| | | Senate votes to kill two-thirds vote requirement for raising taxes |  | Advertisements: |
|  02/09/10 The state Senate voted narrowly Tuesday to let tax increases pass on a simple majority vote, suspending the two-thirds requirement under voter-approved Initiative 960. The vote moved the Democrat-controlled Legislature another step closer to being able to raise taxes as lawmakers work to plug a budget gap now measuring $2.2 billion. READ FULL SOURCE |
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Other news02/27/11 Consumed by the need to close a $1.5 billion budget gap, Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, and the leaders in the Democrat-controlled Legislature issued terse statements suggesting that they would leave the issues of brothels up to local leaders.
03/08/11 Many of the increases in auto insurance coverage mandated by the Democrat-controlled Legislature in 2009 would be repealed under a bill to be taken up Tuesday by the state Assembly. Meanwhile the standoff in the state Senate continues
03/10/11 BOB JOHNSON Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. A Republican-backed bill to end by April 1 deferred retirement benefits for state employees and school workers was one step from final passage in the Alabama House on Thursday. The retirement program was created by the then Democrat-controlled Legislature a decade ago as an incentive to prevent seasoned teachers from retiring and going to neighboring ... Hot themes this week:
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