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Gov. Nixon's second term starts with icy ceremony (read his short speech here)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's second term began with a chill. The air was 24 degrees on Monday as the governor took his oath of office. Earlier, he and the first lady rode in an inaugural parade to the Capitol, then watched as a...
Tags: Church and State Relations, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Politics, Government
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Timeline of John Q. Hammons' life, developments
February 24, 1919 - born to dairy farmer James O. and Hortense Bass Hammons
Great Depression - family loses farm; mother went to work in tomato factory and was not in good health. Father sold insurance.
1937: graduates from high school class of 12...Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Teaching and Learning, College Baseball
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Eisenhower memorial moving ahead, despite family's objections
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The design for a memorial to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, more than 10 years in the planning, has so divided supporters and critics that the commission created to build it gave up trying to find a compromise and defiantly voted...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, White House, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, Politics
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Effort to protect California egg law in House farm bill fails
WASHINGTON—Congress to California: Here’s bit of egg on your face. A bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to kill a provision in the farm bill that blocks California from requiring that eggs imported into the state come from hens who have...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Dianne Feinstein, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam
WASHINGTON — Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Migration, John Boehner, Dick Durbin, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal
WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, Raul Labrador, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Browne's amendment advances part of Corbett's pension fix
HARRISBURG — One aspect of Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to change the state's two pension systems for government workers narrowly escaped a key Senate panel Wednesday. But that amended bill — written by Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh — could cost...Tags: Labor Legislation, Mike Brubaker, Public Employees, Politics, Career and Workplace
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New Campaign Finance Rules Meant Rolling Back Some Post-Rowland Reforms
Revisions to campaign finance law, signed by the governor Wednesday, add Connecticut to a list of states raising limits on political contributions in response to a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down bans on outside spending. But in...Tags: Political Fundraising, U.S. Congress, Rosa DeLauro, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pat Quinn
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New District 11 chairman Bob Hartman says change "was difficult for all of us"
Groller's CornerIt may not mean much of anything to most athletes and coaches, but there was a big meeting on Wednesday of the District 11 committee, the overseeing body of area high school athletics, and a vote was held that changed the leadership. Jason Zimmerman,... -
Tea party rallies against IRS in Washington
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The tea party is using the Internal Revenue Service scandal as a springboard to renew calls to limit or even abolish an agency it's always disliked. Thousands of tea party supporters rallied Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, cheering on proposals...Tags: Women's Health, Human Rights, Greenpeace, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Politics
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UPDATE 2-U.S. immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
Reuters* Tentative agreement reached on border security -senators * Details being presented to undecided senators * "Unprecedented" buildup of border patrols -aide (Adds details on deal, Boehner meeting) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON,...Tags: Migration, Personal Data Collection, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Economy, Taxes Dog Malloy As His Disapproval Rating Jumps
The Hartford CourantWith the state's economy struggling and jobs still hard to find, voters have become increasingly dissatisfied with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's job performance, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows. The governor's overall disapproval...Tags: Political Fundraising, Politics, Government, Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting
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