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Answers to common questions about religious objections bills
2015-04-02 22:38:04| Biotech - Topix.net
Demonstrators gather on the steps at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, April 2, 2015. The measure passed in the committee.
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Ballard tells lawmakers to repeal religious objections law
2015-03-30 22:55:02| IT Services - Topix.net
The mayor of Indianapolis says the city will fight not to be defined by the state's new religious objections law. Mayor Greg Ballard called Monday for the Legislature to repeal the law or to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state's civil rights law.
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Nuclear safety push to be softened after U.S. objections
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States looks set to succeed in watering down a proposal for tougher legal standards aimed at boosting global nuclear safety, according to senior diplomats. Diplomatic wrangling will come to a head at a 77-nation meeting in Vienna next month that threatens to expose divisions over required safety standards and the cost of meeting them, four years after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Switzerland has put forward a proposal to amend the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), arguing stricter...
Lubbock-Based Water District Closer to Adding Briscoe Co. Over Landowner Objections
2014-12-22 07:31:16| Waste Management - Topix.net
Despite protests from landowners, state regulators have brought the western portion of Briscoe County one step closer to falling under the jurisdiction of the Lubbock-based High Plains Underground Water Conservation District. On December 10, commissioners with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality voted in favor of an administrative judge's ruling in favor of adding Briscoe County to the HPWD.
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Over realtor objections, Stamford passed a tax hike on $1 million home sales
2014-12-08 23:57:58| Real Estate - Topix.net
The Stamford Board of Representatives has approved ' in an 18-12 vote last week ' a hike in the municipal conveyance tax that property owners must pay to the city in transferring buildings and land valued at more than $1 million. Mayor David Martin had submitted the proposal in early August, with the Board of Representatives holding a public hearing on Sept.