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Michigan proposal bans insurance coverage of abortion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A citizen-led measure would prohibit Michigan health insurance plans from covering elective abortion unless individuals or businesses buy a supplemental policy. A group called No Taxes for Abortion Insurance soon plans to...
Tags: Insurance, Social Issues, Government, Politics, Abortion
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Gov. Rick Snyder to get bill to make up snow days
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan schools with too many snow days may avoid having to schedule extra days in June. But students still may not be happy with the remedy. The House gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would let schools schedule longer...
Tags: Government, Politics, Rick Snyder
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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago:...
Tags: Marriage, Mark Dayton, Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Democratic Party
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'Doc' laid to rest
BREMEN — Hundreds gathered along the streets of downtown Bremen today to bid farewell to their beloved “Doc.” Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former Indiana governor, secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. House of Representatives, Human Interest, Government, Mitch Daniels
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Indiana Statehouse ceremony honors late Gov. Bowen
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence bowed his head in silence Wednesday during a solemn Statehouse memorial for former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as an honor guard posted in the domed Rotunda kept watch over the late governor's official state portrait...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Interest, Government, AIDS, Politics
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Indiana governor signs $30B state budget into law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence signed Indiana's new two-year, $30 billion budget into law Wednesday, praising its tax relief measures and other provisions as incentives that would lure new investment and jobs to the state. The Republican...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Employment Opportunities, Government, Politics, Personal Income
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Indiana agency OKs money to legislator's company
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Leaders of a state agency have approved $345,000 in economic incentives for a company started by a top Republican legislator and his son following a review sought by Gov. Mike Pence. The governor asked the Indiana Economic...Tags: Government, Politics, Regional Authority, Republican Party
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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: Voting, Government, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Elections
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UPDATE: Bowen remembered in Bremen
BREMEN – Today, family, friends and dignitaries gathered to pay their final respects to a former Indiana governor from Bremen. Visitation was being held for the late Otis “Doc” Bowen, who died last weekend at the age of 95. Bowen...
Tags: Government, Politics
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Lieutenant governor visits ND, meets business and agriculture leaders
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann said she found local business owners enthusiastic to have a dialogue with state officials. "Local business leaders said they saw an ability to work toward economic development...Tags: Local Government, University of Notre Dame, Business Enterprises, Government, Science and Technology
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Former Indiana Gov. Bowen dead at 95, funeral to be held in Bremen
Former Indiana Governor Otis "Doc" Bowen, a man with strong ties to our area, has passed away. He was 95 years old. Indiana's current Governor Mike Pence made the announcement Sunday afternoon. And since that time, we've been working the phones, talking...
Tags: Human Interest, Government, AIDS, Politics, Elections
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IU remembers Bowen as student, professor, leader
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is remembering former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as a former IU student and professor whose accomplishments "place him among the giants of Indiana history." McRobbie says Bowen "was...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Government, Politics, Drugs and Medicines, Indiana University
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