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By Dan Roth on March 11, 2013, 2:20pm
Last year the Republicans in the Missouri legislature inducted Rush Limbaugh into the Missouri Hall of Fame, and this year their judgement on budget priorities mirrors their decision on whom they think belongs in the state's list of honorees--helping out large corporations while hurting the state's working families.
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By Dan Roth on March 3, 2013, 8:35am
Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature are crying foul at Governor Scott Walker's latest budget proposal. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the governor's budget "would widen tax loopholes for businesses, and deliver indefinite amnesty to certain serial tax cheats."
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By Dan Roth on February 10, 2013, 2:13pm
In Texas, legislative Democrats are making sure that the state's schools receive the funding that they have been promised, making investing in the state’s students a top priority.
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By Dan Roth on January 16, 2013, 1:06pm
In 2010, on opposite sides of the United States, the Maine and California electorates had two very different reactions to the sluggish economy at the time. California voters returned Democrat Jerry Brown to the governor’s office and increased the number of Democrats in their legislature. In Maine, on the other hand, voters selected tea-party backed Republican Paul LePage as their governor and handed the reins of power in the legislature to Republicans who promised to rubber-stamp his agenda.
