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Friday, 10 May 2013 13:03 |
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's senior U.S. senator is delaying the release of legislation that aims to block the federal government from cutting mineral royalty payments to 35 states.
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., had said he planned to release a bill this week after the Department of Interior announced it would make $110 million in cuts this year.
Daniel Head is a spokesman for Enzi in Washington. He said Thursday that the senator now plans to release the bill next week because he's working to gather more supporters in the House.
As the nation's leading coal-producing state, Wyoming stands to lose more than $50 million in royalties for minerals mined from federal land.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said this week that her agency had no choice but to trim the payments because of the automatic federal budget cuts that started March 1.
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 May 2013 13:03 |
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 15:15 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the few programs exempted from this year's automatic spending cuts, the government's food stamp program, which helps feed 1 in every 7 Americans, is likely to get trimmed. Unresolved is by how much.
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee is only willing to take roughly one-half of 1 percent, or about $400 million annually, off the top. Her Republican counterpart in the House would give the program a makeover and cut it by five times that amount.
The popular safety net program has more than doubled in size since 2008 and cost more than $78 billion last year.
Dollars for the food stamp program will be included in House and Senate farm bills that both agriculture panels plan to consider next week.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 15:15 |
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 10:47 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down a National Labor Relations Board rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia says the board went too far in trying to force employers to display the posters or face charges of committing an unfair labor practice.
The ruling is a victory for businesses groups. They sued to block the rule, calling the posters too one-sided in favor of unionization. And it's another blow to labor unions who hoped the posters would help them boost falling membership.
The rule was supposed to take effect last year, but the appeals court had blocked that from happening until legal questions were resolved. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 10:48 |
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Monday, 29 April 2013 10:50 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected Alabama's appeal to revive portions of a state immigration law, including a section that made it a crime to harbor people who are living in the country illegally.
The justices on Monday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that blocked parts of the law. Justice Antonin Scalia voted to hear the state's appeal.
The law's purpose was to reduce the "number of illegal aliens" in Alabama.
The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said immigration law primarily is the responsibility of the federal government and that the state lacked the authority to enforce the challenged provisions.
The appeals court ruling followed last year's Supreme Court ruling that blocked some parts of Arizona's immigration law.
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Last Updated on Monday, 29 April 2013 10:51 |
