New Hampshire Panel Rejects Seat-Belt Law
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The State Senate transportation committee recommended that the Senate not pass a bill requiring adults to wear seat belts.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 16--State regulators on Friday rejected a bid by environmental groups to bar Duke Energy from building a coal-burning power plant west of Charlotte.   It was the second request from the groups rejected by the N.C. Utilities Commission.
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RICHMOND, Feb. 1 -- A fragile Republican-brokered deal on transportation funding collapsed Thursday after a Virginia Senate committee endorsed a competing proposal with dim prospects in the House of Delegates, increasing the chances that the session's key issue could go unaddressed in an election...
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Some quotes from Saturday's Republican presidential candidate debate in Manchester, N.H. Organizers excluded California Rep. Duncan Hunter.
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THE REGION Legislation has been filed to block a Romney administration plan for assigning high-risk drivers to auto insurers as an industry executive warned the initiative was illegal and could undermine group discounts. The bill filed by Senator Joan M. Menard, a Somerset Democrat, would bar implementation of the plan without legislative approval. At a hearing, John F. Donohue, chairman ...
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All passenger vehicles sold in the United States must have shoulder and lap belts in the rear center seat by the 2008 model year under a federal rule issued Wednesday.
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Leaders of the committee writing  energy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives backed  away on Monday from controversial elements of the bill,  including new fuel economy standards for automobiles.
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"I'm New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, and I should be dead." So begins Corzine's public service announcement promoting seat belt use, which is being released Thursday. The governor was seriously injured in an April 12 car crash in which he wasn't wearing a seat belt.
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Legislation faces major hurdle in the House of Delegates, which rejected the ban last year.
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The Supreme Court rejected the claim by a high school football powerhouse in Tennessee that its coachâs recruiting violations were a form of free speech.
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RICHMOND, Feb. 21 -- The Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday that would prohibit teenagers from using their cellphones while driving, which safety advocates say would reduce accidents.
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 8--MONROE -- The City Council has narrowly rejected a proposal that would have loosened restrictions on the number of duplexes in Monroe's historic residential district.
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PITTSBURGH - The state Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania's drunken driving law can't be enforced against people on horseback, a decision that inspired the dissenting justice to wax poetic.    The court ruled Wednesday in a case against two men in Mercer County in 2002...
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The Supreme Court declined to consider Monday whether South Carolina's anti-abortion license plates are unconstitutional, a free-speech question that could have resulted in the elimination of similar programs in a dozen states.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled against the government&#39;s ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an exception to protect a mother&#39;s health.
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WASHINGTON - The House on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage but gave Republican leaders a consolation prize by putting lawmakers on record on an issue that will be used as campaign fodder in the November
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By Lynnette Curtis  By LYNNETTE CURTIS  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The North Las Vegas City Council with a 3-2 vote Wednesday went against the recommendation of the city's attorney and rejected a chance to settle a 2-year-old eminent domain battle.