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Denton will have to play defense to prevent harmful bills from passing the Texas Legislature next year, as lawmakers scrambling to cover a massive budget gap may be tempted to pass costs and tasks on to local governments, City Council members were told Tuesday. The council met to discuss the city’s state and federal legislative priorities for 2011. A vote is expected Tuesday, when the council …

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The House and Senate There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reviews local representatives’ votes from the 2009-10 session on six of the most unusual roll calls.  

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RENO, Nev. (AP) – Even though they have clashed in the past, the Sierra Club and Nevada Mining Association are endorsing Democratic Sen. Harry Reid in his race against Republican Sharron Angle.

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This is a sampling from Bay Area News Group’s Political Blotter blog. Read more and post comments at www.ibabuzz.com/politics.Sept. 15Marijuana legalization advocates are complaining that part of the alcohol industry has invested $10,000 in defeating Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization

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Dick Cheney believes that we have enough coal to last 700 years. Stephen Hawking believes that we have enough tolerance of other cultures to last 200 years. That’s 500 years of the future that we don’t even need.

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Mike Lenett says he wants to continue the fight against special interests and lobbyist groups as he seeks a second term in the State Senate for District 19.

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It’s inevitable in a contested primary with an incumbent running that the incumbent—in this case Governor Sean Parnell—will be a virtual dartboard for his competitors.

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 “We should have conducted ourselves in the openness of daylight and not have to share the chamber with mice at this late hour. Mice that come out, nocturnal creatures, Madame President, that that come out under the cover of darkness.” — Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth) following a shriek by Sen. Marian Walsh (D-Boston) when a mouse crawled by her in the Senate chamber.

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DENVER – Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper sought to ease the fears of environmentalists Wednesday, telling gas and oil executives that if he is elected governor, he would not roll back rules for their industry that Gov. Bill Ritter initiated.

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U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the new Iran sanction bill into law which is described by him as “striking at the heart” of Iranian government’s nuclear ability.

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