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07/19/11 The Greater Texoma Utility Authority board on Monday adopted new board policies and two resolutions recognizing State Rep. Larry Phillips and State Sen. Craig Estes.
07/18/11 State Sen. Roy McDonald, R-Saratoga, received $166,129 in campaign contributions in the latest filing period, including more than $38,000 in online credit card donations in days just after he announced his support for same-sex marriage.
07/18/11 State Sen. Donald Norcross will step down as president of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO, he announced Monday, less than a month after he voted in favor of a bill that raised benefit contributions by unionized public employees and removed health care from the collective-bargaining process.
07/18/11 State Sen. Tim Skinner and his wife, Mary Lou, threw in the towel on teaching careers that spanned a combined 46 years after lawmakers passed a series of education changes this year.
07/17/11 This is a sampling from Bay Area News Group's Political Blotter blog. Read more and post comments at IBAbuzz.com/politics.July 14State Sen. Loni Hancock today introduced a proposed state constitutional amendment to let a simple majority of the Legislature place tax measures on the ballot for
07/17/11 When former State Sen. Wayne Bryant goes to trial in December, federal prosecutors want to use details from his 2008 corruption conviction to paint a picture of the once-powerful Camden County lawmaker as a rogue legislator who used his elected position to line his pockets.
07/16/11 State Sen. Frank Ruff, R-Mecklenburg County, said he does not mind the drive it takes to get to parts of the 15th District. But after this year’s redistricting changes, he has an even larger area to cover.
07/16/11 State Sen. Florence Shapiro was recently named to the Texas Senate All-Star Team for the past decade. Shapiro received the honor from Capitol Inside, an Austin-based publication specializing in coverage of state government.
07/16/11 PLANO - State Sen. Florence Shapiro was recently named to the Texas Senate All-Star Team for the past decade. Shapiro received the honor from Capitol Inside, an Austin-based publication specializing in coverage of state government.
07/15/11 A full house welcomed a panel of speakers discussing health care reform Thursday night at the Faulkner County Tea Party meeting at the McGee Center in Conway. Panel members were Dr. Jim Bledsoe, a general surgeon from Rogers; Lt. Gov. Mark Darr; former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson; and former State Rep. Dan Greenberg, R-Little Rock. Bledsoe, the husband of State Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, R-Rogers, said ...
07/14/11 State Sen. Patty Ritchie (R,C-Heuvelton) today joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he visited Northern New York to sign a new, tougher law to stop texting while driving.
07/14/11 COLUMBUS - State Sen. Karen Gillmor, R-Tiffin, announced the Senate has unanimously given its consent to her nomination by Gov. John Kasich to the Ohio Industrial Commission.
07/14/11 Why is State Sen. Lori Klein the only person blushing? Faces on both sides of the gun control issue should be as raspberry-pink as the semi-automatic Ruger pistol that Klein carries in her purse. When a recent article described how Klein had casually pointed her handgun at the chest of Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas during an interview gun enthusiasts and gun opponents reacted in the ...
07/13/11 American Majority, a political training group for conservative candidates and activists, will host a seminar from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16 at Millrose restaurant, 45 S. Barrington Road, South Barrington. State Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine and state Rep. Randy Ramey of Carol Stream, both Republicans, are the featured guests.
07/12/11 State Sen. Eric Mansfield of Fayetteville will have to get to know the people of Raeford and Hoke County if he wants to win re-election in 2012 under proposed new state Senate districts published this afternoon.
07/12/11 State Sen. Lori Klein is NOT a reason to change Arizona's gun laws. The fact that the senator casually brandished a loaded pistol during an interview with a newspaper reporter while in the State Capitol has sent firearms experts and gun-restriction advocates into a tizzy, as it should. No matter what explanation Klein comes up with, it was a stupid and potentially dangerous thing to do. Is that ...
07/12/11 The 11th annual Easter Seals Northern California Day on the Bay fundraiser on July 9 at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon raised more than $10,000 and was attended by 300 people, including Corinthian event chairwoman Captain Lisa Jarrell-Wear, Kelly Park and Mark Thompson of Tiburon and State Sen.
07/12/11 State Sen. Frank Ruff, R-Clarksville, visited Danville on Monday to speak with members of the Danville Tea Party about his race in the sprawling 15th District.
07/12/11 AUBURN - State Sen. Michael O. Moore, D-Millbury, told selectmen Monday night that the state House and Senate "approved a $30.59 billion spending plan for fiscal 2012 that includes no new taxes."
07/11/11 WELLSBURG - State Sen. Jack Yost last month found himself following a donkey into a dark coal mine near the Black Sea in Turkey. "I was scared to death," he said. "There was no electric ... no ventilation ... no safet.
07/10/11 State Sen. Lori Klein did not intend to make a political statement when she carried a loaded weapon into the state Capitol two days after the mass shooting outside Tucson. The raspberry-pink handgun was simply in her purse, alongside her lipstick and keys. | 
