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• In Areas Hit By Sandy, Lawmakers Ask U.S. to Pay The Whole Cost
• Nov 2, 2012
• Uncle Sam is picking up the full cost of providing emergency power and public transportation in areas hard hit by Hurricane Sandy, but lawmakers from the disaster area are asking the federal government to pick up the total bill for repairs to public infrastructure, too.

• Quality of Community Health Centers Varies Widely
• Nov 1, 2012
• Community health centers in New Hampshire were the most likely to keep diabetics' blood sugar under control. Vermont’s health centers had the best child immunization rates. Maine’s centers had the highest percent of pregnant women getting early prenatal care.

• Who Will Pay the Big Bill that Sandy Left?
• Nov 1, 2012
• Hurricane Sandy's costs could run into the tens of billions of dollars, leaving state and local governments, federal agencies, utility providers and insurance companies to figure out how to split the bill.
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• Las Vegas Teachers Share Concerns about New Evaluation System
• Nov 1, 2012
• Las Vegas educators view Nevada's proposed teacher evaluation system with some trepidation, but also say it represents an opportunity to improve the profession.

• Hurricane Sandy Leaves Devastation in Its Wake as East Coast Looks for Relief
• Oct 31, 2012
• Sandy's departure from the Northeast Tuesday brought no hint of relief, revealing instead a tableau of splintered trees, severed beaches, shuttered businesses, and the harsh reality that the storm will test even the most hardened resolve in weeks to come.

• S.C. Gov. Haley is a National GOP Star but Struggles at Home
• Oct 29, 2012
• Politics is a game of addition, normally. Politicians work to keep the support of their base and, at the same time, win new supporters. Not so with S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, critics say. In the two years since her election, the first-term Republican has turned that adage on its ear, playing a game of subtraction.

• California Pension Fund Challenges San Bernadino's Right to Bankruptcy
• Oct 26, 2012
• CalPERS formally challenged the city of San Bernardino's right to file for bankruptcy protection after the city fell behind on $5.2 million in payments.

• Tea Party Rallies to Save Troy, Michigan Mayor up for Recall
• Oct 26, 2012
• With less than two weeks before Election Day, supporters of Troy Mayor Janice Daniels are battling hard with those who want to recall her just one year after she was narrowly elected.

• California Watchdog Sues Arizona Nonprofit over Secret Donation
• Oct 26, 2012
• California's campaign finance watchdog sued an Arizona nonprofit group, escalating the battle over a controversial $11-million political donation.

• Settlement Proposed to Broaden Medicare Coverage
• Oct 25, 2012
• Sick and disabled Americans who rely on Medicare may gain new access to care with the proposed settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the government's practice of denying some coverage to patients whose condition was not improving.

• Calif. Gov. Brown Casts Tax Initiative as Jobs Measure in Bid To Broaden Appeal
• Oct 25, 2012
• His tax initiative in trouble just two weeks before Election Day, California Gov. Jerry Brown is re-tuning his campaign message, casting his initiative as a jobs measure in a bid to broaden its appeal.

• Feds to Hand Control of Prison Health Care Back to California
• Oct 25, 2012
• Seven years after federal courts took control of California's prison healthcare system, they will start the long process Friday of turning operations back over to the state.

• Moody's Lowers Credit Rating for Pennsylvania State College System
• Oct 25, 2012
• Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the State System of Higher Education's long-term credit rating, citing challenges from declining enrollment and slumping state support to its limited ability to curb labor costs and its escalating construction debt.

• New Jersey's Residency Rule for Candidates at Issue Again
• Oct 24, 2012
• A decade after a federal court judge ordered New Jersey to stop enforcing a controversial residency requirement for state legislative candidates, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa is fighting to reinstitute it.

• California Gasoline Consumers Hurt by Few suppliers, Outages
• Oct 23, 2012
• For nearly two decades, Santosh Arya has pumped some of the San Diego area's cheapest gas at his three Homeland Petroleum stations. But his streak ended early this month, when wholesale prices starting rising sharply, then shot up 40 cents a gallon overnight. To break even, Arya calculated he would have to sell a gallon of regular at $5.10 _ almost a buck higher than at nearby Shell and 76 stations. Instead, he shut down and waited for prices to drop.
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