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		<title>Florida Announces 2011 License Free Fishing Weekends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEP to offer reduced admission at state parks, Florida is the fishing capital of the world, bringing more than $5.4 billion to our economy. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced an exciting resource for anglers. FWC announced two weekends in June when a saltwater fishing license will not be required statewide. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Posts 12.4% Revenue Growth For March 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that March revenue collections increased by 12.4 percent over the prior year. This is the twelfth month out of the last 13 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year&#8217;s amount. It is the fifth month in a row in which year-over-year revenue growth was greater than 9 percent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Outlines Progress On Tax Reform Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retirees who are 67 and older to see no changes to pensions. Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and House Speaker Jase Bolger today outlined the progress being made on the tax reform plan. Overhauling Michigan&#8217;s unwieldy tax structure is necessary to stimulate the economy and declare that Michigan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Perdue Extends North Carolina Jobs Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bev Perdue announced today that she is extending her jobs tour this week with jobs announcements in Robeson and Surry counties on Tuesday. These events will bring the total number of new jobs announced on her three-week tour to more than 1,100. “Nearly all of my time as Governor is spent creating jobs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clint Eastwood Movie To Film In Virginia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio Stars as J. Edgar Hoover. Governor Bob McDonnell has announced that the towns of Warrenton and The Plains in Fauquier County, Great Falls in Fairfax County and the cities of Alexandria and Arlington were recently used in a major feature film with the working title of J. Edgar. The film examines the life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Invests $1 Million To Keep 1,100 Jobs In Towson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Martin O’Malley today announced that the State has extended an offer to provide a $1 million conditional loan through the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund (MEDAAF) to assist Stanley Black &#38; Decker in upgrading its Construction and Do-It-Yourself (CDIY) world headquarters in Towson, Md. The project preserves 1,100 full-time permanent jobs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Launches Tax Cut Calculator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that it&#8217;s tax season (don&#8217;t forget, Tax Day is on 4/18 this year), you might be thinking about the bipartisan tax cut compromise from December 2010 and wondering how it affects your household&#8217;s bottom line. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve put together a Tax Cut Calculator and Tax Cut Checklist to help taxpayers better understand how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Releases February 2011 Employment Figures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February 2011 is 11.5 percent, down 0.4 percentage point from the January 2011 rate of 11.9 percent. This represents 1,068,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,265,000. Florida’s total nonagricultural employment in February 2011 is 7,184,200, an increase of 22,700 jobs (+0.3 percent) from January 2011. On an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Fund 1 Retains Standard And Poor&#8217;s AAA Rating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Nathan Deal and Georgia Treasurer Tommy Hills have announced that the nationally recognized credit rating firm of Standard and Poor’s affirmed its highest money market fund rating of AAA for Georgia’s own Georgia Fund 1. “Georgia continues to demonstrate excellence in terms of AAA ratings,” said Deal. “The success of Georgia Fund 1 is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas To Implement $800 Million In Spending Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rick Perry, Speaker Joe Straus and Comptroller Susan Combs  announced the decision to close out the Fiscal Year 2011 budget gap by implementing $800 million in cuts. This will be achieved by using $300 million from increased sales tax collections over the last few months, and using a one-time draw not to exceed $3.2 [...]]]></description>
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