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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: Government, Interior Policy, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Elections, Mary Fallin
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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: Government, U.S. Senate, Social Issues, Barack Obama, Regional Authority
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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: Government, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Politics
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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: Mitch Daniels, Government, Casino and Gambling Industry, Justice System, Mike Pence
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O'Malley wins 2nd term; GOP controls U.S. House
Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley cruised to a second term Tuesday - and with it, won the opportunity to guide the state in what he hopes will be an improving economy - while Republican former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. suffered a second consecutive...
Tags: Government, Timonium, Howard County, Annapolis, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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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: Government, U.S. Senate, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Same-Sex Marriage, Bob Schieffer
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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: Government, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regional Authority, The New York Times
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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: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Reince Priebus, eHarmony, Board of Directors, Barack Obama
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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: Government, Interior Policy, Bob McDonnell, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC
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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...... -
Corbett named to RGA leadership team.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekThis one comes courtesy of our pals at Early Returns at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Just in time for the Republican Governors Association's meeting in Sin City, Gov. Tom Corbett has been tapped for an eight-member executive committee, the group... -
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: Government, U.S. Senate, Bob Menendez, Family, Social Issues
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