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US: Number of death sentences hits a 35-year low
WASHINGTON – The number of state executions continued to decline in 2011, according to an annual report issued Thursday, and for the first time in 35 years, the number of new death sentences meted out fell to below 100.
USA Today
NC: Perdue veto saves death-row appeal law
An attempt by the state's district attorneys, backed by Republican lawmakers, to derail North Carolina's two-year-old law allowing statistical evidence of racial bias to overturn death sentences appears to have failed with the governor's veto of their bill Wednesday.
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
FL: Florida lawmakers see no chance of cellphone driving ban
No way will Florida lawmakers ban the use of cellphones while driving, says state Sen. Jack Latvala. "You know the NRA saying that if they want my gun they'll pry it from my cold dead hands? That's what I think about banning cellphones and driving," said Latvala, R-Clearwater, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. "Absolutely no chance."
St. Petersburg Times
AL: Poll -- Majority say state needs immigration law
Two-thirds of Alabamians said there is a need for the state's new immigration law, but 37 percent believe the current law is unfair, according to a survey by Alabama State University.
Montgomery Advertiser
VA: McDonnell proposes $100M funding boost for Va. colleges
Gov. Bob McDonnell will ask state lawmakers to increase funding for higher education by more than $200 million over the next two years, an amount he described as a "down payment" toward reforms that should slow the escalation of tuition rates at state colleges.
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
PA: State House rejects school-voucher proposal
Gov. Tom Corbett wanted a school voucher program in his Christmas stocking this year, but the legislators decided against giving it to him. In a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to deliver vouchers this fall, state House Republican leaders failed to get majority support for this centerpiece of Corbett's education-reform package.
The Patriot-News (Harrisburg)
OH: State will have one primary March 6
The long, messy process of drawing a new congressional map that won't face a ballot challenge, and picking a lone primary date that doesn't confuse voters and cost Ohio $15 million extra, ended yesterday when House Democrats reluctantly agreed to a deal.
The Columbus Dispatch
WV: PEIA board cuts health care benefits for state workers
Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency's finance board unanimously voted Tuesday to cut health benefits by $18.4 million and take steps that will reduce the plan's long-term liability for retiree premium subsidies by $5 billion.
Charleston Daily Mail
KS: Brownback unveils school plan that would allow districts to raise more money locally
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback waded into the complex waters of school finance Wednesday with a sweeping new plan that would give Johnson County schools their long-sought ability to raise more taxes locally.
Kansas City Star
NV: Nevada going on five years as foreclosure capital of U.S.
Dreary conditions continued in the Nevada residential real estate market in November, with the state leading the nation in foreclosures for the 59th consecutive month.
Las Vegas Sun
WA: Legislature adjourns 17-day special session in Olympia
The Legislature adjourned a 17-day special session Wednesday after voting to close $480 million of the state's $2 billion budget gap. The action, which passed by lopsided and bipartisan votes in the House and Senate, left the tougher budget decisions until lawmakers return Jan. 9 for a regular 60-day session.
The News Tribune (Tacoma)
WASHINGTON – The number of state executions continued to decline in 2011, according to an annual report issued Thursday, and for the first time in 35 years, the number of new death sentences meted out fell to below 100.
USA Today
NC: Perdue veto saves death-row appeal law
An attempt by the state's district attorneys, backed by Republican lawmakers, to derail North Carolina's two-year-old law allowing statistical evidence of racial bias to overturn death sentences appears to have failed with the governor's veto of their bill Wednesday.
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
FL: Florida lawmakers see no chance of cellphone driving ban
No way will Florida lawmakers ban the use of cellphones while driving, says state Sen. Jack Latvala. "You know the NRA saying that if they want my gun they'll pry it from my cold dead hands? That's what I think about banning cellphones and driving," said Latvala, R-Clearwater, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. "Absolutely no chance."
St. Petersburg Times
AL: Poll -- Majority say state needs immigration law
Two-thirds of Alabamians said there is a need for the state's new immigration law, but 37 percent believe the current law is unfair, according to a survey by Alabama State University.
Montgomery Advertiser
VA: McDonnell proposes $100M funding boost for Va. colleges
Gov. Bob McDonnell will ask state lawmakers to increase funding for higher education by more than $200 million over the next two years, an amount he described as a "down payment" toward reforms that should slow the escalation of tuition rates at state colleges.
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
PA: State House rejects school-voucher proposal
Gov. Tom Corbett wanted a school voucher program in his Christmas stocking this year, but the legislators decided against giving it to him. In a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to deliver vouchers this fall, state House Republican leaders failed to get majority support for this centerpiece of Corbett's education-reform package.
The Patriot-News (Harrisburg)
OH: State will have one primary March 6
The long, messy process of drawing a new congressional map that won't face a ballot challenge, and picking a lone primary date that doesn't confuse voters and cost Ohio $15 million extra, ended yesterday when House Democrats reluctantly agreed to a deal.
The Columbus Dispatch
WV: PEIA board cuts health care benefits for state workers
Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency's finance board unanimously voted Tuesday to cut health benefits by $18.4 million and take steps that will reduce the plan's long-term liability for retiree premium subsidies by $5 billion.
Charleston Daily Mail
KS: Brownback unveils school plan that would allow districts to raise more money locally
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback waded into the complex waters of school finance Wednesday with a sweeping new plan that would give Johnson County schools their long-sought ability to raise more taxes locally.
Kansas City Star
NV: Nevada going on five years as foreclosure capital of U.S.
Dreary conditions continued in the Nevada residential real estate market in November, with the state leading the nation in foreclosures for the 59th consecutive month.
Las Vegas Sun
WA: Legislature adjourns 17-day special session in Olympia
The Legislature adjourned a 17-day special session Wednesday after voting to close $480 million of the state's $2 billion budget gap. The action, which passed by lopsided and bipartisan votes in the House and Senate, left the tougher budget decisions until lawmakers return Jan. 9 for a regular 60-day session.
The News Tribune (Tacoma)
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League’s Fall Legislative Conference at the Cambridge Maryland Hyatt Regency
Chesapeake Bay, including a “Complete 2011 Fall Conference Information (.pdf)”
packet, visit the MML website at www.mdmunicipal.org.
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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
