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Government News, including Ballot Initiatives, Local and State Policy and Related

LegalizeFerrets.org says Fish and Game Dept. Treats California Ferret Enthusiasts as Pests, Not Citizens

LA MESA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- According to LegalizeFerrets.org, the Department of Fish and Game has put impossible restrictions on the ferret legalization process. 'We're going by the book - but they're ripping pages out from under us. Would California tolerate that behavior from any other Department?' says Pat Wright, of LegalizeFerrets.

City of Scranton, Pa., selects Millennium Administrators, Inc. to Provide Benefit Administration for Active Fire and Police

SCHWENKSVILLE, Pa. /eNewsChannels/ -- Millennium Administrators, Inc., a benefits administrator, has signed a contract with the City of Scranton to provide benefit administration services for over 500 city employees. Millennium is providing administrative oversight for the city benefit program, including cost containment initiatives, claim audits and administrative services

Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at Event Celebrating LGBT Pride Month on June 27

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks on “The Human Rights of LGBT People and U.S. Foreign Policy”...

Raising Calif. Taxes Indefensible While Killing Solvent Gold Mining Industry, says Gold Pan California

CONCORD, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, just got a boost from Washington, D.C. to help fend off erroneous Legislation which is now tangled in the ongoing California budget negotiations.

Advancing Renewable Energy and Power Sector Integration in Central America

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- President Barack Obama, during his March 2011 visit to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador, highlighted the Energy and Climate Partnership...

United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the first ever UN resolution on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual...

Suction Dredge Gold Miners Targeted – Foes Provide Erroneous $1.8 Million Deficit to State Legislature, says Calif. Mining Industry Companies

CONCORD, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, has recently become the California headquarters for suction dredge gold miners whose industry faces permanent closure if 2 paragraphs of erroneous language are not deleted during the current Budget battle. 'We are trying to alert the Legislators and Governor Jerry Brown about this erroneous budget information before a death blow is dealt to the miners,' says GPC owner Mike Dunn.

Workforce Investment Act funds support transportation employers in California

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- A 30 percent increase in fuel surcharges has put tremendous pressure on the Inland Empire's transportation companies, but won't stop this industry from continuing to be a top local employer, says Terry Klenske, President of Dalton Trucking and member of the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board.

Gold Pan California says California Legislature Fails to Check Math with Proposed Gold Mining Budget Cut of $1.8M

CONCORD, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, has been building inventory of gold mining equipment in anticipation of the season re-opening in November. Pointing to a simple desk calculator, owner Mike Dunn cringes, 'Can you believe the budget committees have made such a stellar math mistake?'

Millennium Administrators to provide Stand-alone RX Benefit Admin for County of Middlesex NJ

SCHWENKSVILLE, Pa. /eNewsChannels/ -- Millennium Administrators, Inc., a pharmacy benefits administrator, has signed a contract with the County of Middlesex, NJ to provide stand-alone pharmacy benefit services for County employees and their dependents.

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