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Opinion: California’s budget can’t afford to maintain empty prison beds
San Jose Mercury News· 4 days agoCalifornia is facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit that will require lawmakers and the...
Free meals for low-income Alaska students removed from final budget
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMay 9—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature's budget conference committee on Thursday stripped out funding to make reduced-price meals free for low income Alaska students for the next school year.
Uber, Lyft say they’d leave Minnesota under ‘compromise’ rideshare wage bill
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoDemocratic-Farmer-Labor legislators and Minneapolis City Council leadership have reached what they called a compromise on minimum wage for rideshare service drivers, but Uber and Lyft say they ...
Ferguson goes after Reichert for suggesting ‘guy upstairs’ is causing climate change
The Columbian· 3 days agoIt will be a tough act to follow for Bob Ferguson, the man Inslee wants to succeed him in this...
Free meals for low-income Alaska students removed from final budget
Anchorage Daily News· 4 days agoAlaska Legislature’s budget conference committee on Thursday stripped out funding to make...
Political notebook: Treat opposes legislative extension of Cherokee tag compact
Tulsa World· 2 days agoSenate President Pro Tem Greg Treat said last week that he does not favor another extension of the...
Why Iowa struggles to pass hands-free driving laws
The Globe Gazette· 6 days agoOne in an occasional series of articles about issues that are likely to return for debate in next year's session of the Iowa Legislature. Ellen Bengtson...
What's not in the budget
Politico· 5 days agoSo what could that look like? Reallocating responsibilities between the sheriffs and the state Department of Correction, and potentially even moving some inmates. But the ...
City, town clerks honored for work ethic, service
New Hampshire Union Leader· 4 days agoThe role of a town or city clerk is a busy one. There’s knowledge about state laws, election statutes and just about anything a community might need to...
Daily Minute: Scope of disaster declaration; new Lincoln coffee shop; softball's Big Ten title shot
Lincoln Journal Star· 4 days agoScope of disaster declaration; new Lincoln coffee shop; softball's Big Ten title shot
