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Nichols' Car Sales Tax Plan Moves to Senate Floor
2015-02-25 20:08:55| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A state Senate committee voted in favor of a proposal to dedicate some of Texas' vehicle sales tax to improving roads Wednesday, but not before lawmakers expressed reservations that will likely reemerge when the measure reaches the floor next week. The Senate Transportation Committee voted 8-1 in favor of both Senate Bill 5 and Senate Joint Resolution 5 , which together would boost transportation funding by billions of dollars.
Illinois State Senate Bill Adds County Oversight to Lake Solid Waste District
2015-02-17 23:44:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/">Chicago Tribune</a> A State Senate committee approved a bill Monday that adds oversight to actions taken by the Lake County Solid Waste District board of directors. read more
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Kan. Senate Bill Would Change Which Radioactive Waste Could Go to Landfills
2015-02-16 23:36:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.jcpost.com/">Junction City Post</a> A Senate bill heard by the Kansas Natural Resources Committee would amend the definition of low-level radioactive materials, which would allow waste containing them to be buried in landfills. read more
Hawaii Senate panel takes up pesticide bills
2015-02-13 07:51:55| Chemicals - Topix.net
One proposal in the Senate would make companies that use pesticides observe buffer zones around schools and hospitals. A similar bill in the House was opposed by seed companies Dow Agrosciences and DuPont.
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New GOP Senate begins assault on Obama climate rules
2015-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The new Republican-controlled Senate kicked off its first of likely many hearings on President Obama's signature climate rules aimed at cutting carbon pollution on Wednesday. Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee attempted to poke holes in the administration's carbon rules, calling the regulations "costly," "job killing," and "unnecessary." Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the committee, charged that the the rules would "do nothing to save us from global warming"...
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