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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: Social Issues, Government, Insurance, 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, Social Issues, Michele Bachmann, Democratic Party, Gays and Lesbians
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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. Cabinet, Government, Regional Authority, Politics, Civil and Public Service
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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: Diabetes, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Personal Income, Government
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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, Business
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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, Regional Authority, Politics, Republican 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: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Regional Authority, Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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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, Hunting, Environmental Issues, Politics, Voting
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Push continues to fix Mich.'s indigent defense
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Almost five years have passed since a study showed poor criminal defendants are routinely processed through Michigan's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney in violation of the Constitution. It has been nearly a...Tags: Laws, Prosecution, Parties and Movements, Politics, Lawyers
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GOP official likens Mich. House speaker to Hitler
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Oakland County's outspoken Republican executive likened House Speaker Jase Bolger to Adolf Hitler on Friday, saying the "arrogant" Republican embarrassed himself by removing Democrats from committee assignments. L. Brooks...Tags: Public Officials, Government, Politics, Rick Snyder, Republican Party
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