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In the News (Mon 13 Oct 08)

  
  National Governors Association
Governors talked about the loss of local revenue due to federal acquisition of property that consequently became nontaxable, about legislation pending in Congress to pay local governments in lieu of taxes, and about the federal government giving certain tax authority back to the states and the responsibility states would then bear for administration of services.
Governor Elbert Carvel of Delaware spoke of his state's decision not to permit income taxes paid to the federal government to be deducted from state income taxes, which increased state revenue.
Governors went on to discuss bond financing of highway construction, federal gas taxes, the possibilities for toll roads, educating the public about traffic safety (which included talk of reckless driving and speeding among teenagers in particular), and evaluating existing state programs.
www.nga.org /portal/site/nga/menuitem.f3e4d086ac6dda968a278110501010a0/?vgnextoid=435c8aaa364a4010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD   (916 words)

  
 Welcome to Indian Springs School
He or she is further directed to maintain a permanent typewritten record of the minutes of all town meetings and Council meetings and to file that record in the school archives at the end of his or her term.
The Indian Springs School Judiciary is a body comprised of students elected entirely by the students for the purpose of hearing and ruling on infractions of rules and standards within the Indian Springs School Community.
Indian Springs School believes that the students it accepts are reasonably intelligent people who know the difference between right and wrong, between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
www.indiansprings.org /studconstitution.asp   (3919 words)

  
 Ohio Historical Society | Ohio Governors
He was appointed by Governor Arthur St. Clair as a justice of the peace and was therefore a member of the first court of quarter sessions which met at Manchester in 1797.
He was then elected to the house of representatives for the fifteenth and to the senate for the twentieth through the twenty-third general assemblies (1816-17, 1821-25), serving as speaker of the house in the fifteenth.
During Kirker's first year as acting governor the settlers in the western section of the state were alarmed by the threat of an Indian uprising.
www.ohiohistory.org /onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/kirker.html   (940 words)

  
 North Carolina Governors
North Carolina's history as an organized governing system led by a governor may be viewed in five chronological stages: the Virginia colony, the southern plantation, the Lords Proprietors, the Royal colony, and the state of North Carolina.
A chronology of governors serving during each of these stages is listed at the bottom of the page.
Theactions of the Virginia governor outpaced his authority under the English Crown, and the Southern Plantation and its Commander were short-lived.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/governor.htm   (958 words)

  
 Federal Indian Laws and Policy through the War of 1812
The governor of the Northwest Territory was paid $2000 a year to assume the duties of Superintendant of Indian Affairs, Northern Department, thereby setting the precedent of governors handling Indian affairs.
General responsibilities of Indian agents included enforcement of all federal laws concerning the Indians, keeping records of their agency activities, noting the conditions of the local Indians, noting and recording natural history of the area, and noting and recording progress in civilizing the Indians.
Indian tribes were to be treated as quasi-sovereign nations with jurisdiction over their own members.
members.tripod.com /umbrigade/articles/indianlaw.html   (1129 words)

  
 Indian Point has been on a losing streak lately   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Critics of Indian Point have long been saying that if the complex can't be protected from a terrorist attack, then it ought to be shut down, but last week they focused specifically, and somewhat sardonically, on the fact that the facility still lacks the shield of a no-fly zone.
Fifth and last on the list of developments was the dismissal of trespass charges brought against Marilyn Elie, an anti-Indian Point activist who was arrested last June 29 at Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, where Westchester County health officials were distributing free potassium iodide pills.
The school is a stone's throw from Indian Point and relies heavily on property taxes generated by the plants.
www.closeindianpoint.org /articles/tjn_041303.htm   (768 words)

  
 Alabama Governor John Gayle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alabama's seventh governor, John Gayle, was born on September 11, 1792, in Sumter District, South Carolina.
In 1832 the US Government and the Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Cusseta which granted the Indians new land west of the Mississippi River.
Governor Gayle staunchly supported the settlers' right to remain on the land and denounced the Treaty of Cusseta, claiming that the state had priority in negotiations concerning land in its territory.
www.archives.state.al.us /govs_list/g_gaylej.html   (564 words)

  
 Climate Alarmists Misrepresent Pentagon Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Governors Explore Endangered Species Act (3/12) In a recent testimony to the National Governor's Association, Michael DeAlissi argued ESA has been a disappointment, especially on private lands, and diminished by questionable scientific and political considerations.
Bean also told the governors not to make too much of the fact that only a handful of the 1,300 species have been successfully de-listed, pointing to the rebirth of bald eagle which remains on the list despite dramatic increases in its population.
In addition, governors approved an amendment calling on the federal government to publish recovery goals in conjunction with the listing decision, based on the best available science at the time of the listing.
www.rppi.org /governorsexplore.shtml   (3585 words)

  
 New York governor's strategy needs work : ICT [2005/04/22]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The governor came back from the bruising confrontation that was his failed first exam much more willing to consider the positive opportunities in tribal sovereignty.
While too many Indian governments are mired in controversy, support from local governments for their settlement gave the Mohawks an edge and allowed them alone to move ahead of the pack for a land claim settlement and a legitimate and rightful shot at the Catskills.
Pataki's people would have saved everyone a lot of trouble by simply understanding that Indian sovereignty is true and good and is meant to be of benefit for his region (and the country), and he should strive to negotiate win-win solutions with the tribes.
www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096410791   (1468 words)

  
 Indian casinos boon to tribes and states   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Indian gaming generated about $22.7 billion in revenue in 2005, up 15.6 percent from 2004, according to the Indian Gaming Industry Report, an independent report on the industry.
And 2005 was the 11th consecutive year in which Indian gaming grew by at least 15 percent, said the report’s author, Alan Meister, an economist with the Analysis Group, an international financial strategy and consulting business.
Indian gaming has surged since Congress in 1988 upheld the right of tribes to operate casinos on their reservations.
www.stateline.org /live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=121398   (721 words)

  
 Texas Governors - War, Ruin, and Reconstruction - Part 2 - Texas State Library
Accomplishments: When presidential reconstruction gave way to congressional reconstruction in March 1867, Throckmorton and the U.S. military differed: he disagreed with their deployment of troops in the interior rather than on the frontier; and they accused him of failing to punish crimes against fls and Unionists.
Accomplishments: Appointed provisional governor on January 8, 1870 (about five weeks after the election and before the official outcome had been confirmed), Davis began a four-year term and was inaugurated on April 28, 1870.
The Constitution of 1869 had given the governor power to appoint more than 9,000 offices, impinging on the independence of local government and the will of the people.
www.tsl.state.tx.us /governors/war/page2.html   (1153 words)

  
 United Kingdom - List Of Colonial Governors In 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Governor - Howard Pearce, Governor of the Falkland Islands (2002-present)
Governor - Richard Fell, Governor of the Pitcairn Islands (2001-present)
Governor - Jim Poston, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2002-present)
mywebpage.netscape.com /Africa5226/list-of-colonial-governors-in-2004-united-kingdom.html   (207 words)

  
 The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies - OCHS - Board of Governors
She is a board member of The Vrinda Trust and Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center at Devasadana Mandir in Detroit.
Ford and her husband have generously supported numerous projects around the world dedicated to preserving and promoting understanding and appreciation of Indian history and culture.
Gombrich sits on the Board of Governors of the Oxford Centre for Vaishnava and Hindu Studies.
www.ochs.org.uk /about/governors.html   (770 words)

  
 Remarks With Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran
I would like to announce today that we will now contribute an additional 500,000 dollars to Indian nongovernmental organizations, as well some of the international organizations that are supplying relief aid to the victims, and the families of the victims of the earthquake.
There are two million Indian Americans in our country, at least, who are building businesses in our country; they are running for political office; they are influential and they are building bridges back to India from my country.
It lists the responsibilities of the United States and the obligations of the United States to India to make this happen, and it list the obligations of the Government of India - that's the agreement.
www.state.gov /p/us/rm/2005/55459.htm   (3826 words)

  
 SearchSystems.net - The Largest Washington Public Records Directory
Lists are broken down into Eastern and Western regions and may be sorted by county, dollar amount or alphabetically.
Results list is free and there is a fee for detailed reports.
Description: The properties listed on Foreclosure Free Search are a current and comprehensive inventory of foreclosures in the United States.
www.searchsystems.net /list.php?nid=56&page=2   (1195 words)

  
 Democratic Governors Association
The governor’s announcement Monday that she would pursue increases in sin taxes to pay for teacher raises overshadowed the broader agenda for initiatives in the session that begins April 25.
Her foremost goal is to begin an overhaul of the state’s health care system, which has the worst budget headaches in state government.
Governor Granholm says the deal with Toyota sets the groundwork for her to encourage Toyota to build a new automobile manufacturing plant right here in Michigan.
democraticgovernors.org /news/173/kss-sebelius-promotes-health-care   (1431 words)

  
 Historic election year in gov races
A former governor, Tony Knowles (D) of Alaska, is trying to return to the post he held in 1994 and 1998, but he will have to beat Republican Sarah Palin, a former two-term mayor of a small city who toppled embattled Gov. Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary.
Surpluses, and how incumbent governors spent them in 2006, are issues in governors’ races in Arkansas and Wyoming at a time when all but a handful of states finally emerged from years of belt-tightening and counting pennies.
Freudenthal was in the enviable position of being governor during an energy boom that yielded the state a billion-dollar surplus from gas, oil and coal revenues.
www.stateline.org /live/details/story?contentId=151275   (12077 words)

  
 Indianz.Com > News > Bush administration blasted on Indian education
When Vasques, the director of the Office of Indian Education, started to responded, she was interrupted.
Vasques pointed out that the overwhelming majority of Indian children attend public schools that are not part of the BIA system.
At an oversight hearing on Indian education a year ago, retired Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado), the former chairman of the committee, said he asked the General Accountability Office for an investigation into the reorganization's impact.
www.indianz.com /News/2005/008827.asp   (1138 words)

  
 India States
India in 1900 was a hodge-podge of British provinces under the direct sovereignty of the British crown, and small states ruled by Indian princes under British hegemony.
Towards the Indian mainland, the easternmost are Androth, Cheriyam, and Kalpeni Islands.
The divisions of India were classified as follows: nine Part A states, formerly governors' provinces; eight Part B states, formerly native states or groups of states; ten Part C states, formerly chief commissioners' provinces; and two Part D territories.
www.statoids.com /uin.html   (2949 words)

  
 GAIR Indian Authors Reading List
Includes historical sketches of SD Indian agencies; maps; political, dialect, and geographic divisions; sources available at the SD State Archives; SD sources other than the archives; addresses to the tribal enrollment and BIA realty offices; tribal college addresses; and non-SD resources.
Relates the events of the Santee Indian raid on the Lake Shetek, MN settlement and the subsequent fate of the captives.
An index to the tape recorded interviews conducted by the University of South Dakota and housed at the Institute of Indian Studies at USD.
www.sdhistory.org /arc/aig/arc_aig11.htm   (1967 words)

  
 Michel Danino - The Indus-Sarasvati Civilization and its Bearing on the Aryan Question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Harappans were just Northwestern Indians of the time and continued to live there even after the end of the urban phase (with some of them migrating towards the Ganga plains in search of greener pastures).
Indeed, quite a few symbols used in later Indian culture, such as the trishul or the swastika, the pipal tree or the endless-knot design, are found in the Indus-Saraswati cities.
They have correctly argued that the Indian people have no memory or record of any such outside origin, and archaeology is now increasingly confirming their insights.
micheldanino.voiceofdharma.com /indus.html   (4723 words)

  
 Former Governors of Oklahoma LIST
Died on December 11, 1993, and is buried at Madill Cemetery in Madill, Oklahoma.
He resigned on January 6, 1963 and was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert S. Kerr.
State of Oklahoma: Territorial and state governors beginning with first Territorial Governor, George Washington Steele, in 1890.
www.netstate.com /states/government/ok_formergov.htm   (568 words)

  
 CNN.com - Technology - Disney offers to buy Toysmart.com customer list - July 14, 2000
However, Toysmart placed the customer list and other assets up for sale as part of a proposal submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Boston.
Disney said it's willing to buy the list subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court, which has jurisdiction over the matter.
If Disney isn't allowed to buy the list, the company said it would urge the court to permit a sale only to a buyer that would maintain the confidentiality of consumers who submitted personal information to Toysmart.
archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/computing/07/14/disney.toysmart.list.idg   (710 words)

  
 CNN.com - Burton subpoenas White House visitor lists, overnight records - October 16, 2000
In September, the White House released a list of 361 guests who stayed overnight at the White House or Camp David over a 13-month period.
The release of the list was an effort to defuse charges that Mrs.
The list did not include the dates of the visits, so it was not possible to check them against the dates of any contributions.
edition.cnn.com /2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/16/visitors.list/index.html   (710 words)

  
 Declaration of Independence : Indiana Law
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
www.law.indiana.edu /uslawdocs/declaration.html   (1207 words)

  
 Dead Governors of New Jersey
When New Jersey governor, William Livingston died in 1790, Paterson resigned from the Senate to become the states second governor (he was replaced in the senate by future governor Philemon Dickinson).
After being governor, President Millard Fillmore wanted Pennington to be the Governor of the Minnesota Territory, but Pennington said no. Instead, leaving the Whigs and joining the Republican Party, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858 to the 36th Congress.
As governor, he became known as "father of the public school system of New Jersey." He served one three-year term as governor and was succeeded by Republican William A.
members.bellatlantic.net /~vze2rdt7/DGovs/deadgovernorsnj.html   (12763 words)

  
 01-13-03 Oregon State Archives Copy - Legislative Commission On Indian Services
It serves as a conduit through which concerns are channeled through the network to the appropriate entity; it serves as a point of access for finding out about state government programs and Indian communities; and it serves as a catalyst for bringing about change where change is needed.
CIS monitors legislation that may affect Indians, both while it is being considered by the Legislature and after it becomes law.
Ask to be put on the CIS mailing list and attend CIS meetings held on a regular basis in the State Capitol building.
www.sos.state.or.us /archives/governors/Kitzhaber/web_pages/governor/gov2gov/LCISBroucher.htm   (693 words)

  
 Federal Advisory Committees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Council advises the Secretary and Congress on the funding and administration of any program, with respect to which the Secretary has jurisdiction and that includes Indian children or adults or that may benefit Indian children or adults.
The council includes 15 members appointed by the President and composed of Indians and Alaska Natives selected from lists furnished by Indian tribes and organizations.
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is an independent, bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public.
www.ed.gov /about/bdscomm/list/com.html   (1876 words)

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