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Cuccinelli says Virginia legislature has never failed to pass a budget
By Sean Gorman May 6, 2013

"We have never gone a year in Virginia -- ever -- without passing a budget -- ever."

Isakson close to the mark on ports claim
By Eric Stirgus May 6, 2013

"The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia."

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern ties right-to-work states with unemployment
By Tom Feran May 6, 2013

"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."

Sanfelippo says bill puts Milwaukee County Board spending in line with other major counties
By Dave Umhoefer May 5, 2013

Says a state bill checks the spending habits of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors by "bringing it in line with other county boards around…

Chris Christie says spending in proposed FY14 budget still below Jon Corzine’s, Barbara Buono’s FY08 budget
By Caryn Shinske May 5, 2013

"We’re spending less money today, in upcoming fiscal year 2014 than the Corzine-Buono budget spent in fiscal year 2008."

Gun rights advocate says proposed Rhode Island laws will outlaw virtually every firearm and make it nearly impossible to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. May 5, 2013

Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly…

Did Metro flip-flop on whether it could use bond money for restoration?
By Janie Har May 4, 2013

Metro on whether it could use bond money for restoration.

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says gun dealers whose licenses are revoked for misconduct can sell their inventories free from background checks
By Michael McKinney May 4, 2013

"If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law…

League says opponents of bond package say approval would double Austin district’s “debt load”
By W. Gardner Selby May 3, 2013

Says opponents of proposed Austin school district bonds say the district’s "debt load doubles with these new bonds."

Guide says proponents of bond package say Austin school district’s debt tax rate is second-lowest among Central Texas districts
By W. Gardner Selby May 3, 2013

Says proponents of a bond package for the Austin school district say the district has the second-lowest bond tax rate "among the Central Texas area…

Was Broward County one of three counties ‘pivotal’ for Obama?
By Amy Sherman May 3, 2013

Broward County was one of three counties in the nation "pivotal to an Obama victory" in 2012.

Forbes says Army training program listed evangelical Christians and al-Qaida as extremists
May 3, 2013

The U.S. Army had a training program that put "evangelical Christians, Catholics and Mormons in the same category of religious extremism as we do al-Qaida."

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