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MN: Pawlenty signs groundbreaking biofuel bill
By Scott Wente, Duluth News Tribune
Other states will look at Minnesota as a leader in an emerging area of renewable fuels, lawmakers and Gov. Tim Pawlenty said as the governor signed a bill mandating more biofuel use.
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SD: Panel rebukes Rounds on tax memo
By Terry Woster, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
The Legislature's Executive Board on Monday sent a stern message to Gov. Mike Rounds to rescind what they say is a new tax on mid-range ethanol blends.
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MS: Barbour signs utility rate bill
By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald (Biloxi)
Gov. Haley Barbour signed bills Monday to allow utility companies to raise rates to pay for new power plants before they are built, as well as measures to strengthen ethics laws and protect waterways.
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AK: Exxon seeks $800 million for lost leases
By Steve Quinn, The Associated Press, Anchorage Daily News (registration)
Exxon Mobil Corp. asked Monday that Alaska pay $800 million in damages, claiming the state breached a deal when it revoked gas and oil leases on a North Slope oil field.
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AZ: Legislature votes to overturn emissions standards
By Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (registration)
State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation overturning newly enacted vehicle emission standards for greenhouse gases, setting the stage for a showdown with Gov. Janet Napolitano.
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GA: High cost of gas affecting GA public service
By The Associated Press, The Macon Telegraph
The high cost of fuel is increasing the demand for a public service provided by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Robert Sims is a supervisor for Highway Emergency Response Operators or HEROs.
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GA: Perdue says no to gas tax moratorium for Georgia
By Shannon McCaffrey, The Associated Press, The Macon Telegraph
Farmers and timber companies got a break from record-high fuel prices on Monday as Gov. Sonny Perdue suspended the state sales tax on diesel for off-road uses. But Georgians driving the state's roads shouldn't be expecting any such relief. Instead, the state's gasoline tax will rise on July 1.
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MD: Public transit grows popular
By Timothy B. Wheeler and Tyeesha Dixon, The Sun (Baltimore)
As gasoline prices climb toward $4 a gallon, more commuters in Maryland are leaving their cars and trucks at home and hopping a bus or train to work.
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MD: Gas prices may fuel vacation reroutes
By The Associated Press, The Capital (Annapolis)
OCEAN CITY, Md. - Mid-Atlantic resorts are hoping gas prices spiraling toward $4 a gallon and a cooling economy won't keep vacationers at home this summer - but they're bracing for shorter stays and less spending on restaurants and entertainment while people holiday.
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ME: Bangor-area heating oil prices top $4 a gallon
By Anne Ravana, Bangor Daily News
A number of Bangor-area oil dealers reported cash prices of No. 2 heating oil above $4 per gallon on Monday. Dead River Co. in Brewer was priced at $4.269, Maine Energy in Bangor quoted $4.049, and R.H. Foster Energy in Hampden charged $4.199.
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SD: Obama campaign reaches out to rural South Dakota
By Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
Two former state agriculture leaders made a pitch to rural South Dakota on Monday for presidential hopeful Barack Obama, touting farm-policy initiatives aimed at strengthening disaster assistance, helping beginning farmers and boosting alternative fuel supplies.
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VA: Hearing on Dominion rate increase June 24
By Carolyn Shapiro, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (registration)
Dominion Virginia Power customers and others who want to comment on the company's proposed fuel rate increase may do so during a public hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. June 24 in Richmond.
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WV: Scandal clouds W.Va. court race as 3 states vote
By Lawrence Messina, The Associated Press, The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington)
Photos of West Virginia's top jurist vacationing with the chief executive of a massive coal producer have transformed an otherwise run-of-the-mill election into that state's most closely watched race, while voters in two other states prepared to cast ballots on key congressional seats.
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WV: Water trouble for city, county
By Rusty Marks, Charleston Gazette (registration)
City and county leaders wonder how consumers will be able to swallow yet another rate increase by West Virginia-American Water Co.
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Governors pitch ambitious programs
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Billion-dollar deficits in California, New York and Arizona haven’t stopped governors there and elsewhere from proposing big-ticket items for 2008. Stateline.org looks at proposals from governors’ 2008 "state of the state" speeches and provides an exclusive summary of all the addresses so far.
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