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Missouri governor and lawmakers differ on how to fund colleges

2014-02-14 16:25:00| American School & University

Kimberlee Payton-Jones Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and lawmakers agree that the state’s public colleges and universities need increased funding, but they disagree on how the funding should be allocated. Gov. Nixon has allocated $120 million of the 2015 budget to the state’s institutions of higher learning. Nixon proposes that one-third of that be allocated as a “performance-based increase to the institutions' core budgets,” according to the Associated Press. read more

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California governor pans Republican water plan in face of drought

2014-02-04 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown, whose state is facing its worst drought in decades, harshly criticized on Monday an effort by Congressional Republicans to roll back environmental rules limiting how much water agencies can pump out of the fragile San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta in dry years. The emergency legislation would allow state and federal water managers to send water to farms and communities in California's parched breadbasket next summer, when the impact of the drought begins to hit...

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A long, long road to Texas lieutenant governor

2014-02-01 17:27:31| Electronics - Topix.net

The March 4 primaries are still a month away. But Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and his three challengers have all or mostly appeared together at a whopping 26 debates and forums around the state.

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California governor calls for water conservation as drought continues

2014-01-30 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Governor Jerry Brown provided some very practical guidance for Californians amid a deepening drought: take shorter showers, turn off the water while brushing teeth, and "don't flush more than you need to." "Make no mistake, this drought is a big wakeup call," Brown said Thursday in downtown Los Angeles before meeting with local water district officials. "Hopefully it's going to rain. If it doesn't, we're going to have to act in a very strenuous way in every part of the state to get through." ...

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