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		<title>Governor McDonnell Outlines Draft Transportation Improvement Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bob McDonnell has announced the completion of the Draft Fiscal Years 2012 – 2017 Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP). This SYIP update includes more than 900 projects recommended for funding through the governor&#8217;s historic transportation legislation adopted by the 2011 General Assembly and signed into law earlier this week. The draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Sells Two State Aircraft To Save Taxpayer Dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Steve Beshear today announced plans to sell two aircraft from the Commonwealth’s air fleet as a part of his ongoing Smart Government Initiative (SGI). Selling the aircraft is a cost-saving action the Governor will take as a result of SGI, a top-to-bottom yearlong examination of state government operations and processes to find additional opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Parnell Calls For Special Session Of Alaska Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Sean Parnell has invoked Article II Section 10 of the Alaska Constitution, and adjourned the Alaska Legislature. The action to adjourn the Legislature comes after the governor received a resolution from the Alaska House of Representatives certifying they disagreed with the Senate on adjournment. The governor then immediately signed a proclamation calling the 1st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Walker Testifies Before Congress On State Budget Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is the written testimony of Governor Scott Walker for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s April 14 hearing on “State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead”. Chairman Issa and Distinguished Committee Members, I appreciate this opportunity to testify before you today and look forward to our discussion regarding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Bentley Continues To Focus On Jobs For Alabama</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Robert Bentley continued his mission to bring jobs to the State by promoting a bill, currently up for debate in the Alabama Legislature, that would allow companies to retain a certain portion of full-time employee state income tax withholdings. At a press conference on the Capitol steps, Governor Bentley promoted the Jobs Creation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Outlines Redesigned State Workforce Agreement With Council 82</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Andrew M Cuomo announced today a historic contract agreement with Council 82, the labor union representing New York State&#8217;s law enforcement officers. The agreement includes wage freezes through the 2013-2014 fiscal year, elimination of so-called &#8216;step increases,&#8217; more equitable employee health care contributions, and major reforms to health care benefits and overtime. &#8220;I applaud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Sandoval Creates Nevada Sunset Task Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Brian Sandoval has signed Executive Order 2011-09 creating the Sunset Task Force, established to review the necessity of existing nonstatutory Executive Branch advisory bodies created by prior governors or department heads. “Advisory bodies were last reviewed in 1977, and some advisory bodies have outlived their original mission and no longer provide valuable service for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Begins Phase II Of The Government Reform Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed 20 pieces of government reform legislation at the first Governor&#8217;s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring meeting of 2011, which was held at the State Capitol in Richmond. During the meeting the governor also signed Executive Order #32, which officially begins phase II of the Government Reform Commission. Governor McDonnell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Hampshire To Hold Business Outreach Session In Claremont</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ninth in a series of regional business outreach sessions designed to directly connect New Hampshire businesses with state leaders and state services will be held Friday, April 29, in Claremont. Outreach sessions were held previously in Lebanon, Laconia, Manchester, Berlin, Nashua, Keene, Portsmouth and Concord. &#8220;I am pleased a number of New Hampshire businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Approves Tsunami Disaster Funds For Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama declared the damage sustained from the March 11, 2011 tsunami a major disaster, which enables the State of Hawai&#8217;i to receive federal funding for repairs, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced today. President Obama this morning approved Governor Abercrombie’s March 25th request for the federal disaster declaration. A series of joint damage assessments conducted [...]]]></description>
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