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BOSTON - House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi called this morning for a non-binding, statewide referendum on casinos this fall, as an alternative to debating casinos as part of the state budget The Senate is scheduled to debate a Republican budget amendment today that would adopt Gov. Deval Patrick’s...
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand will hold a referendum in early July on whether to amend a military-backed constitution, which was approved by voters less than a year ago, Premier Samak Sundaravej announced Wednesday. Voters would not be asked to approve the amendments -- only to decide whether the...
A group of homeless Myanmar cyclone survivors stand outside city hall with their packed belongings after being told the building will no longer be used as a temporary shelter, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The city hall is to be used as a polling station for the...
KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 21--SIMSBURY -- -- The town's proposed budgets and land acquisition passed overwhelmingly at Tuesday's referendum. The board of finance met after the results were read and set the tax rate at 29.6 mills for the town and 1.05 mills for the fire district. First...
Last night in the House of Lords, Liberal Democrat peers ABSTAINED on the very subject that Nick Clegg ordered his people to storm out of the Commons on! UKIP had put down an amendment to the Lisbon Treaty legislation calling for an In/Out referendum.Whether this shows the weakness of Clegg in...
Local authorities in Thingangyun township, Rangoon, have been giving rice and cooking oil to families who agree to vote ‘Yes’ in the constitutional referendum, a local resident said. A Thingangyun resident said people in one ward had been given the basic goods in return for the whole family...
Full coverage of UK PoliticsDo you remember the excuse the Lib Dems gave for reneging on their manifesto promise of a referendum on the European Constitution Lisbon Treaty? I want a referedum but do the Lib Dems?You don’t? Then allow me to refresh your memory. The reason that the Lib Dems...
Residents will be asked to vote about a town centre make-over after pressure to call a referendum. The Haywards Heath Referendum Group called for the poll because they were dissatisfied with the way Mid Sussex District Council has handled the drawing up of the town's masterplan. It will ask the...
Apparently they are - see the report below. It's a pity that we have to rely on the wealth of an individual with the courage to challenge the government on an issue so important to the rights of the people and I hope that the judicial review proves to us that the Rule of Law still exists....
Minturn maintains control over sprawling resort developer plans south of town Minturn Citizens for Annexation member Penny Bumgarner encourages Minturn residents to vote yes on Tuesday’s referendum on private ski resort planned on Battle Mountain. Kristin Anderson/Vail Daily MINTURN, Colorado —...
