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Navajo casino opens doors amid mixed emotions
The Navajo Nation opened its first casino Wednesday to a crowd that more than doubled the building's capacity.
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If Clinton's the pick, where does that leave Richardson?
As Hillary Rodham Clinton inches toward becoming secretary of state, Latino advocates are asking: Whither Bill Richardson?
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Milwaukee 7 to recruit two industry sectors to state
WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Conceding that it's been passive for too long while other Midwestern states actively recruit new industry, the Milwaukee 7 economic strategy consortium Thursday rolled out its first-ever systematic business attraction plan.
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Youth vote: Democratic movement, or fad?
John McCain lost young voters on Election Day even in some of the nation’s reddest states. How big a problem is that for the future of the Republican Party?
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Massachusetts leads in `new economy'
Massachusetts once again leads all other states in moving its economy away from the old industrial “smokestack-chasing” model to one based on technology, creativity and innovation, a new report released Nov. 18 said.
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Tough economy hammers schools, colleges
As states’ budget gaps increase in a worsening economy, schools are among those suffering the fallout — and they’re taking extreme measures to cope.
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States craft plans to stimulate economy
States aren’t waiting for help from Washington, D.C., to boost their economies. More than half a dozen have passed or proposed their own economic stimulus packages designed to reinvigorate local businesses with new construction, loans to hometown banks and other job-creating activities.
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Three Western governors float tax hikes
Frequently the option of last resort, tax increases are on the table in California, Nevada and Oregon as more states try to confront budget problems and the ailing economy.
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Salt prices put states in a pinch
Cold-weather states across the country will need hundreds of thousands of tons of salt to keep roads and highways safe this winter. But prices are running two and three times higher than last year, forcing some states and municipalities to make do with less.
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Ala. seeks civil rights tourism, racial accord
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As Americans send the country’s first black president to the White House, a growing tourism program in Alabama embraces the state's role in the civil rights struggle and salutes the heroes who helped pave the way for Barack Obama’s Election Day victory.
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