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2013/06/20 11:19

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Everything you need to know about how the Supreme...

... addition to the list. Lawmakers legalized it there just last month, making the state the first in the Midwest in which the legislature passed the law. (Iowa legalized gay marriage following...

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2013/06/20 07:45

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Ohio Considers Unprecedented New Abortion Restric...

... as a staple of his recent three-point plan to revitalize the GOP. “[W]e are going to push Republican congressional leaders to defund the monstrosity that is Planned Parenthood,” Santorum...

2013/06/20 06:09

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EDITORIAL: Pa. House, Senate need to resolve diff...

... 10-day flurry to meet Gov. Tom Corbett’s demand for action by the July 1 budget deadline. The Legislature will leave for summer recess after that. And considering that next year is an election...

2013/06/20 06:04

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State senators eye 401K-style public pension plan

... slash $12 billion from the future pension benefits of current public employees is dead in the Republican-controlled state Senate after a key committee voted unanimously Wednesday to strip it...

2013/06/20 05:06

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Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

... little patience for purported adults who insist there is no substantive difference between a first- or second-term fetus and a "baby." There is even less reason to indulge cynical politicians...

2013/06/20 04:58

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Ohio lawmakers discuss, question abortion bill re...

... to perform an ultrasound or to attempt to talk the mother out of having one," said Hood, a Republican from Ashville. The bill states that doctors would have to describe to women "all...

2013/06/20 04:40

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People and places that shaped West Virginia

... the state’s mentally ill from 1864 to 1994. 41. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church: The first Mother’s Day observance in the United States took place at this church in Grafton on May 10,...

2013/06/20 04:23

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Maine House fails to override veto of Medicaid ex...

... — Reps. Matt Peterson of Rumford and Paulette Beaudoin of Biddeford — turned out for the first veto override vote. And Democratic Leader Seth Berry voted at first to sustain the veto, a...

2013/06/20 04:12

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New Campaign Finance Rules Meant Rolling Back Som...

... the court ruled that political spending by corporations is protected speech under the First Amendment. Because outside spending cannot be limited, Democrats argued, eliminating limits on...

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2013/06/20 02:58

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McCrory initiatives designed to boost employment ...

RALEIGH Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who took office five months ago promising to shake up the status quo after 20 years of Democratic rule, saw his change agenda pick up momentum Wednesday. The...

2013/06/20 02:27

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North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restar...

... death-row inmates, including whites, sought relief under the act. Governor Pat McCrory, a Republican, said repealing the law would remove the "procedural roadblocks" that had kept North...

2013/06/20 02:02

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Ohio lawmakers offer 2 bills to change Medicaid

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Ohio are unlikely to clear the Legislature before lawmakers break at the end of the month, the Republican leader of the House said...

2013/06/20 00:32

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Amid hot debate, sweeping abortion regulations he...

... back in we would be elated, that would make it an even stronger bill," said Graham. Senate Republicans argued their main purpose in passing SB 5 was to make abortions safer, but a message...

2013/06/20 00:14

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La. Gov. Signs Law Allowing Students to Gather fo...

... proper guidelines to students so they know their religious rights without violating the First Amendment. State Rep. Jackson told local KLFY news station that in a similar way to...

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