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• Florida Launches Criminal Probe of Voter Registration Forms
• Oct 4, 2012
• The Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent Monday and Tuesday reviewing forms filed by the Republican Party of Florida that were deemed suspicious by elections supervisors to determine if there was evidence of illegal activity.

• Feds Buy $165M State Prison from Illinois
• Oct 3, 2012
• Under orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. Justice Department moved forward with the purchase of Illinois' long-dormant Thomson prison, cutting a $165 million check to the cash-strapped state.

• Los Angeles Council Repeals Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
• Oct 3, 2012
• After struggling for years to regulate storefront pot shops, the Los Angeles City Council voted to repeal the carefully crafted ban on medical marijuana dispensaries it approved a few months ago.
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• New California Laws Set Up Framework for Spending Cap-and-Trade Revenue
• Oct 2, 2012
• While businesses deride California's new restrictions on greenhouse-gas emissions as a giant tax, lawmakers have taken steps to carve up the money.

• Prepaid College Tuition Program Makes a Comeback in Illinois
• Oct 2, 2012
• The College Illinois program allows families to buy contracts that lock in today's prices for future tuition and fees at the state's public universities.

• Judge Halts Part of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law
• Oct 2, 2012
• A judge imposed a very narrow injunction on the controversial law that will allow even those without identification to vote.

• Presidential Race May Leave Lasting Imprint On Supreme Court
• Oct 1, 2012
• The Supreme Court is not on the ballot in November, but its future direction on issues such as abortion, gay rights, gun rights, voting laws and the role of money in politics depends on who is elected president for the next four years.

• DNA Evidence Exonerates 300th Prisoner Nationwide
• Oct 1, 2012
• A Louisiana man is released from death row after his murder conviction is overturned. He said he was coerced into giving a false confession.
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• Milwaukee Residents Call for Police Chief Flynn to Resign
• Sep 28, 2012
• Calls for Milwaukee police Chief Edward Flynn to resign intensified as close to 400 people gathered for what turned out to be part film screening, part memorial service and part call to action in the wake of the death of Derek Williams.

• Pennsylvania Judge Backs Most of Voter ID Law
• Sep 28, 2012
• A Commonwealth Court judge said that he was considering allowing most of the state's controversial voter identification law to remain intact for the November election and was contemplating only a very narrow injunction.

• Philadelphia's GunStat: It's Like GPS for Repeat Firearm Offenders
• Sep 27, 2012
• The city started GunStat to reduce gun violence by targeting violent and repeat offenders in some neighborhoods where bullets fly too often.

• Pennsylvania Eases Voter ID Rules
• Sep 26, 2012
• Responding to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion that raised questions about the ID card process, the requirement that a voter first attempt to get a traditional Department of Transportation ID card has been eliminated.