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Missouri lawmakers open 2013 session with plans for tax cuts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers convened their 2013 session with Republican supermajorities controlling both the House and Senate. Republicans have made tax cuts one of their top priorities for the 97th General Assembly, which runs from Wednesday...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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Federal budget battle leaves OACAC in limbo
areynolds@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., battle over spending cuts, many here deal with a lot of uncertainty, thanks to the delays. One agency that doesn’t know how much funding it will receive is the Ozarks Area Community Action...Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Finance, Personal Income, Head Start
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Committee makes choices for panel to discuss Springfield discrimination ordinance
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The City Council’s Public Involvement Committee narrowed down a list of 48 applicants to a recommended seven members and two alternates at its meeting on Monday. The recommended slate will go to Mayor Bob Stephens for review....
Tags: Discrimination, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Human Rights
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Area gun dealers sell out of inventory after school shooting
ewood@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- the rush to buy guns and ammunition that started the day after a Connecticut school shooting is still going strong. Local guns dealers said the surge in firearms sales started Dec. 15, the day after the school massacre in Connecticut....Tags: Barack Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Shootings, Interior Policy, Inventories
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Gov. Nixon's second term starts with icy ceremony (read his short speech here)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's second term began with a chill. The air was 24 degrees on Monday as the governor took his oath of office. Earlier, he and the first lady rode in an inaugural parade to the Capitol, then watched as a...
Tags: Executive Branch, Festive Events, John Ashcroft , Church and State Relations, Science and Technology
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Election results: Arkansas races and issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Republicans and Democrats in the Arkansas Legislature vow to find common ground on divisive issues after voters handed Republicans control of the state Senate but left the balance of power in the House up in the air. Tuesday's...
Tags: Executive Branch, Mike Beebe, Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...Tags: U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Jimmy Carter, Internal Revenue Service
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Pressure builds on U.S. officials to take heat for IRS scandal
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Pressure was building on Monday for the Obama administration to fire more people linked to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, possibly including...Tags: Taxation, Vern Buchanan, Max Baucus, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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Canada's Harper under cloud after chief of staff resigns
ReutersOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper was under intense pressure on Monday to reassure voters that his administration is above reproach amid questions surrounding a secret check paid to Senator Mike Duffy. "There's been...Tags: Parties and Movements, Parliament, Religion and Belief, Stephen Harper, National Government
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Fundraising, Breast Cancer, Tim Johnson
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Nancy Pelosi - 'I'm proudly liberal'
Financial TimesNancy Pelosi is beaming as she bustles into the House of Representatives dining room on Capitol Hill, which combines the busyness of a staff cafeteria with the grace of a late 19th-century reception room. A large painting of George Washington on the...Tags: Steaks, Health Care Reform (2009), Social Issues, Human Rights, Lifestyle and Leisure
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