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Notes from the Legislature's regular session
The House refused Tuesday to relinquish legislative control over tuition hikes for students at Louisiana's public colleges. A proposal by Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, would have spelled out in the state constitution that tuition increases don't require approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Carmody said the campuses need ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
Seeking to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious habits, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday approved banning the sale of sugary drinks in public elementary and junior high schools. In a 24-6 vote, the Senate advanced a bill that would limit beverage choices to water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Its ...
'Brothers' graduate at top of class at Ga. college
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian. Lorin Crawford, a California native, and Tam Quach, who emigrated from Vietnam at the age of 10, graduated Monday. Crawford was named valedictorian and Quach was named ...
UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike
Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid reassurances that patients were safe. A union representing some 13,000 hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers began the walkout at ...
Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get there, the tornado alarm sounded. The plan ...
SC Senate defeats effort to expand Medicaid
South Carolina senators defeated another attempt by Democrats to extend Medicaid coverage under the federal health care law. The Senate's 23-19 vote Tuesday rejected inserting the expansion into its 2013-14 budget proposal. It represented supporters' closest vote yet. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has remained steadfast in her opposition of the ...
Maine gov. signs suicide prevention education bill
Gov. Paul R. LePage has signed a bill into law that will make sure staff at Maine schools are trained in suicide education and awareness. In a ceremonial signing ceremony on Tuesday, LePage also pledged $44,000 from his contingency fund to the effort. More than a dozen suicide survivors, staff ...
Norovirus blamed for sickening Sioux City students
Officials are blaming an outbreak of norovirus for an illness that sickened dozens of students at a Sioux City elementary school. The Sioux City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/180AbW0 ) that Siouxland District Health Department announced Tuesday that lab results show the virus caused more than 40 students and three staff members ...
NC Senate budget drawn by GOP target for critics
Senate Republicans pushed their state spending proposal through a pair of committees Tuesday, but not before giving Democrats and advocacy groups plenty to pick at when it comes to reshaping public school funding and raising fees. The North Carolina government budget plan cleared the Senate's appropriations and finance panels with ...
Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves ...
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