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Pa. Gov's Race in Spotlight
With neither candidate facing an opponent in Tuesday's primary election, the race for Pennsylvania governor has already started with the incumbent, Democrat Ed Rendell, facing Republican Lynn Swann, a pro football great who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.more -
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Pennsylvania Executive Budget Address 2006
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 8 -- Following is the prepared text of Gov. Ed Rendell's 2006 executive budget address: Good morning. Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Madame President, Members of the 189th Legislature, distinguished guests, my Fellow Pennsylvanians. Today marks the fourth year I have been privileged to p
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State AGs Fight Teen Smoking—Onscreen
More than 30 attorneys general are mounting a campaign to add anti-smoking ads to the beginning of films in which actors light up onscreen. The bid to fight teen smoking was prompted by a study that showed a marked increase in smoking among children who watch movie characters puffing away.more- Alaska,
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Winter Heating Prices Scare States
Sticker shock at the gas pump isn't the only energy problem confronting states after Hurricane Katrina. The fear of a natural gas spike is spurring officials to seek more money to help low-income residents pay for heating this winter, while others are encouraging energy efficiency, and in the case of Connecticut, challenging the way that utilities charge customers.more -
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States Ask Hospitals to Come Clean
Faced with a modern-day medical challenge, states increasingly are taking steps to track the number of patients who acquire serious infections while hospitalized. Eight states -- including four with new laws this year -- now require hospitals to tally their infection rates, amid indications that the cost of these medical complications -- in both dollars and lives -- is mounting.more -
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Dogfight Looms over Air Guard Units
In July, the governors of Illinois and Pennsylvania sued to stop the Pentagon from eliminating Air National Guard units in their states. At risk are jobs and security, the governors contend. But legal experts said the outcome of these lawsuits could alter something bigger: how federal and state officials share the National Guard.more -
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Pennyslvania Gaming Expansion Roils Historic Site
About four miles from one of America's most sacred sites -- the Civil War battlefield here -- developers energized by a new Pennsylvania law that authorizes the largest expansion of gambling in state history want to build a slot machine casino. more
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Budget Deadline Looms Large in 10 States
The clock is ticking in 10 states that still have not adopted budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1, with an eleventh-hour showdown threatening a partial government shutdown in Minnesota. Some - but not all - of those states are expected to wrap up their budget process this week. more
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States Challenge New Mercury Rules
Several Northeastern states are mounting legal and legislative challenges to new federal rules on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, charging that relaxed standards ignore serious health hazards and undermine their own environmental efforts.more -
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Inmates Gladly Take on Odd Jobs for Low or No Pay
Gone are the days of the chain gang. Today, states are finding more creative uses for felons, from saving retired thoroughbreds in Kentucky to growing poinsettias for state buildings in Iowa to fighting mudslides in California. The work saves millions for states and gives inmates something worthwhile to do. more
