Winter electrical bill - Doyle vetoes rent-to-own bill

Doyle vetoes rent-to-own bill
Wisconsin State Journal - Gov. Jim Doyle today vetoed a bill that would have exempted the rent-to-own industry from various provisions of the Wisconsin Consumer Act and changed how the industry is regulated. Doyle previously had indicated that the bill was improved from prior
Source: www.madison.com

Napolitano allows bill on tuition tax credit to become law
KVOA 4 - Changing course on an issue in which she had cast multiple vetoes, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano agreed Wednesday to allow a Republican bill intended to promote school choice to become law without her signature. Napolitano said in a letter she let
Source: kvoa.com

House Committee To Hold Hearing On Net Neutrality Bill
MediaPost - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, a Republican from Texas, defended his decision to include limited checks on Net Neutrality in the newest version of the much-anticipated bill. Barton said he wasn't convinced of the necessity
Source: publications.mediapost.com

Democrats file Gulf Coast business relief bill
Baton Rouge Advocate - Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and John Kerry, D-Mass., have filed a Gulf Coast business recovery bill that authorizes $50 million in emergency bridge loans and grants to hurricane-affected states, along with changes to the Stafford Act and the way the
Source: www.2theadvocate.com

Senate passes tort reform bill
Jacksonville Business Journal - The Florida Senate passed legislation Thursday to eliminate joint and several liability. The repeal legislation, Senate Bill 2006, passed by a 27-13 vote and is a major win for business lobbyists across the state, including the Florida Chamber of
Source: jacksonville.bizjournals.com

Fletcher touts Senate tax bill
Louisville Courier-Journal - FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Ernie Fletcher urged a large group of business lobbyists yesterday to ask the House to pass the Senate version of a bill revamping the state's alternative-minimum business tax. Fletcher told reporters after the closed-door
Source: www.courier-journal.com

Bill Clinton Backs Mandatory AIDS Testing
NewsMax.com - Bill Clinton has called for mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS in nations that have high infection rates. The former president said at a briefing in London Tuesday that testing is "essential to reduce the spread of AIDS," because determining people's HIV
Source: www.newsmax.com

Bill O'Reilly
News Busters - The LA Times reports the "folks at third-place MSNBC have something to smile about." For the first time in almost five years, the third-place cable news channel had a prime-time victory to crow about, albeit a small one: "Countdown With Keith
Source: newsbusters.org

BILL TO GIVE IDAHO JUDGES RAISES CLEARS LEGISLATURE
KPVI Newschannel 6 - BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A proposal to give judges a six percent raise passed its final hurdle in the Idaho Legislature today by clearing the Senate. Judges were already going to get a three percent pay raise along with all other state employees, but
Source: www.kpvi.com

Health Care
Stateline - A new ruling could threaten more than a billion dollars a year in payments from the nation's major cigarette manufacturers to 46 states and ignite a fresh round of legal battles between states and Big Tobacco. Read More
Source: www.stateline.org