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Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort
BRIAN SKOLOFF,Associated PressTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically...Tags: Theft, Mental Health, Diane Sawyer , New York City, Shootings
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Ariz. House OKs ban on abortions after 20 weeks
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature has approved an anti-abortion bill that includes generally banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The House's vote of 37-22 on Tuesday sends the bill to Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican who has signed...Tags: Arizona Legislature, Social Issues, Abortion
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Political, legal fights over school vouchers' fate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable. He was failing in his neighborhood...
Tags: Rick Scott, John Boehner, Washington, DC, Judges, Tea Party Movement
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Bill would free state from health care law
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterRepublicans in the Indiana General Assembly have picked up a tool that's becoming increasingly popular among opponents of the federal health care overhaul enacted two years ago. Whether the effort is a serious attempt to reform health care or merely a...Tags: Healthcare Laws, Republican Party, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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Just Plain Rude
I can’t remember the last time I missed a State of the Union address. Even if it was a President I often disagreed with on policy, I still watched. Even if I disagreed, at least I would have some idea where the President was coming from. Still I...Tags: Boston Bruins, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Politics, Deval Patrick
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AZ lawmakers recognize intern who helped Giffords
PHOENIX (AP) — A 20-year-old intern to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has received a standing ovation at the Arizona Capitol for helping the congresswoman after a deadly shooting. Daniel Hernandez started working with Giffords just five days...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Daniel Hernandez, Tucson, Gabrielle Giffords, Laws
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2nd person denied Ariz. transplant coverage dies
PHOENIX (AP) — A spokeswoman for a Tucson hospital says a second person denied transplant coverage by Arizona has died. University Medical Center spokeswoman Jo Marie Gellerman says the unidentified person died Dec. 28 at another medical...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Tucson, Health, Arizona
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AZ lawmakers grapple with transplant coverage cut
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's elimination of Medicaid coverage for some transplants last fall to help close a budget gap is still an issue for state legislators even as they consider additional health care cuts. Lawmakers have introduced numerous bills...Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance, Democratic Party, Health
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GOP governors undermine Obama agenda in states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Their ranks swollen after the last election, Republican governors from Florida to Alaska are undermining President Barack Obama's agenda at every turn ahead of the Democrat's 2012 re-election campaign.
Some are rejecting...Tags: Economic Stimulus Plan, Washington, DC, Judges, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
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U.S. appeals court strikes down Arizona ban on abortions at 20 weeks
ReutersBy Dan Whitcomb May 21 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate...Tags: Women's Health, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Executive Branch
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Appeals court strikes down Arizona ban on abortions at 20 weeks
Reuters(Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate pregnancies until a fetus is...Tags: Women's Health, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Executive Branch
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Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld
TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....
Tags: Immigration, Labor Legislation, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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