Conn. governor asks Congress to probe natgas price
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Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell on Thursday  said she had asked the U.S. Congress to investigate whether  domestic producers of natural gas tried to pump up prices by  shutting badly needed production.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo urged Congress to step up supervision of private education lending and said he is widening his investigation of the $85 billion-a-year industry to examine loan criteria.
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ARTFORD, Aug. 19 - Before Gov. John G. Rowland resigned amid an ethics investigation, he was in political trouble for laying off more than 2,000 state employees during a budget crisis last year.
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The FBI is investigating whether Nevada's governor failed to report gifts from a military contractor that he received while serving in Congress, law enforcement officials said yesterday.
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A Senate subcommittee is expected to issue a report on how the hedge fund Amaranth Advisors dominated the North American natural gas market last year.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly is urging federal regulators to hold off on approving a proposed Fall River liquefied natural gas terminal. Reilly told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it &quot;should defer any decision on the Weaver's Cove facility until true siting standards are in place and a regional plan is developed&quot; that evaluates whether the Taunton River ...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. The Connecticut financier who stole more than 200 (m) million dollars from insurance companies in Tennessee and other states to finance a lavish lifestyle will ask for a reduced prison sentence.
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IN A SERIES of hearings last week on Capitol Hill, members of Congress shed light on the most significant source of volatile energy prices -- excessive speculation and manipulation on the unregulated energy commodity futures markets.
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The price for settling state charges of collusion and bid rigging by the nation's largest insurance broker could be "far higher" than $500 million, the New York Attorney General said today.
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HARTFORD, Conn. - A state Senate leader says he has the scoop on the poop in the state Capitol...
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Alistair Darling has asked to meet with Ofgem to discuss gas and electricity price rises, a report says.
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The nation's largest gold-producing state is being asked to investigate whether mercury emissions from its mines are contaminating area fisheries.
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Although gasoline prices have dropped sharply from last summer, 79 lawmakers sought to send a message Wednesday, introducing a bill that would impose stiff penalties on oil and gas companies for price gouging.
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By Lezlee E. Whiting For the Deseret Morning News  TABIONA, Duchesne County -- Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is asking state lawmakers for $20 million to buy 28,000 acres on Tabby Mountain.
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Governors want to expand state regulation of greenhouse gases in hopes of increasing pressure for federal action on global warming, the chairman of the National Governors Association said Wednesday.
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(Boston-AP, Oct. 22, 2004 6:07 PM) _ Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly and top insurance regulators are both investigating fee arrangements between insurers and brokers.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  urged state attorneys general to fully investigate reports of  price gouging by companies distributing scarce supplies of  influenza vaccine and fully prosecute offenders.