State proposal would send $250 million to certified capital companies Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Legislation that Gov. Scott Walker says will create jobs would provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to insurance companies, while giving control of a $250 million fund to out-of-state financial management companies that would not have to pay back the fund's principal and would keep up to 80% of its profits...
Kasich friends in high demand The Columbus Dispatch ...3 who have long been advisers to governor become top lobbyists...
Our View: LePage has not made case for energy overhaul (opinion) Portland Press-Herald ...His bill that would stop the diversification of Maine's electricity portfolio would not help the businesses that want to invest billions of dollars in Maine on renewable energy projects, including wind, tidal, biomass and solar...
Thousands at Michigan Capitol protest school cuts Associated Press ...Several thousand people have demonstrated at Michigan's Capitol to protest against past and future cuts in state funding for public schools...
Petitions for Snyder recall to circulate Detroit News ... A group seeking the recall of Gov. Rick Snyder is to begin collecting signatures today as the Michigan Republican Party begins a fundraising campaign to fight the effort...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs controversial election laws CBS News ...Florida Gov. Rick Scott this week signed a set of election law changes intended to curb voter fraud that Democrats and other groups say amount to voter suppression...
