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• Right-to-Work Legislation May be Introduced in Michigan
• Dec 4, 2012
• Right-to-work legislation makes it illegal to require financial support of a union as a condition of employment, allowing workers to join unions if they wish, but ending the closed union shop.

• After 40 Years of Attempts, Gov. Snyder May Be Key to Mass Transit in Michigan
• Dec 3, 2012
• After local leaders and politicians have tried for more than 40 years -- and 23 times in the Legislature -- to get a coordinated mass-transit system, Gov. Rick Snyder may finally be the governor to get it done.

• Who's Responsible for Stormwater Runoff? Supreme Court to Decide
• Dec 3, 2012
• The Supreme Court will hear a case from Los Angeles to decide for the first time who can be held responsible for polluted storm water that runs off city streets and into rivers and bays.
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• Wisconsin Universities' Flexible Degrees for Working Adults May Be a 1st
• Nov 30, 2012
• The University of Wisconsin System is perhaps the first public university system in the nation to roll out a set of 100 percent competency-based online degree programs for working adults.

• Email Transparency Efforts Fail to End Secrecy in Florida State Government
• Nov 30, 2012
• Project Sunburst, Gov. Rick Scott’s program to foster email transparency, is not being used by the governor or his top staffers.
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• Supreme Court to Consider Timing on Gay Marriage
• Nov 30, 2012
• After two decades in which gay rights moved from the margin to capture the support of most Americans, the Supreme Court justices this week will decide if now is the time to rule on whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry.

• Lawmakers Press Obama for Action on Mississippi River
• Nov 30, 2012
• Lawmakers from drought-stricken states along the Mississippi River on Thursday asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and President Barack Obama to act quickly to remove navigation hazards from the river that threaten to slow or stop barge traffic.

• Pollution Credits Fetch Low Price at First California Auction
• Nov 28, 2012
• The price of spewing greenhouse gases came in relatively cheap today, as California officials released the results of their first-ever cap-and-trade carbon auction.

• California's Denair School District 'Poised to Run Out of Cash' by February
• Nov 28, 2012
• Denair Unified School District got official notice Tuesday that it is on the brink of insolvency and could run out of cash by February.

• Western Senators Want Refineries Probed over High Gasoline Prices
• Nov 28, 2012
• Six U.S. senators from West Coast states urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to conduct a refinery-by-refinery probe to determine the causes of punishing gasoline price spikes earlier this year.

• New Jersey's Temporary Ban on Synthetic Marijuana Becomes Permanent
• Nov 27, 2012
• New Jersey authorities announced that a temporary ban on so-called synthetic marijuana has been made permanent, placing the designer drug in the same legal category as cocaine and heroin.

• Cities in High-Speed Rail's Trail Have Mixed Reactions
• Nov 27, 2012
• Some officials in Santa Clarita, Burbank, Palmdale, Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have asked the California High-Speed Rail Authority to consider alternative routes, but no city has expressed serious opposition.

• Solar Power Plants Burden the Counties That Host Them in California
• Nov 26, 2012
• Several counties in California are now pushing back against solar developers, asking them to cover the costs of servicing the new industry.
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• State Prescription Drug Databases Going Underused
• Nov 26, 2012
• Mirroring national usage rates, only one-third of prescribers and one-fifth of the state's pharmacists are registered to use the database that tracks patients' history with addictive drugs.

• Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Take on Gay-Marriage Case
• Nov 26, 2012
• The Supreme Court justices will go behind closed doors Friday to decide whether now is the time to rule on whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry.