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Suing the federal government 30 times and bringing polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to justice is how Republican Greg Abbott built his profile. But his biggest project as Texas attorney general is a bureaucratic fixer-upper that's $64 million over the original budget. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Campaigns

Costs on Greg Abbott’s biggest project as Texas AG rise $64m

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Mark Rosenbaum, who argued the case on behalf of minority groups that opposed the affirmative action ban, said the sort of routine outreach that political parties perform is prohibited to public universities under laws like Michigan's.

Is GOP minority recruitment affirmative action?

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The exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Tax-break expansion plan raises concerns, shrugs

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A top state Senate budget-writer says differences with the House over Medicaid spending and the state lottery must first be resolved in negotiations for a final updated North Carolina spending plan. (Thinkstock Image)

Study: Alabama pension funds could run out in decade

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has written to President Obama criticizing his administration's energy policies, EPA regulations and failure to approve the construction of a pipeline to carry tar sands crude from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. (AP/Kathy Willens)
Energy and Environment

Rick Perry sends Obama letter criticizing energy policy

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Race car driver Kurt Busch works out at a gym in Ellicott City, Md. On Memorial Day weekend, NASCAR's bad boy is trying to own the title of baddest man on the track by pulling off racing's version of an IronMan triathlon. In a single day, he'll try and race in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, with a race or two against the clock thrown in.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Sports

NASCAR’s Kurt Busch looks to reinvent himself with ‘The Double’

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A federal judge on Monday struck down Oregon's voter-approved ban on gay marriage, saying it is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Chris Pietsch)

Judge strikes down Oregon gay marriage ban

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A manufacturer of renewable energy equipment has found a formula to get its employees to save energy: a $6,000 annual bonus, offset with a carbon tax. (Thinkstock Image)
Energy and Environment

Vermont firm to workers: Save energy, earn bonus

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USAÂ?s 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington. Obama is considering nominating San Antonio's mayor to be housing secretary. That's according to people familiar with the selection process. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter by name. Castro would succeed Shaun Donovan, a member of Obama's original Cabinet. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Politics

Obama considering Shaun Donovan for budget chief, San Antonio mayor for housing secretary

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The motorcade carrying President Barack Obama arrives at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course where the president is expected to play golf in Gainesville, Va., on Saturday, May 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Politics

Obama shifts weekend golf game to elite Virginia course

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