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5 things to know for Friday in Pa. news
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Friday. TRANSGENDER STUDENT WANTS TO BE CALLED BY MALE NAME AT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION The Red Lion student now known as Issak Wolfe has already won the right to wear ...
Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law
The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The law marked a bold step by a state into an area that ...
Amtrak route to St. Louis in jeopardy
On the Missouri River Runner, west of Warrensburg, Mo. — Gantri Dennis smiles broadly as his railroad car seat gently sways beneath him. Seven months ago the 46-year-old building inspector lost his job, sold most of his belongings and hopped on the railroad to see his country. This weekday morning ...
NY Assembly speaker to propose Lopez removal
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will introduce legislation on Friday recommending that state lawmakers expel Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who is accused of sexual harassment. Silver will also ask the Assembly to consider the full Joint Commission on Public Ethics report, which was critical of Silver's handling of the Lopez ...
Mo. bill to curb welfare fraud sent to Nixon
Missouri welfare recipients could not spend their cash benefits at casinos, liquor stores or adult-entertainment establishments under legislation sent to Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday. The legislation would restrict the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash benefits at those locations and on items marketed exclusively for adults. Welfare ...
Okla. Senate unveils $80M plan for 2 new museums
The Oklahoma Senate unveiled a new plan on Thursday to divert $80 million in state sales and use taxes over a four-year period to pay for the completion of an American Indian museum in Oklahoma City and build a new popular culture museum in Tulsa. A Senate budget committee approved ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
May 13 Oakland Tribune: "Disclose source of money for all California political ads" "I'm Barack Obama, and I approve this message." Voters are used to that tagline on political ads, and most get the idea behind the decade-old law requiring it in federal campaigns. Known as the Stand By Your ...
Calif. bill would limit local immigrant detentions
People living in the country illegally could not be detained for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime, under a bill passed Thursday by the California Assembly. The measure from Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, would create a statewide standard for how local agencies should comply with a ...
Free lanes would remain in NC bill targeting I-95
If North Carolina ever puts toll booths on an existing interstate, the House still wants to give motorists the option to drive the route for free. The chamber voted unanimously Thursday for a measure that targets potential tolling on Interstate 95 but would apply to all current interstates. The bill ...
Perry shrugs off claim he's derailing budget talks
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday shrugged off suggestions by top Democrats that his office is holding up delicate negotiations on the Texas budget by pressuring Republicans to steer money away from public education. The governor, holding a special ceremony to sign into law a measure that aims to protect against ...
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