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State Park Passport Legislation Held up In House of Representatives

23 hours ago ago from Get Off The Couch News

2008 Michigan State Park sticker if you like this article, click the Blip chiclet! from Nancy Krupiarz, Executive Director, Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance It’s fantastic that the state park passport bill to create a new source of revenue for state parks has finally moved through the Legislature to the last station in the process, that of being voted on by the House of Representatives. Senate Bills 388 and 389 have passed ...

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The Campaign Bill Johnson Could Have Run

20 hours ago ago from The World Around You

Former ADECA Director Bill Johnson seems determined to make his former boss, Governor Bob Riley the issue in the next campaign.  Today, Johnson called on the state's attorney general to investigate the governor and his family on conflict of interest ethics concerns.  Former two-year college chancellor Bradley Byrne is widely seen as the heir apparent to the current governor, and I have to believe Johnson thinks if he can raise doubts about ...

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Racing the Sun

9 hours ago ago from Shelley\'s House

If you’re a runner I can tell you that after having a training buddy and a goal, the next best thing to have is a blog. For one, you can bore everyone rigid discussing your training regime; also, during those long solitary trudges one can mentally compose and discard any number of posts. Continuing up the Northumberland coast, for my long runs I drove up to Druridge Bay . I realize it’s daft and extravagant to drive this 40 mile round trip, ...

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Former Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney staffer joins McCollums gubernatorial campaign | Post on Politics

6 hours ago ago from News about politics and government in Florida | Post on Politics, a PalmBeachPost.com blog

The Bill McCollum for Governor campaign announced today that Kristy Campbell has been hired as communications director. Campbell, 28, most recently worked for former Gov. Jeb Bush's two non-profit public policy organizations: the Foundation for Excellence in Education and the Foundation for Florida’s Future. She also worked as chief spokeswoman for Bush during his final years in office after communications work for the Florida Community ...

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CHANGE Illinois! Hails Signing of Contribution Limits Law

2 hours ago ago from Windy City News » Chicago Headlines

Bill Includes Creation of Reform Task Force, More Frequent Public Disclosure and Random Audits of Campaign Committees The CHANGE Illinois! coalition on Wednesday said the signing of Senate Bill 1466, establishing the state's first limits on campaign contributions is an historic step for reform of the state's campaign finance system. When Gov. Quinn vetoed a badly flawed limits bill this summer, we stood at his side and pledged to ...

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Congressional Delegate Donna Christensen and the House Health Care Bill

23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Delegate Donna Christen-Christensen (D-U.S.V.I.) is a member of the 111th Congress, serving her seventh term. Christensen is the first female physician in the history of the United States Congress, the first woman to represent an offshore Territory, and the first woman Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands. She serves as an assistant Majority Whip and is the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus' Health Brain Trust. We ...

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Obama Gets Support on Afghanistan, but Not Health Care Reform

5 hours ago ago from Politics Daily

Forty-seven percent of voters support President Obama's approach to Afghanistan compared to 37 percent who do not, with 16 percent undecided, but they oppose his efforts on health care reform by 52 percent to 39 percent with 9 percent undecided, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Dec 4-7. Obama gets more support from Democrats on health care (69 percent) than he does on Afghanistan (63 percent). Ninety percent of ...

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Medical Travel Quality Alliance to Certify Medical Tourism Agents for Safer, Quality Health Care for Traveling International Patients

7 hours ago ago from Good News Now

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and BANGKOK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA, http://www.mtqua.org), announces the first program to train and certify international patient care managers and medical travel providers worldwide. "All medical tourists who want treatment in another country now can plan, arrange and complete medical travel with a Certified International Patient Advisor (CIPA) and map out the best road to safer, top ...

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Authoritative Report on Patient Perspectives of Hospital Care Released by Press Ganey

5 hours ago ago from FanHouse

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Press Ganey Associates, Inc. released today the 2009 Hospital Pulse Report: Patient Perspectives on American Health Care . The report examines patient satisfaction across the country; trends in overall patient perceptions; and variations based on metropolitan areas, services provided within the hospital, hospital size, and patient age. The report offers a valuable snapshot of the patient experience, ...

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Economic Scene: Finding the Nerve to Cut Health Care Costs

19 hours ago ago from The New York Times

WASHINGTON A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds. More Health Care Overhaul News Health Care Conversations Share your thoughts about the health care debate. Top Discussions: The Public Option | Medicare and the Elderly | A Single-Payer System Over the next several weeks, members of Congress will be confronted with one scary story after ...

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