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North Carolina Questions Common Core

Rachel Sheffield
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April 26, 2013
North Carolina legislators have introduced a proposal that would require their state to examine national Common Core education standards.

Obamacare’s Small Business Exchange Hampered by Delays

Kenneth Artz
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April 25, 2013
The Obama administration has announced a delay in implementing the insurance exchange designed for small businesses and their employees.

Study Says Reforms to Business Expensing Could Boost Economic Growth

Richard Morrison
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April 25, 2013
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Michigan House Blocks Common Core Implementation (updated)

Joy Pullmann
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April 25, 2013
The Michigan House passed a budget bill prohibiting the state department of education from using state money to implement the Common Core national education standards and associated tests.

‘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.

Washington State Dems Drop Beer Tax

Shelby Sebens
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April 24, 2013
Brew masters in Washington State are raising a cup to Olympia as House Democrats have decided to drop a proposed special tax on beer.

‘State-Led’ Common Core Pushed by Federally Funded Nonprofit

Joy Pullmann
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April 24, 2013
A central defense of the new national education standards, now generating spirited public debates, is that the federal government did not mandate or create them.

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.
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