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Senator Stone's Salton Sea Bill Signed by Governor Brown (California Senate Republican Caucus)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Aug 2016
Sacramento - Governor Jerry Brown, on Friday, signed Senate Bill 1416 by Senator Jeff Stone (R-LaQuinta), that will allow Californians to help restore the Salton Sea ... 'I'm pleased the Governor and the Legislature have recognized the need to take action on the Salton Sea,' said Senator Stone ... 'My bill, signed today by the Governor, is an important step toward making that happen.'....

Taliban Capture District In Southern Afghanistan

Edit Radio Free Europe 27 Aug 2016
The provincial governor’s spokesman, Naqibullah Atal, confirmed the fall of the district and said at least five policemen were killed and five others wounded in the clashes. . Abdul Rahman Solamal, the district governor, said Jani Khel fell to the Taliban ......

Taliban seize district headquarters in eastern Afghanistan

Edit The Miami Herald 27 Aug 2016
Naqib Ahmad Atal, spokesman for the governor of Paktia province, says Afghan security forces withdrew from the Janikhail district ......

Taliban overrun district in eastern Afghanistan

Edit Press TV 27 Aug 2016
Spokesman for the governor of Paktia province said Saturday that the militants managed to capture Janikhail district headquarters following heavy clashes with police ... Abdul Rahman Solamal, governor of Janikhail, said the district had been surrounded by Taliban for almost five days ... out near the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand....

A monumental task: Getting Mainers to support a new park

Edit Houston Chronicle 27 Aug 2016
Frustrations were stoked in 1996 when President Bill Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah and gave the governor and congressional delegation only 24 hours' notice ... ....

Taliban militants capture Jani Khel district in of Paktia

Edit Khaama Press 27 Aug 2016
Provincial governor’s spokesman Naqibullah Atal confirmed the fall of the district and said at least five policemen lost their lives during the clashes ... The group had earlier seized control of some districts in southern Helmand province and northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. ....

'Religious vote' hears messages from both candidates

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 27 Aug 2016
[...] he's tapped Mike Pence as his running mate, touting the Indiana governor's staunch anti-abortion, anti-gay rights record that appeals to many white religious conservatives ... Each party's religious anchors — black Protestants for Democrats, white evangelicals for Republicans — figure prominently in Southern battlegrounds of Florida, North Carolina and Virginia (and Georgia, assuming that traditionally GOP state stays competitive)....

US drone attack kills 22 Afghan soldiers: Helmand council

Edit Press TV 27 Aug 2016
A US drone attack has reportedly killed 22 Afghan soldiers in Taliban custody in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand. Helmand’s Provincial Council reported the troop fatalities on Saturday ... The exchange of fire killed more than 20 police members, injured 20 others and claimed around 200 insurgents on the Taliban side, said the district’s governor Abdul Rahman Solamal ... ....

Four injured in large fires on island of Chios

Edit Kathimerini 27 Aug 2016
Two major fires engulfed forested areas in the northern part of the island of Chios Friday – barely a month after a blaze burnt large tracts of mastic tree plantations in the island’s southern part – injuring four people in the village of Sidirounta, which was evacuated....

Governor McCrory's Office Issues Statement on Limited Court Ruling (The Office of the Governor of the State of North Carolina)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Aug 2016
The Office of the Governor of the State of North Carolina). The Office of Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement following the recent decision by U.S ... governor will continue to defend North Carolina law.'....

Governor McCrory Celebrates Mount Mitchell State Park 100th Anniversary (The Office of the Governor of the State of North Carolina)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Aug 2016
The Office of the Governor of the State of North Carolina). Governor Pat McCrory and Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz visited Mount Mitchell State Park yesterday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of North Carolina's state parks and highlight the Connect NC bond investments in Mount Mitchell and 44 other state parks....

Taliban fighters overrun district in eastern Afghanistan

Edit DNA India 27 Aug 2016
Abdul Rahman Solamal, governor of Jani Khel district, in the eastern province of Paktia said that after heavy overnight fighting, security forces had pulled out of the district, which sits at an intersection linking eight districts and which connects Paktia with neighbouring Khost province and Pakistan....

Maine governor wants to point gun 'right between' opponent's eyes

Edit The Guardian 27 Aug 2016
Maine’s bombastic Republican governor has built a reputation on his unfiltered comments, but his obscene tirade unleashed on a liberal lawmaker prompted Democrats on Friday to warn that the governor was coming unhinged and to call for a political intervention ... After leaving the voicemail, LePage invited reporters to the governor’s mansion, where he said he wished he could turn back the clock so he and Gattine could face off in a duel....
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