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Out West Roundup: After tax cuts many saw as a failure, Kansas may cut again
Kansas After tax cuts many saw as a failure, Kansas may cut again TOPEKA, Kansas – Kansas has some financial breathing room less than a year after legislators reversed past income tax cuts to deal with persistent budget woes that followed what many voters saw as a failed fiscal experiment. Now some Republicans want to…
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Colorado water plan loses out as severance tax funds decline
DENVER – Colorado lawmakers are being forced to get creative when it comes to funding activities that rely on severance tax dollars, which have fallen by hundreds of millions over the last few years. This year there just wasn’t enough money in the coffers to fund the state water plan at $10 million, which it…
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Out West Roundup: Nebraska could end licensing requirement for horse massage
Nebraska A little tight? Nebraska could end horse massage licensing LINCOLN – There are plenty of options for people looking for a massage in Nebraska, but if you’re a horse, you’re out of luck. Nebraska doesn’t have a single licensed equine massage therapist, and lawmakers who recently chipped away at regulations governing various other professions…
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Out West Roundup: Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’
Nebraska Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’ OMAHA – The Nebraska men’s basketball team plans to take a public stand opposing the views of a university student who calls himself a white nationalist in a widely distributed online video. Coach Tim Miles said Friday the team planned to wear T-shirts reading “Hate…
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Out West Roundup: New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy
New Mexico New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature overhauled its policies against sexual harassment and misconduct this week, setting new standards for what constitutes harassment and adding outside oversight for investigations of lawmakers. The policy changes, approved by a panel of leading lawmakers on the eve of…
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Out West Roundup: Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve designation
Idaho Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve BOISE – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar dust…
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Out West Roundup: Former Hopi chairman challenges eligibility of successor
Arizona Former Hopi chairman challenges eligibility of successor FLAGSTAFF – The new chairman of a small northern Arizona tribe entered the race despite a provision in the Hopi constitution that prohibits anyone with a felony conviction within 10 years of declaring candidacy from doing so. Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma openly talked about his struggles with…
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Out West Roundup: Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith
Utah Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith Mitt Romney’s allies lashed out at former White House strategist Steve Bannon last week after he said at an Alabama rally that Romney and his family “hid behind” their Mormon religion to avoid military service. Sen. Orrin Hatch and other prominent Utah…
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Out West Roundup: Refugees thank adoptive North Dakota city by feeding hungry
North Dakota Refugees thank adoptive North Dakota city by feeding hungry FARGO, North Dakota – Maria Modi’s journey from South Sudan to a new life in Fargo included a stop at a refugee camp in Cairo. She and her seven siblings know what it is like to be hungry. “My mother and father work 12-hour…
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Out West Roundup: Utah town headed toward keeping booze prohibition
Utah Utah town headed toward keeping booze prohibition SALT LAKE CITY – One of Utah’s last “dry” communities is on track to maintain its eight-decade prohibition on alcohol sales after voters rejected a measure to allow sales that proponents said would boost tourism and opponents said would threaten the small city’s way of life. Following…