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Shapiro's Terror-Free Investing Bill Passes
15 hours ago ago from Above Average Jane
From the inbox: The state House unanimously passed legislation today sponsored by Rep. Josh Shapiro , D-Montgomery, by a 193-0 vote, to prohibit Pennsylvania’s public pension funds from investing in foreign companies with significant business ties to Iran and Sudan. The bill is now awaiting Senate action. Shapiro's bill ( H.B. 1821 ), the Protecting Pennsylvania's Investments Act, would require the state Treasurer's Office, Public School ...
Related contentWisconsin experiments with the idea of a state bacterium
9 hours ago ago from Top of the Ticket
State budgets are tight and getting tighter, but politicians in Wisconsin are determined to promote the Badger State in a slightly cheesy way: The state assembly is considering a bill currently that would name the bacterium that converts milk into cheese as -- ready for it? -- the official state microbe. The microbe, Lactococcus lactis , is poised to join the state’s list of 21 designated symbols, which includes an official dance (the ...
Related contentLocal government invesments frozen | Post on Politics
2 hours ago ago from News about politics and government in Florida | Post on Politics, a PalmBeachPost.com blog
A state-run investment fund that has consistently produced returns since its creation 25 years ago was shut down this morning by the State Board of Administration after a run of withdrawals from local government officials hoping to avoid becoming the next casualty of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Local government officials have pulled out more than $10 billion from the $25 billion fund in the past two weeks, including $3.5 billion ...
Related contentWisconsin Supreme Court withdraws earlier vote on recusal rules | State Bar of Wisconsin
13 hours ago ago from Home | State Bar of Wisconsin
Skip Navigation State Bar of Wisconsin my StateBar Lawyer Search fast case search Home The State Bar Legal research Seminars, books & products Law practice management Lawyer regulation Legal community Home The State Bar News Wisconsin Supreme Court withdraws earlier vote on recusal rules By Alex De Grand , Legal Writer, State Bar of Wisconsin Dec. 7, 2009 The Wisconsin Supreme Court today ...
Related contentEven Sad Pandas Have Teeth
11 hours ago ago from Pax Parabellum
And despite derision from our side ( here and here and here and here ), they still bite. From a GOA email comes news of another liberal hoplophobe jurist being put in place to legislate from the Federal bench against our Second Amendment rights: First, there was Sonia Sotomayor. Then there was David Hamilton. Now, we have another radical, anti-gun judge that has been nominated for the federal judiciary. His name is Louis Butler , and he is ...
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