Women In Politics

Spence expects female legislators to make mark
State Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, says active recruitment helped fuel last year’s election of a record-breaking number of women to the state Legislature.

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Georgians know what they want legislators to do
If they listen to Georgia residents, members of the General Assembly should know what to do this session. Create jobs, says a Macon resident. Revise the HOPE scholarship, offers an Atlantan. And repair the roads, suggests a Woodstock man. read more

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Fear of losing water rights prompts county to send letter to legislators
Mono County farmers and ranchers are still worried that their voices will not be heard when it comes time to try to save a lake that is not even in the state of California.

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Haley plans to work with legislators
State Rep. Nikki Haley of Lexington County says she is not as close with Gov. Mark Sanford as many think. She adds she will govern better than Sanford, leading a conservative revolution to shake up the State House establishment. Don’t think of her as a Republican, she asks, because she is a conservative. Raised in rural South Carolina by immigrant parents, Haley quickly has risen through the …

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Legislators, Professor Ponder Gulf Oil Spill
WHEELING – A West Virginia University biology professor believes the BP oil spill will prevent the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida from ever fully regaining their viability.

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Legislators speak up in Troy
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South Dakota legislators encourage Air Force officials to pick Ellsworth
U.S. Sens. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and John Thune, R-S.D., and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Air Force chief of staff Norton A. Schwartz promoting South Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force Base as a potential base for MQ-1 and MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft operations. A recently concluded Air Force study names Ellsworth as one of …

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Legislators say support for financial reform growing
PORTSMOUTH — A local resident and admitted political novice who supports President Barack Obama’s financial reform measure wants to raise public awareness about the issue.

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South Bay legislators request $612 million in earmarks
Earmarks have become a flashpoint in the debate over balancing the federal budget. Fiscal conservatives decry the spending as wasteful, while supporters say earmarks are necessary to direct federal spending to worthwhile projects.

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Legislators, dairy farmers discuss risk management measures in future Farm Bill
HARRISBURG – The troubled dairy market was one of the key reasons why Schuylkill County lost 9 percent of its dairy farms last year, according to a spokeswoman from the state Department of Agriculture.However, every dairy farmer felt the stress, Kent He

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