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Gregoire cuts 17 Boards and orders Agency Reoganization
19 hours ago ago from Latte Republic
OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and other state officials today announced a plan to transform how Washington’s natural resources programs are delivered. “With the budget reductions that we’ve had to make and will continue to make in response to revenue shortfalls, it’s imperative for government to work smarter and more efficiently than ever,” Gregoire said. “Our natural resource management reforms will make the most of our investments and ...
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14 hours ago ago from Federation HOTLINE
Common sense prevailed and the final report on reforming natural resource agencies and the governor's resulting executive order do not include possible mergers or consolidations-ideas that had been floated since September. The Federation's Natural Resources Task Force will keep an eye on what happens now after the Dec. 2 release of the report on transforming the delivery of natural resource services. The changes that will come involve ...
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9 hours ago ago from GreenPacks.org
The Asakusa Tree House is the work of Japanese firm Ryuichi Ashizawa architects. Being built on a 30 meter square piece of land, the under-construction house gets elements from modern as well as traditional Japanese architecture, and the natural advantages of a tree-like construction. The concept has interwining structural columns to support slabs on each floor. These slabs in turn, have soil intended to grow local plants. The house is ...
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17 hours ago ago from Faith and the First Generation
US settles case with Native Americans after 13 years 17:32 GMT, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 --bbc.co.uk-- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the accord was a "historic development" The US government has settled a long-running case over royalties owed to American Indians. Under the deal the interior department will share $1.4bn (£859m) among 300,000 tribe members as compensation. The tribes claim they have been cheated out of billions of ...
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3 hours ago ago from test title
The US government has settled a long-running case over royalties owed to American Indians. Under the deal the interior department will share $1.4bn ( 859m) among 300,000 tribe members as compensation. The tribes claim they have been cheated out of billions of dollars worth of natural resources since 1887. The agreement ends a case which has been running for 13 years. The secretary of the interior department said it would aid ...
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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Clears New Jersey Senate Committee
15 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
In a meeting that lasted over six hours and ran late Monday night, the judiciary committee of the New Jersey state senate narrowly approved a bill that would grant same-sex couples the right to marry, PolitickerNJ reports . The bill cleared the committee, 7-6, and will now be deliberated in the full senate beginning on Thursday. The bill's passage is far from certain as the vote is expected to be close and will likely not follow partisan ...
Related contentBBC News - US to pay $3.4bn to settle Native Americans land case
6 hours ago ago from BBC
The claimants said funds from their land had been mismanaged The US government has agreed to pay $3.4bn ( 2.1bn) to settle a long-running case over Native American land. The Cobell case, filed in 1996, alleged the government had mismanaged billions of dollars in income from natural resources on Native American land. Under the deal the interior department will share $1.4bn ( 859m) among 300,000 tribe members as compensation ...
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