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...Mexico, Rhode Island, North Carolina and California ballot measures would make it easier to issue bonds to fund repairs and construction at schools and colleges...
...only cut short his career but dimmed Democratic hopes as well. Al Gore's shot at carrying this battleground state is weakened now. So are the Democrats' chances of taking control of the Senate. Ironically, they had that opportunity only because two G.O.P. Senators--Georgia's Paul Coverdell and Rhode Island's John Chaffee--died while in office. Carnahan's death would seem to all but guarantee the re-election of John Ashcroft, a conservative Republican Carnahan had feuded with since serving as his lieutenant governor back...
...Funding - New Mexico, Rhode Island, North Carolina and California would fund capital improvements at education institutions through the creation or sale of bonds; and a South Dakota measure would allow public school money to be invested in the stock market. - Oklahoma would be able to dip into the principal of its education trust fund to supplement funds the income the fund generates. - A Colorado initiative seeks to increase per student spending on education by inflation plus one percent for the next ten years and at the rate of inflation thereafter. The state would also use at least $50 million...
...This is the wildest scenario. Bush and Gore each get 269 electoral votes. One of many ways it could happen: Gore wins California, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Bush wins everything else, including the battleground states: Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. If this happened, the race would go to Congress--and its next House would cast its votes for President. But instead of 435 members voting individually, each state delegation would have one vote. Right...
...death not only cut short his career but dimmed Democratic hopes. Al Gore's shot at carrying this battleground state is weakened now. So are the Democrats' chances of taking control of the Senate. Ironically, they had that opportunity only because two G.O.P. Senators - Georgia's Paul Coverdell and Rhode Island's John Chaffee - died unexpectedly while in office. Carnahan's death would seem to all but guarantee the re-election of John Ashcroft, a conservative Republican he had feuded with since serving as his Lieutenant Governor back...