One reason for all the state changes is that Congress took so long to agree on what to do about the federal estate tax, allowing it to lapse in 2010, and many states take their lead from the federal system.
The unions were able to leverage this political support to persuade the state to resist changes to their pension plans.
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And instead of admitting its error in the company's amended quarterly filing, PwC instead demanded that Amerco state that the changes were due to "a revised interpretation" of accounting rules by the auditors, the suit says.
Now that Republicans control twenty trifectas across the country (state governments run by one party in the House, Senate, and Governorship) changes to state laws, redistricting, and electoral rules are all fair game.
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Other GOP-controlled state legislatures reportedly contemplating changes to their electoral vote allocation include Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.
Allow the state employer to implement changes, and allow the union to contest those changes in arbitration.
The organisation claimed the rise was because more households are struggling with unemployment and changes in state benefits.
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The CPI is also the measure used to establish changes to state benefits.
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In response, Colorado and Minnesota have been hit by lawsuits filed by retirees, who claim the changes violate state law.
The reforms provided instead for fixed, finite, block grants to the states, with broad state flexibility to adopt changes to get dependents out to work.
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The state is making major changes in the way its residents cast ballots, especially in its most populous county, Cuyahoga, which includes the city of Cleveland.
"I got into really a state of shock from changes I heard -- I wouldn't say I saw -- I heard from Tamerlan, " he told CNN.
And in addition to proposed changes in state law, legal experts say that the intervention by both the Florida legislature and the United States Congress could set a precedent for cases in the future.
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Mr. Cuomo had delayed its debut to find bill language that would both appease women's-rights groups and mollify the Roman Catholic Church, which has argued that changes to state law may encourage a greater number of abortions.
When we consider that it was just two years ago that Ohio elected a very conservative governor in John Kasich and sent conservative Rob Portman to the Senate, is there not reason to question whether the modeling employed by the pollsters may not be properly representing the electoral changes the state has seen since 2008?
The bill now returns to the state House to approve minor changes made since January.
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But remember that there may be changes to the state scheme before you retire.
For more on the changes to the state death tax landscape for 2013, click here.
Today that's possible in 14 states, thanks to changes at the state level.
Changes to the state pension and clearer rights for consumers are among the government's plans featured in the Queen's Speech.
However, on Nov. 2, there were even substantive changes in the Senate and bigger changes in many State Houses and Governors.
If the State Department makes the proposed changes in its regulations, those benefits -- and many others -- will become available.
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Though some changes to the state pension system can be done by ordinary laws, the main reform the government now wants requires a constitutional amendment.
In Wisconsin, Walker, who survived a union-led campaign to recall him from office, has proposed changes to the state's Medicaid plan in the aftermath of Obama's health care law.
To be fair, there are some arguments to be made that suggest that waivers could possibly lead to changes at the state level that could result in less work for welfare.
While the document never reached the desk of the President nor the Secretary of State, the draft was expressly not approved by State Department officials who reviewed the press release and who ordered Schwartz not to publish the statement until he made specific changes and additions that the State Department wanted included.
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It cannot impose its will through regulation and can only recommend changes to federal and state agencies or legislatures, including Congress.
For how to rewrite your estate plan to keep up with the changes in federal and state law, click here.
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