Homeland Security on Wednesday July 01, 2009

FL: New insurers not much help to typical Floridian
By Shannon Colavecchio and Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times
The influx of new property insurance companies that have added $4.3 billion to the pool of capital available on the Florida market, consists mostly of so-called surplus insurance lines that typical homeowners can't use.
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WI: Some budget gains for immigrants
By Bob Hague, Wisconsin Radio Network
Children of parents in this country illegally will be able to pay in state UW tuition, under a provision of the budget signed by Governor Jim Doyle Monday.
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IA: Kids of Spanish-speaking parents more likely to be uninsured
By O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa
An Iowa Department of Public Health report concludes there are "pockets" of minority children in Iowa who do not have regular access to a dentist and do not get regular medical checkups.
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MS: Exercise hones Miss. first responders
By Nicklaus Lovelady, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
More than 60 first responders from across central Mississippi participated today in a disaster-response exercise at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson.
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NY: Board -- Gay Natl. Guard Lt. should be discharged
By The Associated Press, Newsday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A military administrative board is recommending that a gay New York National Guard officer should be discharged for violating the military's 'don't ask-don't tell' policy against homosexual conduct. Lt. Dan Choi is the first New York National Guard member discharged for violating the military's policy against homosexual conduct.
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OH: Vets to receive tuition breaks
By Encarnacion Pyle, The Columbus Dispatch
Veterans who served after the Sept. 11 attacks will be able to get a free ride at several central Ohio private colleges beginning in the fall.
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UT: Utah faith leaders urge repeal of SB81
By Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Protestant leaders gathered Tuesday evening in a Lutheran Church to pray, preach, plead and lament the passage of an immigration bill. They even called for it to be repealed. Their words cannot stop Senate Bill 81 from taking effect today, but they hoped to provide comfort and express solidarity with Utah's undocumented immigrants.
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VT: Guard troops get marching orders
By Peter Hirschfeld, Rutland Herald
After spending much of the last year preparing for a potential mission in Afghanistan, soldiers with the Vermont National Guard learned Friday that the deployment has been made official.
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