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Ind. schools seeing more success with tax hikes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes, say...Tags: Taxation, Referenda, Politics, Elections
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Polls open for special elections in Michigan
Polls in Michigan are open for the 2013 special elections. Some voters in our area are deciding on several important issues, including how much tax money they are willing to spend on education. Several school issues are on the ballots for voters to...
Tags: Stevensville, Politics, Elections
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Parties propose vote center locations
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Members of the St. Joseph County vote center committee began to hash out possible locations Wednesday. Both major political parties provided lists of suggested locations. From a list of 45 possible locations from the Democrats and 30 from...Tags: Politics, Elections, Local Elections
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With a population of 658, Snyder clears way for recently-endangered wolves to be hunted
Additional information from WSBT-TVTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that takes the decision to hunt or not hunt wolves out of voters' hands. It clears the way to schedule Michigan's first gray wolf hunting season since the animal was driven to...Tags: Energy Resources, Conservation, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Rick Snyder
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Wolf hunt opponents: Legislation an attempt to suppress voice of the people
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led state Senate approved legislation Thursday that could block a group's effort to ban wolf hunting in Michigan and make hunting and fishing rights a part of the state constitution. Wolves were taken off the...
Tags: Energy Resources, Referenda, Conservation, Wildlife, Endangered Species
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Niles panel mulling even-year elections
South Bend TribuneNILES -- It appears odd-year elections, except for the special variety, may be on their way out in the city of Niles. The Niles City Council approved without comment on Monday night a 12-item consent agenda in which one of the measures called for...Tags: Primaries, Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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Second guilty plea in St. Joseph County ballot petition fraud scandal
A second person accused of ballot petition fraud admitted Tuesday she certified ballot petitions that had fake signatures, but Bam Brunette said she never forged any signatures to get Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on the 2008 presidential primary...
Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Prosecution, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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Indiana secretary of state talks vote centers with county elections officials
WSBT-TVStay with precincts or switch to vote centers? It's a question that Indiana counties will have to decide but they are getting some help from the state in the form of information. The Indiana Secretary of State held a regional meeting on vote...Tags: Regional Elections, Polls, Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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Former St. Joseph Co. registration worker pleads guilty in ballot petition fraud
She pleaded guilty to forgery and ballot petition fraud but if Bev Shelton cooperates with prosecutors, she might not get any jail time. Shelton is one of three people accused of forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana's...
Tags: Primaries, Prosecution, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections
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Vote center committee to have plan by midsummer
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The vote center committee has set a goal for a recommendation on center locations and a plan by midsummer. The committee members met for the first time Wednesday evening to begin discussions for what a switch to vote center voting, as...Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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Catholic church has new pope; white smoke rises
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals elected a new pope to lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics on Wednesday, overcoming deep divisions to select the 266th pontiff in a remarkably fast conclave. Tens of thousands of people who braved cold rain to watch...
Tags: Benedict XVI, John Paul II, Christianity, Odilo Pedro Scherer, Roman Catholicism
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Black smoke again: Cardinals don't agree on pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals remained divided over who should be pope on Wednesday after three rounds of voting, an indication of disagreements about the direction of the Catholic church following the upheaval unleashed by Pope Benedict XVI's...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Odilo Pedro Scherer, Marc Ouellet
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