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After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-...
Tags: Mark Sanford, Politics, Unemployment Benefits, Gun Control, Behavioral Conditions
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Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting President Barack Obama back in the White House. Kindergarten basics. "If we want...
Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Bobby Jindal, Politics, Barack Obama
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Pence travels for governor training, networking
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Incoming Gov. Mike Pence is heading west this week to get his bearings as he shifts from the legislative branch to the executive. Pence's transition team announced Tuesday he would travel to a meeting of the Republican Governors...
Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Regional Authority
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$1m donation to Pence campaign brings scrutiny
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The largest single donation to an Indiana gubernatorial candidate in nearly a decade is raising questions about a loophole between federal and state election laws that critics say makes it impossible to know who supplied the...Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Internal Revenue Service, Casino and Gambling Industry, Mitch Daniels, Companies and Corporations
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Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure
ReutersRICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama. So far, the answer is: maybe....Tags: Abortion, Politics, Barack Obama, Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut), Social Movements
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Jindal, Walker urge Obama to appoint special prosecutor in IRS targeting of conservatives
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican governors are urging President Barack Obama to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's admission that it targeted conservative political groups. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Career and Workplace, Bobby Jindal, Washington, DC, Politics
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GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy social media experts and software designers to improve communications with voters,...
Tags: Board of Directors, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Republican Party, Politics, Washington, DC
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GOP governors take a pragmatic turn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican governors who worked to thwart much of President Barack Obama's first-term agenda are shifting gears and softening their rhetoric now that his run was extended for four more years and they're facing their own re-...
Tags: Citizens Initiative and Recall, Rick Snyder, Government Health Care, Washington, DC, Politics
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As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: Meet the Press (tv program), Annapolis, Politics, Washington, DC, Kumar P Barve
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Romney inadvertently shows why he lost
Defeated presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who helped do himself in with his closed-door characterization of nearly half of all Americans as content to live off federal handouts, wasted no time doubling down on the theory. He did so in a conference call...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Bobby Jindal, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama
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Wednesday Morning Coffee: State university faculty frustrated on contract talks.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're running a little late this morning, so we'll just dive right into a quick round- up of the day's political headlines. Think of this of the ADHD version of Capitol Ideas, which already has...... -
El futuro habla espanol (The future speaks Spanish)
WASHINGTON -- The new year has begun with an avalanche of Republican retrospectives: What went wrong? What must the GOP do? In attempting to navigate my own thoughts, I keep bumping into advice my father gave me a long time ago: "Learn Spanish. You will...
Tags: Republican Party, Bobby Jindal, Politics, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio
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