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State News Headlines

November 15, 2006

The following headlines are compiled as an internal service for state Attorney General offices only. This list is not exhaustive and is a snapshot of news from around the country compiled through the use of various search engines.

NYC: Gambling Web Site Brings 24 Charges

NEW YORK (AP) -- Criminal charges have been brought against more than two dozen individuals and corporations in four states in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling Web site, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities declined to name any of those charged. One of the corporations is an offshore Internet company with an American counterpart, said Kevin Ryan, a spokesman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. Ryan said the case is ''one of the first times that a Web designer corporation and the companies that maintain the Web sites have been charged.'' Full Article

Time Again to Choose or Switch Drug Plans

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 — Starting Wednesday, Medicare beneficiaries can sign up for prescription drug coverage or switch plans, and many may want to do so because prices have changed, with some of the most popular plans charging much higher premiums for 2007. In every state but Alaska and Hawaii, more than 50 drug plans are available. Beneficiaries have until Dec. 31 to sign up or change plans, but federal officials said they should act by Dec. 8 to avoid the problems that caused turmoil at pharmacies in January, when many people were unable to get their drugs. Full Article

Voters Back Limits on Eminent Domain

Voters showed last week that the furor over a 2005 Supreme Court decision in a Connecticut eminent domain case has not abated, even in states that have already enacted legislation to restrict the use of condemnation for economic development. Ballot measures to limit eminent domain powers to public uses were approved by large margins in eight states. Louisiana passed an eminent domain measure in September. In all, 34 states have adopted laws or passed ballot measures in response to the Connecticut case, Kelo v. New London, which upheld the right of local officials to require the forced sale of homes and businesses for private development intended to increase the tax base of one of the state’s poorest cities. Full Article

Leslie R. Kershaw
Communications Assistant
Office: (202) 326-6027
Fax: (202) 408-8061
Email: lnelson@naag.org

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