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Wis. budget committee to take up DNA upon arrest
The Legislature's powerful finance committee is expected to review Gov. Scott Walker's plan to take DNA from anyone arrested for a felony and anyone convicted of any crime. Right now Wisconsin collects DNA only from convicted felons and sex offenders. Walker's executive budget lays out nearly $6 million for the ...
NH Senate considering legalizing medical marijuana
The Senate is voting whether New Hampshire should join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana to treat their conditions. The Senate votes Thursday on a House bill that would legalize marijuana use and possession by patients with conditions such as ...
Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records
The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims' family members, according to a working draft of a bill released Wednesday by the governor's office. The bill, crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. ...
Texas Senate OKs expanding virtual course network
The Senate has approved a proposal to expand the state's network of virtual school courses online and allow it to include more private courses. The measure cleared the House earlier this month. It passed the Senate 26-5 late Wednesday night, but with modifications that will send it back to the ...
Senate to have say on Common Core standards
A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the state Senate. The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday advanced a resolution that calls on state education officials to stop implementation of the Common Core standards, which ...
Injured volunteer seeks payment from lost hiker
A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness says he deserves restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges. Nick Papageorge, 20, said after Nic Cendoya's arraignment was postponed Wednesday that his medical bills could total $350,000, City ...
Iowa education director quits for Colorado job
As the state Legislature was nearing approval of significant changes to Iowa's public school system, the Iowa Department of Education director accepted a job Wednesday as superintendent of a Colorado school district. Eagle County School District in Colorado announced that Iowa Education Department Director Jason Glass accepted the job. He ...
Senate approves new Rio Grande Valley university
A plan to merge two South Texas universities into one and create a new medical school cleared one of its last hurdles Wednesday night with a final vote of approval by the state Senate. The unanimous vote sends Gov. Rick Perry a project that has enjoyed broad support among higher ...
Racial Justice Act repeal heard by NC House panel
Opponents of a measure to repeal North Carolina's law that created another method to challenge racial bias in death row cases pleaded with House members Wednesday to preserve the Racial Justice Act and prevent the acceleration of capital punishment. The measure, which passed the Senate last month, got a hearing ...
Ohio bill would extend Medicaid, add cost sharing
A Republican state lawmaker submitted a bill Wednesday to expand Medicaid to thousands more low-income Ohioans, with the hope that by adding changes such as copayments for some of the newly eligible that she could sway more of her GOP colleagues to back the idea. The plan from state Rep. ...
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