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Tuesday, 07 February 2012
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Athens, GA, USA. The gap in wages between men and women has decreased sharply over the past 30 years, and a new University of Georgia study reveals that decline was even greater than previously recognized.
The study is one of the first to take into account a common bias that the authors argue has skewed previous results.
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 Jim Malewitz (Stateline) Saturday, 04 February 2012 Jackson, MS, USA. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood hires lots of outside lawyers. They make a great deal of money for the state, and for themselves. Not everyone is happy with that situation.
As Mississippi’s attorney general, Jim Hood rarely shies away from litigation, especially when victory could put millions of dollars into the state treasury.
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 Daniel C. Vock (Stateline) Friday, 03 February 2012 Savannah, GA, USA. As the Panama Canal expands to allow larger cargo ships to pass through, states along the Eastern Seaboard are maneuvering to make their ports compatible with the bigger and more lucrative vessels.
But there is no guarantee the expensive bets will pay off.
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 Stephen C. Fehr (Stateline) Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Juneau, AK, USA. High oil prices are a boon for Alaska, whose credit rating recently went up to the coveted triple-A level. But waning oil production, unpredictable prices and looming pension costs remain challenges.
As oil prices go, so goes the fate of Alaska. With prices averaging over $110 a barrel, Alaska is experiencing a revenue boom unlike any other state, allowing it to recover from the recession as “a rock of stability,” as Governor Sean Parnell puts it.
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 TS-Si News Service Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Columbia, MO, USA. A study of recent political blogs indicates politics are getting nastier due to digital media, which are segmenting people into polarized interest groups, a barrier to civility in the political discourse at the heart of democracy.
However, the authors of a new paper can only recommend a balanced approach to finding information, based on the assumption that citizens are looking for a full and fair political discussion.
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 TS-Si News Service Monday, 30 January 2012 San Diego, CA, USA. Republicans and Democrats are less divided in their attitudes than popularly believed, say analysts who reviewed voter data compiled over the past 40 years.
However, it is the perception of polarization that help drive political engagement, the researchers say.
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Pamela M. Prah (Stateline) Monday, 30 January 2012 |
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Josh Goodman (Stateline) Saturday, 28 January 2012 |
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John Gramlich (Stateline) Thursday, 26 January 2012 |
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TS-Si News Service Tuesday, 24 January 2012 |
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 Melissa Maynard (Stateline) Monday, 23 January 2012 Indianapolis, IN, USA. Is it fair to require workers to pay union fees? That’s the polarizing issue this winter at the state Capitol in Indianapolis.
Republicans believe, based on the input of site selection experts, that a quarter to a half of those companies looking for a place to move or expand their operations rule out states without right-to-work laws. But many Democrats doubt the credibility of those statistics.
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 TS-Si News Service Sunday, 22 January 2012 Waco, TX, USA. Passersby who stopped to answer surveys taken next to churches in the Netherlands and England reported themselves as more politically conservative and more negative toward non-Christians than did people questioned within sight of government buildings — a finding that may be significant when it comes to voting.
The study adds to a growing body of evidence that religious priming can influence both religious and nonreligious people.
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 Pamela M. Prah (Stateline) Saturday, 21 January 2012 Washington, DC, USA. As state lawmakers gather for their 2012 legislative sessions, taxes are emerging as a key issue, with at least half a dozen Republican governors pressing for sweeping tax cuts and just as many Democrats pushing for tax increases.
One of the biggest tax battles will be in New Jersey, where Governor Chris Christie is calling for an across-the-board 10 percent cut in the state income tax.
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 Christine Vestal (Stateline) Friday, 20 January 2012 Washington, DC, USA. Less than a year from now, states will have to prove to Washington that they are capable of running a health insurance exchange on their own, or the federal government will create one for them.
The way it looks now, only a handful of states are likely to make that deadline.
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 Ben Wieder (Stateline) Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Montgomery, AL, USA. Weeks before Alabama’s legislative session is scheduled to begin, Governor Robert Bentley has sparked debate among legislators about a proposal to use money earmarked for education to fill other holes in the budget.
The Republican governor, entering his second year in office, plans to ask the legislature to approve a constitutional amendment to combine the state’s Education Trust Fund, drawn from income and sales taxes, with the separate General Fund, which pays for oth
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Ben Wieder (Stateline) Friday, 13 January 2012 |
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Christine Vestal (Stateline) Thursday, 12 January 2012 |
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Pamela M. Prah (Stateline) Wednesday, 11 January 2012 |
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John Gramlich (Stateline) Tuesday, 10 January 2012 |
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TS-Si News Service Monday, 09 January 2012 |
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Maggie Clark (Stateline) Friday, 06 January 2012 |
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TS-Si News Service Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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Jim Malewitz (Stateline) Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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