect water-authority lands from artifact looters
Treasure hunters have long pilfered arrowheads, pottery and other archaeological artifacts on state lands, risking jail time if caught. But a loophole in state law meant that looters didn't face consequences for their thievery on Lake County Water...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Crimes, Prisons, Conservation
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In federal prison, ol' Bulldog faces sensual shock
If the federal prison that gets Tavon White is anything like the last one I visited, even a charmer such as Bulldog will have a tough time recreating the life of the libertine he had at the Baltimore City Detention Center. White, a reputed leader of...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Black Guerrilla Family, Drug Trafficking, Prisons, Land Price
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Thank you, Governor Beshear
Governor Beshear hired outside consultants, listened to health care advocates and hospital officials, did the math, and decided to expand Kentucky’s Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act. More than 300,000 additional Kentuckians will...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regional Authority, Medicaid, Government, Politics
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Letters: It's UC, not McDonald's
Re "Brown urges UC to speed graduations," May 16 Over the 15 years I have taught at UC Santa Barbara, I have seen repeated budget cuts and tuition increases. And yet most students are graduating in four years, not six. I am not sure what Gov. Jerry...Tags: Jerry Brown, Government, Politics, University of California, Santa Barbara
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