Paper: choice of Armenia’s executive, legislative officials obvious? - PanARMENIAN Network
26 May 2012, 5:40 am
PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Yerkir daily, although the names of legislative or executive officials to be appointed remained unannounced at Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) sitting, the choice is obvious. According to the daily, “Hovik Abrahamyan will ...

legislative session colors Brownback’s political future, for better or worse - Kansas City Star
25 May 2012, 11:14 pm
If Gov. Sam Brownback ever runs for president again, he will have a brand new set of talking points. Brownback, who ran an abbreviated campaign in 2007 when he was a U.S. senator, focused on abortion, human rights and family issues. But in the ...

Cleveland schools plan wins legislative support as Mayor Frank Jackson agrees to less control over new charter schools than he sought - Cleveland Plain Dealer
25 May 2012, 9:12 pm
Mayor Frank Jackson scaled back his push to empower a local panel to approve new charter schools to win approval of his far-reaching Cleveland schools plan in the state legislature. Instead the new Transformational Alliance will only be advisory ...

Hong Kong: Meetings of the legislative Council and its Committees - Press Trust
25 May 2012, 5:44 pm
The following is issued on behalf of the legislative Council Secretariat: The legislative Council and its Committees will hold 20 open meetings and three closed meetings during the week from May 28, 2012 to June 2, 2012 in the legislative Council Complex.

Gov., Mich. legislative leaders OK income tax cut - CBS News
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders worked out a budget agreement Wednesday that would allow for a small cut in individual income taxes, twice as much money for film credits, a slight increase in education ...

Challengers drop push to redraw AZ legislative maps; look to 2014 - East Valley Tribune
22 May 2012, 5:55 pm
A federal court will not upset the lines drawn for the state’s 30 legislative districts, at least not this year. Challengers to the maps drawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission agreed Tuesday to drop their demand that a three-judge panel redraw ...

Success of legislative session depends on September vote - Tuscaloosa News
21 May 2012, 3:44 am
MONTGOMERY | Although the books were closed on the 2012 regular legislative session on May 16, the success or failure of the 2012-13 General Fund passed that night won’t be known until Sept. 18. That’s when voters go to the polls to consider ...

California's Prop. 28 would let legislative leaders serve longer stints - Sacramento Bee
20 May 2012, 4:21 am
The self-proclaimed "ayatollah" of the Assembly, Speaker Willie Brown, was a prime target in the successful campaign to pass legislative term limits 22 years ago. Ballot arguments at the time talked of stripping power from "legislative dictators ...

Key issues left to be resolved in legislative session - Tulsa World
20 May 2012, 4:07 am
OKLAHOMA CITY - With no more than five days left in the regular legislative session, some key elements of state policy are not resolved. Here's a look at three key storylines to follow during this urgent last week. Taxes: Gov. Mary Fallin and ...

California's legislative analyst says deficit may be even higher - Los Angeles Times
18 May 2012, 1:28 pm
This post has been updated. See the notes below for details. California's budget deficit may be $1 billion larger than Gov. Jerry Brown's $15.7-billion estimate, the legislative Analyst's Office said on Friday. The bulk of the difference lies in ...