North Carolina House votes for education lottery amid budget concerns
The North Carolina House narrowly approved a bill to establish a state lottery 61 to 59, earmarking profits for education including school construction and scholarships. The measure moves to a Senate that has supported a lottery before, amid Gov. Mike Easley’s long push since 2001 and a looming $1 billion shortfall.
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Owens vetoes rape bill over ethics concerns
Denver Governor Bill Owens vetoed a measure requiring hospitals to inform rape victims about emergency contraception, arguing it would pressure church backed institutions to contravene ethics guidelines and deprive victims of balanced information. Chicago note: scholar Michael Dawson will return to the University of Chicago as professor, after leaving for Harvard three years ago.
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Nuclear waste move eyed for Utah desert site near Crescent Junction
The Energy Department proposed relocating 12 million tons of open air uranium ore processing waste from Moab to a closed facility 30 miles north near Crescent Junction. Public comment will shape the final plan, with cleanup costs estimated between 407 and 472 million dollars. The site sits 130 acres behind a chain link fence and risks soil and groundwater contamination reaching the Colorado River that supplies 25 million people in the Southwest.
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