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Louisiana lawmakers eye harsher penalties in pipeline damage (The Advocate) 'There's This Little Fear': Arizona Teachers Consider Legislative Backlash Against Walkout (Rewire) ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors (ExposedByCMD) Citizenship amendment sets off squabble (The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel) Payday lender made 3 international trips with ex-Ohio House speaker (MyDayton DailyNews) Debbie Lesko keeps Arizona 8th in GOP hands in special election (USA TODAY) Voters Want Local Control, Not State Takeovers (The Progressive) Conservative Leaders, GOP Lawmakers Voice Support for Scott Pruitt (Daily Signal) Tickled to See Teenagers Restarting the Revolution (Jackson Free Press) Democracy in Chains Reveals the Link Between Libertarianism and Oligarchy (theStranger) Kentucky Teachers Walk Out (New Republic) GOP checks out new record, chants same old chorus (CT Post) 'Buy American' Policies Boost Private Sector Use of Prison Labor: Study (Crime Report) Bayou Bridge Protesters Arrested as Louisiana Advances Bill Toughening Penalties for Pipeline Protests (DeSmog) Trump individual income tax cut: $89 a day for the 1 percent; 11 cents a day for the poor (People's World) Another Renewable Energy Basher and Koch Network Alum Joins Trump's Department of Energy (DeSmog) How lawmakers' names get assigned to legislation they don't support (Charleston Post Courier) ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona (ExposedByCMD) Washington is testing how it could charge drivers for miles they drive to keep up state roads (Pacific Northwest Inlander) Louisiana and Minnesota Introduce Anti-Protest Bills Amid Fights Over Bayou Bridge and Enbridge Pipelines (The Intercept) On Eve of the March for Our Lives a New Report Examines the NRA's Huge Influence in Washington (Common Dreams) Ahead of the March For Our Lives, a new report extent of the NRA’s huge influence in Washington (Wisconsin Gazette) Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality (The Guardian) Kansas Senate passes bills on asbestos claims, body camera video, asset seizures, wrongful convictions (Hays Daily News) LePage's bill to limit local control of pesticide use appears headed for defeat (Press Herald) Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws (The Intercept) Corporations That Quit Ultra-Conservative Lobbying Group Defend Attending Their Conference Anyway (Splinter) Claims by right-to-work supporters like a hollow bunny (Las Cruces Sun-News) Mead vetoes controversial “critical infrastructure” bill (WyoFile) Minnesotans: Beware the Convention of States resolution (MinnPost) Politicians Campaign on Free Speech While Voting to Penalize Boycotts of Israel (The Intercept) Protest bill rises from grave after Wyoming House rules fight (Casper Star-Tribune Online) Will Trump's Fossil Fuel Siren Song Sink Investors' Climate Resolutions? (InsideClimate News) The Real Reason the Investor Class Hates Pensions (New York Times) Several bills await reconciliation as WV legislative session nears end (Charleston Gazette-Mail) How Employers Already Compel Speech From Workers (The Nation) Koch Network Took Credit for Dakota Access, Keystone XL and REINS Act, Leaked Memo Shows (EcoWatch) ALEC is working against us (News-Item) This is the single most ridiculous piece of proposed legislation in a quarter century (The Courier-Journal)
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