State Senate committee to hold hearing on Medicaid expansion next week
LANSING — After adjourning for the summer without taking a vote on a plan to expand Medicaid to 470,000 low-income Michiganders, the state Senate will hold a committee hearing on the plan next week....
View ArticleFla. Dems Vow Medicaid Expansion Fight is Not Over
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Democratic leaders are sending Gov. Rick Scott another demand for a special session to discuss expanding Medicaid coverage to 1.1 million...
View ArticleOhio Dems look to bring GOP Medicaid bill to vote
Democratic state lawmakers in Ohio plan to use a legislative maneuver to try to call a vote on a Republican-sponsored bill to...
View ArticleGov. Rick Perry calls 2nd special session to pass abortion bill
Perry can call as many 30-day extra sessions as he chooses, however lawmakers can only take up the issues he assigns. Lawmakers will discuss the abortion proposals, which would close nearly all the...
View ArticlePa. hospitals press lawmakers for Medicaid expansion
Pennsylvania's top hospital lobbyists were in the state Capitol on Saturday pressing lawmakers to pass legislation to potentially expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of adult...
View ArticlePa. lawmakers on track to pass budget bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers were expected to approve a nearly $28.4 billion state budget Sunday, the last day of the fiscal year, but not the companion bills that go with it. Debate...
View ArticleOregon lawmakers push toward adjournment
Pushing to close down the 2013 Legislative session, the Oregon Senate met in a rare Saturday session but did not vote on hotly contested measures to increase tax revenue and cut benefits for retired...
View ArticlePa. hospitals press lawmakers for Medicaid bill
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View ArticlePa. House adjourns without passing transportation bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has adjourned for the day without acting on a state...
View ArticleMiss. Dems: We Were ‘Bamboozled’ On Medicaid
With just two days to spare, and with plenty of political drama, Mississippi lawmakers approved a plan late Friday to renew Medicaid for another year. The joint federal-state program, which provides...
View Article>Wash. lawmakers adjourn, end grueling year
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers have adjourned for the year, bringing to end a grueling six months of work. The...
View ArticlePa. Senate sends Medicaid bill to hostile House
The Pennsylvania state Senate has approved legislation to require Gov. Tom Corbett to seek federal approval for an expansion...
View Article>Texas lawmakers are back, and so is abortion fight
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers are back, and so is abortion fight
Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw the end of the first...
View ArticleTexas Special Session Beginning With Abortion Fight
AUSTIN, Texas -- Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw the...
View ArticleTexas abortion fight to reignite in second special session
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - When the Texas Legislature convenes on Monday for a second special session, the Republican majority will seek to do what it couldn't pull off in the first, when Democrat...
View ArticleDelaware lawmakers wrap up legislative session highlighted by gay marriage,...
DOVER, Del. — Delaware lawmakers worked into the wee hours Monday before bringing the gavel down on this year’s legislative session, a session highlighted by social issues including gun control...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers to pass key special session bills
Texas lawmakers are scheduled to approve redistricting maps and a new sentence for juveniles who commit capital crimes as...
View Article>Arizona Legislature ends Brewer's special session
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature has voted to end a special session ordered by Gov. Jan Brewer after passing an $8.8 billion budget...
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