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Maine Lawmakers Seeking to Reduce Waste with Composting Bill
2015-03-23 22:41:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://news.mpbn.net/">MPBN.net</a> There's a better place for all those eggshells, coffee grounds, and muffin stumps. That's the gist of a bill before the Maine legislature that seeks to encourage the composting or transformation of organic waste, instead of having those items chucked into the bin. read more
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Kenya: Kakamega Lobby Puts Lawmakers On Notice Over Mumias Sugar
2015-03-20 07:52:12| Sugar Industry News
A lobby group has put on notice elected leaders from Western region who are reluctant to fight for the revival of Mumias Sugar Company.
Gov Jerry Brown, lawmakers to announce emergency drought bill
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As California braces for a fourth consecutive year of drought, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders on Thursday will unveil a $1-billion relief plan, two sources told The Times late Wednesday. This will mark the second consecutive year in which the Legislature has had to act on emergency drought relief. In 2014, Brown signed a $687.4-million drought package, which offered aid to communities facing acute water shortages and food and housing assistance to those harmed by the drought. Brown,...
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Lawmakers weigh in on 'net neutrality'
2015-03-17 09:15:09| Telecom - Topix.net
In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler gestures near the end of a hearing for a vote on Net Neutrality at the FCC in Washington. Lawmakers will weigh in on the "net neutrality" debate on March 17, that has pitted Internet activists against big cable companies and prompted a record number of public comments filed to U.S. regulators.
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Donor had role in lawmaker's deal; ethics panel sends letter
2015-03-17 05:30:04| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Details emerged Monday of another business deal between embattled Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock and one of his political donors, as a congressional ethics investigation appeared to get underway. A shell company linked to Schock paid a political donor $750,000 last year for a warehouse in Peoria, then took out a $600,000 mortgage for the property from a local bank run by other donors, a combination of Illinois land records and private business documents shows.
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