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41 min ago | WATE-TV Knoxville

Texas governor woos disgruntled Conn. gun makers

A former hitman will testify for a second day in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, as Bulger's attorneys prepare to attack his credibility.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, New York, Rick Perry, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Northern Michigan News

Texas, SD governors court Conn. gun makers

The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Rick Perry

Seattle Times

Illinois gov. signs tough fracking regulations law

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation giving the state the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling.

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Related Topix: Pat Quinn

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Remote Mich. village abuzz over shipwreck search

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, Michigan, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Kurds fight for place in Syrian civil war

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

CBS Local

TN Officials Hope To Lure Fiat-Chrysler To State

State officials are making the case to Fiat head Sergio Marchionne to select Tennessee for the Italian automaker's joint headquarters with Chrysler Group LLC. Marchionne met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and others on Sunday at a ceremony to mark the expansion of Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli's components plant in Pulaski.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Fiat Spa, Bill Haslam

ABC15.com

Brewer signs Medicaid expansion law

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a law expanding the state's Medicaid program following her victory over conservatives in her own party opposed to embracing a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Arizona, Jan Brewer, Arizona Government, US News

Seattle Times

Texas Gov. Perry courts Conn. gun makers on tour

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

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Related Topix: Rick Perry, Texas Government, Texas, Connecticut, Connecticut Government

WNYT NewsChannel 13

Anti-fracking groups heading to Albany for rally

Opponents of the natural gas drilling method known as fracking are heading to Albany for a rally outside the state Capitol.

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Related Topix: Albany, NY, Andrew Cuomo, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Local10.com

Firefighters make progress against Colo. fire

The huge Black Forest Fire in east central Colorado is more than halfway contained, the federal official overseeing the fight said late Saturday.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Black Forest, CO, Colorado Springs, CO, El Paso County, CO, John Hickenlooper

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Marshfield News-Herald

Budget debate to begin; moderate Republicans seek major changes

In this June 13, 2013, photo Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talke with reporters in Madison, Wis.

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Related Topix: US News, Scott Walker, Pop/Rock, Madison, WI, Education, School Vouchers

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Penn St fallout lingers year after Sandusky trial

It's been a year since eight young men took the stand to testify they were sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, but the fallout from the child molestation scandal isn't over.

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Related Topix: Tom Corbett

KTVN Reno

Sandoval Urged to Block Shipments of Uranium Waste

Environmental groups are pressing Gov. Brian Sandoval to block shipments of potent uranium waste planned for burial at a government-managed site in Nevada.

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Related Topix: Brian Sandoval, Las Vegas, NV, Department of Energy

WLTI-FM Syracuse

President Obama Committed to Helping Colorado Deal with Wildfire

President Obama spoke with Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Friday to reaffirm his commitment to helping Colorado as it deals with the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Soap Opera, Comedy, John Hickenlooper

KMIZ

Perry: Politicians aren't perfect

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas made light at a major gathering of conservatives on Saturday of his sometimes rocky 2012 run for the White House.

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Related Topix: Rick Perry, Texas Government, Texas

WAPI-AM Birmingham

Sarah Palin on U.S. Intervention in Syria: 'Let Allah Sort It Out'

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration's decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria on Saturday, arguing that the U.S. should "Let Allah sort it out" until there is a stronger leader in the White House.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Sarah Palin, Florida, Florida Government

Sat Jun 15, 2013

WTOC-TV Savannah

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State officials are touting a U.S. Department of Commerce report that ranks South Carolina's economy as the 12th fastest growing in the nation.

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Related Topix: Nikki Haley

CBS Local

Corbett Hits Budget Homestretch With Lots At Stake

It may be going too far to say Gov. Tom Corbett's political future rests on what happens in Harrisburg over the next two weeks, but there's no disputing he has a lot at stake.

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WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Palin embraces SNL sketch, dishes out her own humor

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Related Topix: Social Software, Sarah Palin

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Convicted ex-Pa. lawmaker takes appeal to US court

A former high-ranking state House Republican now serving prison time for public corruption is suing Gov. Tom Corbett and prosecutors who he says illegally hid evidence and denied him a fair trial.

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Related Topix: Tom Corbett, Opinion