In the News - Archives
June 2009
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06-29-09...
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara
Lawton promotes stimulus funding
for small business
Press, Kentucky Lt. Governor
Daniel Mongiardo encourages
state congressional delegation to
vote against climate change bill
WYMT and South Carolina Lt.
Governor Andre Bauer says he
will try and help Governor through
the rest of his term
Fox
Indiana Lt.
Governor Becky Skillman makes
calls to help try and pass budget
Sentinel
and Mississippi Lt. Governor
Phil Bryant says holdup on
passing state budget is Medicaid
WLBT
06-26-09... In wake
of South Carolina succession crisis
of a missing governor, New York
reporter notes that in New York:
"The formal chain of state command
has snapped for the first time in
anyone's memory, amid a political
storm-of-the-century."
News
Rhode Island Lt.
Governor Elizabeth Roberts is
calling for an investigation of the
governor's no-bid contracts
Breeze, Michigan Lt. Governor
John Cherry casts tie vote
approving amendment to ban foreign
trash from state, but matter is
reconsidered over debate on rules
governing tie-breaking votes
News and Virginia Lt.
Governor Bill Bolling outlines a
continuing legislative policy agenda
to protect and kick start the
economy
Exchange
Potential
gubernatorial election between
Oklahoma Lt. Governor Jari Askins
and US Rep Mary Fallin, a former
lieutenant governor, would make
history yielding the state's first
female governor
KSWO and Indiana Lt. Governor
Becky Skillman promotes
statewide phone-a-thon for housing
administrators to provide
foreclosure assistance
Business
06-25-09... Idaho
Lt. Governor Brad Little will
chair a 15-person transportation
committee to find legislative
consensus
Boise,
New York Senate President Pro Tem
says he has two senate votes, since
he serves as acting lieutenant
governor
AllGov and Massachusetts Lt.
Governor Tim Murray chairs the
state STEM Education Coordinating
Council
Tech
Delaware Lt.
Governor Matt Denn, the state
stimulus czar, said stimulus money
may offset education cuts
Journal and South Carolina
Lt. Governor Andre Bauer
advocates consolidating all senior
services - now in 6 agencies in 7
different departments - into the
Div. of Aging, which his Office runs
Packet
06-24-09... South
Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer
says the state's unsecured,
out-of-communication governor did
not relinquish authority to him and
left state without a chain of
command
CNN, Michigan Lt. Governor
John Cherry opposes Senate
committee plan to eliminate college
grants
WKZO and California Lt.
Governor John Garamendi, a
Congressional candidate, says
"public option" is critical to
health reform
Kos
Oklahoma Lt.
Governor Jari Askins, a national
aerospace leader, announces teacher
innovation grants
Biz, Governor credits
Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant
for opposing House effort to
increase Medicaid by limiting
executive authority
Appeal and Michigan Lt.
Governor John Cherry calls on
Legislature to pass pass budget
90-days prior to the fiscal year end
News
Puerto Rico Lt.
Governor Ken McClintock joins
Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim
Murray in honoring a veterans
unit
Herald, Georgia Lt. Governor
Casey Cagle is recovering from
spine surgery
Journal and
Iowa Lt. Governor
Patty Judge speaks to
representatives of 7 nations at the
Conference on Agricultural Solutions
and Cooperation on the value of Iowa
products worldwide
Iowa
A history of
tie-breaking votes in the states and
the senates
Gazette and lack of NY lt.
governor and senate coup reveals gap
in gubernatorial succession planning
Union
6-24-09…Florida Lt. Governor Jeff
Kottkamp says the state is
working to retain the aerospace
industry, incl. with forward
thinking education for future
employees
spaceref.
South Carolina Lt. Governor
Andre Bauer is not made Acting
Governor during governor’s
international trip; precedents vary
and Constitution is silent
The State
06-23-09...
Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant
announces tentative budget deal
News, Virginia Lt. Governor
Bill Bolling holds heart health
summit
Times and Michigan Lt.
Governor John Cherry hosts
meetings on how to streamline state
government
Press
Colorado Lt.
Governor Barbara O'Brien hosts
forum on connecting children to the
outdoors
Pilot
and Michigan Lt. Governor
John Cherry promotes
conservation and says natural
resources are key to state's economy
Sun
06-19-09...
Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim
Murray to chair STEM education
council
Tech
and Rhode Island Lt. Governor
Elizabeth Roberts opposes
elimination of state health
insurance office
News
06-16-09...
Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry
is pushing an online petition
requesting GM cars be made in US,
not abroad
MLive, Colorado Lt. Governor
Barbara O'Brien meets with the
US Education Sec on funding for
school reforms she leads
Daily and Virginia Lt.
Governor Bill Bolling to host
heart health summit
NLGA
Massachusetts Lt.
Governor Tim Murray and Puerto Rico
Lt. Governor Ken McClintock will
appear jointly to honor a Puerto
Rican unit at the Korean War
memorial
Telegram, Iowa Lt. Governor
Patty Judge speaks out on the
"Your Heart is in Your Hands"
program
Messenger and Wisconsin Lt.
Governor Barbara Lawton is
promoting availability of small
business loans from the stimulus
Fox21
New York vacancy in office of lt.
governor leads to uncertainty on
who is next in line of succession,
governor cannot appoint a new lt.
governor
News
06-15-09... New
York notes importance of clear
role of lt. governor as senate
tie-breaking vote
News, Florida Lt. Governor
Jeff Kottkamp emphasizes safety
disaster plans during the 2009
National Hurricane Survival
Initiative
News and South Dakota Lt.
Governor Dennis Daugaard
supports archery center opening
which will draw national tournaments
Press
Iowa Lt. Governor
Patty Judge, the Governor's
single point person on flood
recovery, reflects on one year of
work
Independent, South Carolina
Lt. Governor Andre Bauer talks
about state and national issues
Item and North Dakota Lt.
Governor Jack Dalrymple and
hosts forum to address state high
school drop out rate
KQCD
06-10-09... Iowa
Lt. Governor Patty Judge draws
thousands to
“Your Heart is in Your Hands”
Initiative
Politics and Alabama Lt.
Governor Jim Folsom appoints
members to public private
partnership commission on
transportation
Times
06-04-09... New
Mexico Lieutenant Governor Diane
Denish says her state has the
renewable resources to become a
global leader in building a new
energy-based economy
KOB4, Wisconsin Lt. Gov.
Barbara Lawton announces a new
Small Business Administration loan
program
News and Utah Lt. Governor
Gary Herbert will not change
liquor laws once he succeeds to
Governor
News
06-03-09...
California Lt. Governor John
Garamendi, State Lands
Commission member, urges the
Legislature not to support a
proposed new offshore oil drilling
project
CBS
and Louisiana Lt. Governor
Mitch Landrieu proposes
elimination of 29 state workers
WAFB
06-01-09...
Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey
prepares to launch bid for Governor
Times, Texas Lt. Governor
David Dewhurst says there are
ways to salvage legislation
pertaining to health insurance for
children
Chronicle and Michigan Lt.
Governor John Cherry hosts
series of public discussions on how
to restructure state government
Messenger
Delaware Lt.
Governor Matt Denn launches blog
site to use technology to bring
state government closer to
Delawareans
Times
and Arkansas Lt. Governor
Bill Halter discusses new state
lottery
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