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- Heads Up: 10.29.07
- Former IL Gov. Ryan is reporting to jail. AP A city-county merger for Pittsburgh? Business Journal An ethics quiz for AK legislators. Anchorage Daily News ...
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- Gambling Against Gambling
- I have a short piece in Governing's November issue about how the Kansas legislature this year passed a bill that will make theirs the first state to own its own casinos. Since then, I've noticed gambling is a topic of debate in a number of states. Which makes me wonder -- why?
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- There's Silence "In the Air Tonight"
- In Boston, an experiment with bringing music to subway platforms has been dropped after only two weeks. The culprit, among others, was Phil Collins: Some ...
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- In Dallas? Better Pull Up Yer Britches
- As we know, there is no issue more threatening to cities today than men's pants that are worn far too. Why else would the city ...
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- You Don't See This Every Day
- The people of Maryland, by large majorities, want their taxes to be raised. The details of the Washington Post poll: -69% want cigarette taxes to ...
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- Heads Up: 10.26.07
- You won't win too many friends by banning the circus. Weekly Dig Bush takes a shot at Blanco while touring wildfires. Times-Picayune More from that ...
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- Voting Overseas
- I just had lunch with two secretaries of state, Jennifer Brunner of Ohio and Beth Chapman of Alabama. For both, their jobs have been made complicated by the fact that their predecessors were so controversial.
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- Heads Up: 10.25.07
- Sucks to be a deer in WV. Argus Leader In 3-way, Stephen Colbert gets more youth support than Giuliani. Rasmussen Got a Heads Up for ...
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- The California Evacuations in Context
- Press reports indicate that 950,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a result of the California wildfires. Just how many people is 950,000? It's ...
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- Heads Up: 10.24.07
- The nasty side of the Vegas wedding chapel industry. Review-Journal Richmond's Douglas Wilder: Strong mayor? Ask the judge. Post-Dispatch OR could get hydrogen fuel stations. ...
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