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Fiscal tug-of-war stalls Indiana voucher expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The timing would seem perfect for an expansion of school vouchers in Indiana, where the state's high court recently upheld the nation's broadest voucher law and the initiative enjoys broad support in one of the country's most...Tags: Schools, Charter Schools, Justice System, Indiana Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama advisor David Axelrod to publish Washington memoir
David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, is joining the list of one-time Obama administration officials who will be penning memoirs next year, Penguin Press has announced. Other Obama administration officials with books on the way...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, John F. Kennedy, David Axelrod, Arts and Culture, Literature
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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Paul Ryan, Ronald Reagan, Personal Weapon Control, Political Candidates, Rick Santorum
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Can Jeb Bush save the GOP?
Amid the wreckage of the Mitt Romney presidential debacle and the Republican scramble to find a new savior, now comes ... yet another Bush! The ruminations of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, son of one former president and younger brother of another, on...
Tags: White House, Immigration, Ronald Reagan, Marco Rubio, Executive Branch
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An odd push to privatize marriage
Should government get out of the business of defining marriage? That's not a new question. But as conservatives appear to be losing ground in the same-sex marriage debate, some are showing new interest in changing the rules. Wisconsin's Republican Gov....
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, National Government, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan
Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan ALANNA DURKIN,Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan Republicans are pushing to ban local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave as cities in other...
Tags: New York City Council, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Taking the public for a ride
It's often been said of Barack Obama that his policies are "data driven" — meaning that whatever his ideological inclinations, he pays attention to dispassionate analysis of real-world evidence. His approach was a refreshing contrast to George W....Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation
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Scott Walker to pen book with 'torture apologist'
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is drawing heat over his choice of ghostwriter for a forthcoming book. As the National Review online reported, Walker will team up with former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen on the book, which according to a source...
Tags: Jesse Helms, The Washington Post, Central Intelligence Agency, Conservative Political Action Conference, F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Deal requires ferry to stop ash dumping in two years
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. The agreement between Lake Michigan Carferry,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bill Huizenga, Dick Durbin, Environmental Politics
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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Voting, Wage Contract Issues, Laws, Plant Closings
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In Michigan, GOP governor finds a tax to like
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's venture capitalist-turned-governor, Rick Snyder, needed just five months in office to slash his state's business taxes. Elected on the downside of the recession, he was among a crop of new Republican leaders eager to...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Lobbying, Passenger Cars, Executive Branch, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Could Wendy Greuel's love affair with labor backfire in Valley?
The long-running love-in between Wendy Greuel and public employee unions continued Tuesday, with the mayoral candidate from the San Fernando Valley bagging an endorsement from the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Which raises a question:...
Tags: Government, Public Employees, Public Officials, Woody Guthrie, Parties and Movements
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