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• Absentee Voting Record Set in South Carolina
• Nov 6, 2012
• More than 375,000 South Carolinians already have voted absentee -- the most ever in state history.

• Florida Election Nearly Half Over with Early, Absentee Ballots
• Nov 6, 2012
• More than 4.5 million people have voted early, which accounts for 38 percent of the state's 12 million registered voters and half of the ones likely to cast a ballot.

• North Carolina's Coast is 'Hot Spot' for Rising Sea Levels
• Nov 5, 2012
• State legislators last summer ignored research that shows sea-level rise will accelerate its creep up North Carolina’s coastline this century. This week, waves of science will say they were wrong.

• Voting Debacle in Florida Causes Chaos, Confusion
• Nov 5, 2012
• What began Sunday morning as an attempt by the Miami-Dade County elections department to let more people early vote devolved into chaos and confusion only days before the nation decides its next president.

• Idaho's Power Line Route Reveals Clashing Values, Dueling Processes
• Nov 5, 2012
• No matter who wins the election Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management is going to have to thread a needle to find routes Idaho Power Co. and Rocky Mountain Power can use for the Gateway West power line across southern Idaho.

• New Hampshire Casts No Ballot Before Its Time
• Nov 2, 2012
• New Hampshire lacks the ethnic diversity of a Florida or Nevada, or the blue-collar clout of Ohio or Wisconsin. And though it's as fiercely contested as the other eight or so battlegrounds in terms of ground game and ad saturation, it's seen comparatively little of the presidential candidates.

• 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.