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Minnesota Biobank Bill Threatens Genetic Privacy

Twila Brase
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April 24, 2013
Do you own your DNA? Not if you live in Minnesota.

Larval Growth of Oysters in a Warming and CO2-Accreting World

Craig Idso
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April 24, 2013
How does the larval-stage of the Portuguese oyster respond to multiple climate change stressors? With a surprising degree of tolerance!...

MF Global Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Corzine

Steve Stanek
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April 24, 2013
Federal bankruptcy trustee Louis Freeh has filed a lawsuit against Jon Corzine who was in charge of MF Global when the commodity trading firm collapsed in 2011.

‘Fiscal Cliff’ Tax Avoidance Boosted States’ 4th Quarter Tax Receipts

Rockefeller Institute
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April 24, 2013
Overall state tax revenues increased by 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government's latest quarterly report on taxes.

Oklahoma Considers Medicaid Alternatives

Patrick B. McGuigan
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April 23, 2013
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin remains determined to avoid entanglement in President Obama’s health care law.

How Tennessee Voucher Momentum Splintered

Ashley Bateman
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April 23, 2013
Years of voucher proposals, polls showing parent support for vouchers, and a governor-sponsored voucher bill did not culminate in a new Tennessee voucher law this spring.

Colorado House Considers More Renewable Power Mandates

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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April 23, 2013
The Colorado House of Representatives Transportation and Energy Committee is holding hearings tomorrow on legislation to dramatically increase the amount of expensive renewable power consumers are

What Goes Around ...

David L. Applegate
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April 23, 2013
Former Lodi, California mayor James McCarty, 86, and his brother, Robert, 78, have sued Lodi attorney Russe

California High-Speed Rail Could Lose Hundreds of Millions Annually

Reason Foundation
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April 23, 2013
The California High-Speed Rail Authority is overestimating ridership by 65 to 77 percent and will need $124 million to $373 million a year from taxpayers to cover its operating costs and financial

Tennessee Rejects Medicaid Expansion—For Now

Loren Heal
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April 22, 2013
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced he will not pursue expanding TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program, under the auspices of President Obama’s health care law.
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