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Senate panel supports California 'fracking' moratorium
PolitiCalA state Senate panel has approved legislation that would ban the use of hydraulic fracturing in California until regulators write rules governing the controversial procedure.... -
Congress looks at boosting JPL budget
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s missions to Mars have gotten a boost from congressional leaders, who this week found up to $100 million more for NASA’s planetary science program. The White House’s initial proposal for the 2013 NASA budget...
Tags: NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Budgets and Budgeting, Science and Technology, Adam Schiff
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Army Corps of Engineers picks up pace for Asian carp study
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, widely accused of moving too slowly to prevent Asian carp and other exotic species from invading the Great Lakes, will release a short list of possible solutions next year to quicken...
Tags: Dave Camp, Lakes and Ponds, Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics
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PA Senate Version of State Budget Gives More Cash to Education
Staff reporterThe State Senate Appropriations Committee passes its own version of the state budget. The committee's plan restores some of the money that Governor Tom Corbett's plan cut. " I think the senate is sending a clear message that the governor`s budget is...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Regional Authority, Government, Eugene DePasquale, Tom Corbett
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Former Sen. James Abdnor dead
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor, the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the Senate only to lose his seat after one term to another prominent Democrat, has died. He was 89. Abdnor, who was a farmer, teacher and World War II veteran...Tags: Government, Ronald Reagan, Spring Training, Bob Dole, World War II (1939-1945)
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Sen. Juan Vargas pet-grooming bill goes to Senate floor
A bill by a local legislator to create a voluntary certification program for the pet- grooming industry was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week. The bill, authored by Sen. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, an effort to prevent...Tags: Juan Vargas, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Facebook
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San Fernando and San Gabriel valley reps look to curb helicopter noise
Unable to get their "Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act" off the ground, the bill’s sponsors are implementing a Plan B to nudge federal officials, at the very least, to study ways to address neighborhood complaints about...
Tags: Health, Bob Hope, Plan B (drug), Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration
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Congress asked to OK $43 million for more multienforcement aircraft
arnoldp@herald-mail.comA top official at the Sierra Nevada Corp. plant near Hagerstown said Wednesday that federal funding is being sought to enable the company to continue producing special surveillance planes for U.S. Customs and Border Protection through 2013. Jack...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Department of Defense, Elections, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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PASSINGS: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bob Boozer, Jim Abdnor, Chuck Brown, Herbert Breslin
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Renowned baritone championed German lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 86, a renowned baritone who led a worldwide revival in popularity for German lieder, died in his sleep Friday at his home in the southern German city of...Tags: Health, College Basketball, Europe, National Basketball Association, Sports
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Corman: Taxpayer return on higher education merits public investment.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekPennsylvania's $1 Billion Investment ... ... in higher education yields a return to the taxpayers in the form of lower tuition for in-state students, access to higher education for lower-income students and it spurs economic development in host... -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: Moving The Budget Dominoes.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. In case you missed it yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee got the next set of budget dominoes in line as it voted, along party lines, to send the $27.65 billion budget plan approved by the...... -
PA Open Records Office Gets A Boost In Senate GOP Budget.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekThe Pennsylvania Office of Open Records ... ... which had been set for flat-funding at $1.17 million in the Corbett administration's budget proposal would see its funding increased to $1.35 million in the Senate GOP budget plan that cleared the......
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