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Minn. Legislature approves care worker pay hikes
The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a $11 billion package of spending on health and assistance programs that includes a 5-percent pay increase for nursing home workers. The Senate passed the Democratic-crafted bill on Saturday afternoon by a 39-28 vote along party lines. The House passed the bill late ...
Minn. House backs nursing home pay hike
The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase. The pay hike is included in a broader, $6 billion a year budget for health and human services programs that the House passed Friday night by a party-line vote of 73-61. It's one ...
Judge grants injunction in Ark. abortion ban case
An Arkansas law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy won't take effect while a legal challenge is pending, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a request for a preliminary injunction against the ban, which was set to take effect in August. ...
Mo. lawmakers pass budget patch for kids' program
Legislation passed in the closing hours of Missouri's annual session Friday could patch a hole in the state budget for early childhood programs and some health care initiatives. Legislators gave final approval to two measures, each of which would order the transfer $55 million of general revenues into a newly ...
Senate Medicaid battle leaves GOP majority split
An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives as it takes up Gov. Jan Brewer's top priority. Thursday's daylong Senate fight between conservative Republican senators and five GOP moderates who joined Democrats to vote ...
Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill
Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it. The plan authorizes a pilot ...
A look at Mo. legislative action during 2013
The Missouri Legislature concluded work Friday on its 2013 session. Here's a look at what passed and what failed. WHAT PASSED: ABORTION Requires a physician to be present when administering the initial dose of an abortion-inducing drug. HB400. BENEVOLENT TAX CREDITS Reinstates expiring tax credits for certain charitable donations, such ...
House OKs major changes to state cancer institute
The Texas House has approved a dramatic overhaul of the state's troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting agency, including replacing its entire, 11-member board. The lower chamber used a simple voice vote Friday to give preliminary approval to one of the most-watched bills in the Texas Legislature. It mandates sweeping changes to ...
Analyst says funding gap for LSU hospital deals
The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94 percent of the funding Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration set aside for eight such arrangements, budget analysts told senators Friday. The assessment of the Legislative Fiscal Office, a nonpartisan office that evaluates budget proposals for lawmakers, worried several members ...
Arkansas House speaker won't run for governor
House Speaker Davy Carter said Friday he won't run for Arkansas governor next year, passing on an uphill fight for the Republican nomination made steeper by his support for a health insurance expansion and comments urging his party to move away from social issues. "After much deliberation, I have decided ...
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