Voters Could Learn Names of Those Footing Political Ads
Voters will know who is paying for political advertising during this year’s elections – if a bill the Senate passed on Thursday becomes law. The measure is the state’s response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last January that allows corporations and unions to use their own money to pay for political ads – as [...]

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Senate OKs Separating Gas Taxes from Oil Taxes
The Senate on Thursday approved a bill separating gas taxes from oil taxes.  The issue arose when lawmakers discovered that under the current, unified tax structure, the state risked actually losing as much as two Billion dollars a year when oil prices are high – as they are now – and gas prices are low [...]

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