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Outdoors: 'Money Mouth' works
South Bend TribuneIf you want to market new lures, you better prove that they catch fish if you expect them to sell. Well, Curtiss Werner of Osceola is doing just that. The co-founder of Money Mouth Baits used his lures exclusively to win the Indiana Bass Federation&...Tags: Fishing, Conservation, Lifestyle and Leisure, Potatoes, Environmental Issues
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Outdoors: Fees rising for non-residents
South Bend TribuneHoosiers who enjoy fishing in Michigan better savor it this year. If new license fees are approved, it will cost you a lot more in 2014. Gov. Rick Snyder wants the Michigan DNR to reduce its different types of licenses from 227 to 31 and increase...Tags: Hunting, Turkey (animal), Turkey, Lifestyle and Leisure
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GOP governors embrace Obamacare
WASHINGTON -- "It is not a white flag of surrender," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. This was technically true: Scott did not wave a banner of any color when he announced Wednesday that he wants Florida to expand Medicaid, a key piece of Obamacare....
Tags: Justice System, John Kasich, Tea Party Movement, Executive Branch, Lawyers
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Outdoors: Support grows for sportsmen rights
South Bend TribuneIn case you haven’t heard, Indiana sportsmen are closer to having a Constitutional right to fish and hunt. Wait a minute, you say; don’t we already have that right? Of course we do. But backers of proposed legislation at the statehouse...Tags: Regional Elections, Executive Branch, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance
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Paying for overreach
When unions in the state sought to put collective bargaining in the state Constitution voters took exception to that in November -- overwhelmingly as it turned out. And with that trick, state Republicans figured now is the time to make Michigan a right to...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics
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A right to words that work
Words have power. If anyone wonders whether conservatives have taken the lead in effective political catchphrases, the term "right to work" should remove all doubt. The phrase has popped up a lot in the news lately after Republican Gov. Rick Snyder...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Executive Branch, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, United Auto Workers
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The irrelevance of right-to-work laws
Some people love right-to-work laws, and some people really hate them. The reaction in Michigan when Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed one has been not only spirited but downright violent at times. The public was so fierce and divided that I was afraid...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Government, William Goldman, Unions
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Michigan law shows unions must change or die
Amid the hubbub over the fiscal cliff these past few weeks, an important event happened Dec. 11 that many Americans probably missed: The union movement was struck a critical blow in the state it calls home. That day, a "right to work" law was passed...Tags: United Auto Workers, Labor Legislation, Fox News Channel (tv network), Fiscal Cliff, Crime, Law and Justice
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Striking while the iron is still hot, Gov. Snyder tackles roads
After the Newtown, CT., shooting, President Obama said he would move forward quickly on gun safety and control matters and he did that just more than a month after the incident that killed 26, including 20 children. Signing executive orders and pushing...Tags: Justice and Rights, Gun Control, Lobbying, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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Michigan Latest Sign Unions Losing Ground
The Hartford CourantRick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan's labor leaders. The state's mild-mannered Republican governor, currently in his first term in his first public office, has rarely been accused of being, or praised for being, a fire-breathing...Tags: Executive Branch, Mitch Daniels, Unions, Scott Walker, Employees
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Is there a Republican Party war on women?
Is the Republican Party really pursuing a war on women? Well, yes and no to that question. Is it the official position of the Republican Party to strip away women's rights? No, with the caveat that if you are in favor of abortion rights then you're...Tags: Labor Legislation, Executive Branch, Abortion, Feminism, Todd Akin
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A healthy dose of skepticism
Armageddon has arrived. That is if you listen to the Republican tirades following the Supreme Court’s decision over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Most of it revolves around repeal and then replace, although there are no...Tags: Ron Wyden, Fox News Channel (tv network), Mitt Romney, Scott Walker, Health
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Aug 27, 2012
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Jul 9, 2012
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