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MA: Study — $2.1M damage bills for workers’ road wrecks
Posted March 9, 2012 by By Dave Wedge
State workers have racked up more than $2 million in damages to taxpayer-funded cars and trucks, slamming them into trees, poles, fire hydrants, toll booths, deer and other vehicles from Pittsfield to Provincetown — with scores of employees invol…
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KY: Stivers says legislature may need to help tornado victims
Posted March 9, 2012 by By Staff
Two senators said Thursday that the General Assembly may need to act in the remaining days of its 2012 session to assist tornado victims.
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KS: New arts agency proposed; funding under review
Posted March 9, 2012 by By Scott Rothschild
Arts advocates on Thursday supported legislation forming a new state creative industries commission but said it must be adequately funded to offset the effect of Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of arts funding last year.
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KS: Arts advocates expect to crowd Statehouse
Posted March 9, 2012 by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arts advocates are planning to converge on the Kansas Statehouse as legislative committees review Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal for arts funding.
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ID: Idaho bill gives school building fund flexibility
Posted March 9, 2012 by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The state Board of Education is seeking more flexibility in using a fund created in 2006 after Idaho’s method of paying for school construction was deemed unconstitutional.
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ID: Idaho bill restores school enrollment protections
Posted March 9, 2012 by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Idaho would restore funding protections for schools with enrollment declines, but shift the cost to the districts, with each giving up a small portion of their per-student funding.
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HI: Abercrombie says administration has overcome deficit in dollars and confidence
Posted March 9, 2012 by By Treena Shapiro, The Associated Press
Gov. Neil Abercrombie believes his administration has moved past the negativity that clouded its first legislative session.
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ID: Feds challenge Sen. Hart’s immunity claim
Posted March 9, 2012 by By Betsy Z. Russell
The U.S. Justice Department wants a federal judge to toss out Idaho Rep. Phil Hart’s arguments that his status as a state legislator should bar IRS claims against him for back taxes.
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HI: House Finance Committee budget draft highlights critical needs, enhanced public services
Posted March 9, 2012 by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The House Finance Committee has advanced a draft of the state budget that focuses on critical needs.
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GA: Lawmakers gut Deal’s tax credit proposal
Posted March 9, 2012 by By Ray Henry
State lawmakers have gutted a proposal to sweeten tax credits for employers who create jobs, a prominent part of Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s agenda to lower the state’s 9.2 percent unemployment rate.