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Developers break ground on 2 downtown SLC hotels
Real-estate developers are breaking ground on downtown Salt Lake City's first new hotels since a Hyatt Place was built in 2009. The additions are for specialized segments of the hotel industry and won't satisfy the needs of the nearby Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center, which needs a much ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
May 13 Oakland Tribune: "Disclose source of money for all California political ads" "I'm Barack Obama, and I approve this message." Voters are used to that tagline on political ads, and most get the idea behind the decade-old law requiring it in federal campaigns. Known as the Stand By Your ...
Calif. bill would limit local immigrant detentions
People living in the country illegally could not be detained for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime, under a bill passed Thursday by the California Assembly. The measure from Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, would create a statewide standard for how local agencies should comply with a ...
Perry shrugs off claim he's derailing budget talks
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday shrugged off suggestions by top Democrats that his office is holding up delicate negotiations on the Texas budget by pressuring Republicans to steer money away from public education. The governor, holding a special ceremony to sign into law a measure that aims to protect against ...
Ga. Rep. Brooks of Atlanta indicted for wire fraud
Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks has been charged in a 30-count federal grand jury indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns, U.S. District Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Thursday. The allegations involve the Atlanta Democrat's relationship with Universal Humanities, a charity he founded in 1990, and ...
Bill to protect disabled from assault advances
Lawmakers are sending the governor a bill to close a loophole in Connecticut's sexual assault statutes. The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to approve legislation making it easier to prosecute offenders who sexually assault people with severe physical and developmental disabilities. The bill, which passed the House of Representatives last week, ...
Bill creating emergency water permits advances
Permits allowing livestock owners in drought stricken areas emergency access to water moves closer to law with an Assembly committee's nod of approval. The Assembly Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed SB134 on Thursday. It's a response to a system flaw revealed last year when ranchers tried to get water for ...
Bill promotes violence-awareness in Calif. schools
The state Senate approved a bill on Thursday that would require education officials to create lesson plans about violence in American culture — the Legislature's latest reaction to mass shootings last year elsewhere in the nation. Under SB552, individual schools could decide whether to include the lessons in curriculum. The ...
Mattress recycling bill moves to Conn. governor
Connecticut lawmakers are sending the governor a bill that would create a recycling program for old mattresses. The state Senate passed legislation Thursday, 28-8, creating a nonprofit council of mattress producers and retailers that would develop a plan for managing discarded mattresses. Foam, metal, cotton and wood inside mattresses is ...
Recordings: Ex-speaker told of tax bill concerns
Former Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan knew that tobacco shop owners were worried about a tax increase proposal and that they were seeking his help in defeating it, but Donovan insisted he didn't kill the measure when it didn't come up for a vote in last year's regular session, according ...
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