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Michgan lawmakers far apart on cutting caseworkers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday approved vastly different plans to fund public assistance for the poor and protect children from abuse and neglect, with a House panel voting to cut more than 1,000 state jobs, or nearly 9...
Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Government, Justice System, Abusive Behavior
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Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers
ATLANTA (AP) — National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and social conservatives. But weeks after GOP Chairman Reince Priebus unveiled the "Growth...
Tags: Politics, Bobby Jindal, Migration, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Unemployment, U.S. Department of State, National Government, Human Interest
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Obama sends Congress $3.77 trillion spending plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.77 trillion spending blueprint that seeks to achieve an elusive "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits by raising taxes further on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit...
Tags: Politics, Gun Control, Prescription Drugs, Barack Obama, Consumer Confidence
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Top White House aide: GOP must cooperate on budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Sunday warned Republicans that a "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations and told its Democratic allies that they, too, will have to bend on President...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Television Industry, White House
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Michigan Legislature starts passing budget plans
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lawmakers began setting the table Wednesday for how to spend $49 billion in the next Michigan budget, with big disputes to be resolved next month over expanding Medicaid, boosting road maintenance, giving tax credits for movie-...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Credit and Debt, Government, Health Insurance
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Michigan House drops penalties for labor contracts
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans who control the Michigan House are dropping plans to punish public universities, schools and local governments that signed unusually long labor contracts before the state's right-to-work law took effect in March....
Tags: Politics, Rick Snyder, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Bill allows refusal of health care on moral basis
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — For 35 years, Michigan law has protected health care providers who refuse to perform an abortion on moral or religious grounds. Hospitals and clinics can't be sued. Doctors and nurses can't lose their jobs for objecting to...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Abortion Issue, Abortion, Health and Safety at Work
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Bill allows refusal of health care on moral basis
LANSING (AP) — For 35 years, Michigan law has protected health care providers who refuse to perform an abortion on moral or religious grounds. Hospitals and clinics can't be sued. Doctors and nurses can't lose their jobs for objecting to...
Tags: Politics, Abortion Issue, Religion and Belief, Abortion, Health and Safety at Work
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Snyder wants big changes to Michigan auto insurance
LANSING (AP) — Michigan drivers would pay at least $125 less a year for car insurance but lose unlimited lifetime medical benefits if catastrophically injured in a crash under legislation announced Thursday by Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican...
Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Government, Nursing Homes, Labor Legislation
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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday, rejecting calls to tighten background checks on firearms buyers as they...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Barack Obama, Chuck Grassley, Washington, DC
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Obama visible but cautious in Boston response
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, President Barack Obama has aimed to be both visible and cautious in his response, declaring the attack an "act of terror" while warning the nation against jumping to conclusions....
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, White House, Mitt Romney, Terrorism
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