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  • Nunnelee: I would have said no months ago (21 Mar 2010 03:31)

    ... Sen. Roger Wicker. He represents Lee and Pontotoc Counties. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Nunnelee said if elected, he would want to work to see that the United ...

  • Changes to HOPE lie ahead (20 Mar 2010 05:15)

    ... fees (the scholarship pays for)," said state Sen. Jack Hill, R-Reidsville, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "It's apparent that the lottery is either maturing or flattening out." State officials say ...

  • Report finds flaws in organic food labeling (20 Mar 2010 05:32)

    ... 3 percent of all food sales in the U.S. Leahy, who is on the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped secure the funding for the audit, and he praised the Obama administration’s commitment ...

  • Leahy Announces Grant To Seal A Dairy Processor's Move To Brattleboro (19 Mar 2010 02:57)

    ... Vermont milk,” said Leahy, a veteran member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) will use the grant to complete a $1.15 ...

  • State Budget Deficits Could Harm the Insurance Industry (19 Mar 2010 05:44)

    ... measure that would make the state Insurance Department a standalone entity passed the state Senate Appropriations Committee. Taking away appropriations from the agency and making it self-sufficient could save the state ...

  • Committee Kills Payday Loans Bill (18 Mar 2010 03:36)

    ... approved a 10-year exemption to the state's 36 percent cap on interest rates. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday against a bill that would have extended that exemption, which expires June ...

  • Budget bill proposes cut to university state funding (18 Mar 2010 04:24)

    ... month that the Legislature maintain university operations funding at last years rates, but the Senate Appropriations Committee proposed the decrease to reduce the states projected $1.7 billion deficit, said Appropriations Committee ...

  • Panel OKs bill to let seniors buy lifetime parks passes (18 Mar 2010 05:18)

    ... to entrance fees and doesn't include all parks. The bill, which heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee, calls for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to review how sales go over ...

  • Senate budget bills are stark contrast to governor's plan (18 Mar 2010 10:42)

    ... spending for prisons -- all in stark contrast to Gov. Jennifer Granholm's plans. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted mostly along partisan lines in passing seven spending bills for the budget year ...

  • Washington in 60 Seconds: Pelosi Still Short of Votes for Health Care Reform (18 Mar 2010 14:04)

    ... - Rain, Snow, Sleet, but No Saturday. Postmaster General John Potter testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee today, when he'll get grilled over where all the money goes that they give ...

  • Backers of tobacco tax set to try again in November (18 Mar 2010 14:12)

    ... placed into a new cancer research account. Padilla’s measure stalled last year in the Senate Appropriations committee. “There wasn’t sufficient support in the Legislature or the governor’s office for a tobacco ...

  • Detroit post on chopping block (18 Mar 2010 15:19)

    ... departments. The Michigan State Police oppose the proposal to close the Detroit post. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved several budgets including 3 percent cuts to university and community college ...

  • Appropriations committee approves 3.1 percent cut to public university funding (18 Mar 2010 16:30)

    ... The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a 3.1 percent cut to state aid for public universities. For ...

  • Budget cuts nothing new to State Agriculture Department (3rd in Series) (18 Mar 2010 16:50)

    ... recession. Legislative budget writers deny agriculture has been an easy target for cuts, but Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Rob Mayer (R-Dexter) is mystified by the long-term drop in funding. For an ...

  • Leahy Hails USDA's Acceptance of I.G.'s Findings in Organic Program Audit (18 Mar 2010 20:51)

    ... and author of the 1990 Organic Foods Production Act. Leahy also led on the Senate Appropriations Committee in securing funds for the audit. The report is now available on the Inspector ...

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