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• How Emergency Financial Managers Changed Michigan
• Feb 25, 2013
• As Detroit braces for the appointment of an emergency manager, it can look at half a dozen municipalities to see how life has changed under these state-appointed advisers who take control of cities on the brink of bankruptcy.
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• Nevada Races to Pass Online Gaming Bill Before New Jersey
• Feb 22, 2013
• The new law allows Nevada to move ahead with online poker in the absence of federal action and to join in interstate compacts that would expand the customer base for Nevada casinos.

• NCAA Sues Gov. Corbett over Law to Keep Penn State Fines in Pennsylvania
• Feb 21, 2013
• The NCAA asserts that it is unconstitutional for a state government to pass a law that interferes with a contract, one that in this case arises from sanctions imposed on the school as a result of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse case.
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• California AG Pursues Criminal Review of Parks Dept.
• Feb 21, 2013
• According to a report from the attorney general's office, some parks officials had deliberately hidden about $20 million of the $54-million surplus discovered in the department's accounts.

• Florida GOP Gov. Scott Endorses Medicaid Expansion
• Feb 21, 2013
• Hours after the Obama administration said it was close to approving Florida's plan to put most of its Medicaid patients into managed care, Gov. Rick Scott endorsed expanding Medicaid under Obamacare -- a move that immediately put him at odds with members of his own party.
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• Biggest U.S. Pension Fund Sells Gun Manufacturer Stocks
• Feb 20, 2013
• The California Public Employees' retirement System voted to sell about $5 million worth of gun makers' stock and other securities.
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• California's Gun-Seizure Program May Be a National Model
• Feb 19, 2013
• California has the nation's only program to confiscate guns from people who bought them legally but later became disqualified.
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• British Firm May Run Pennsylvania Lottery
• Feb 19, 2013
• The Corbett administration persuaded a British firm to keep alive its bid to run the Pennsylvania Lottery, gaining time to try to overcome a ruling by the attorney general rejecting the privatization deal as unlawful.

• Southern Governors Implore Interior Nominee Sally Jewell to Drill Off Their Coasts
• Feb 15, 2013
• The governors of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are pushing President Barack Obama’s choice for interior secretary to abandon federal opposition to drilling off the Atlantic Coast, where production has been blocked for decades.

• In Minnesota, Where Minimum Wage is Among Lowest, Support Increases to Raise it
• Feb 14, 2013
• Gov. Mark Dayton, House Speaker Paul Thissen and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk all say it is time for Minnesota to lift the minimum wage, which now stands at $6.15 -- one of only four states with a wage less than the federal minimum.

• Illinois Lt. Gov. Will Not Seek Re-Election
• Feb 14, 2013
• Democrat Sheila Simon announced she won't seek re-election and will run for another office that will allow her to have a "greater impact."

• Gov. Snyder Takes a Hit in the Polls After Right to Work
• Feb 13, 2013
• A newly released poll suggests that support for Gov. Rick Snyder dropped sharply after he changed course in December and backed the speedy passage of controversial right-to-work legislation.

• Texas Gov. Perry Attempts to Lure Businesses Away from California
• Feb 13, 2013
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry is on a hunting trip in California. And the prey is Golden State businesses -- and jobs.
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• California Inmates up for Reduced Sentences After Change in '3 Strikes' Law
• Feb 12, 2013
• Three months after voters overwhelmingly softened California's tough three-strikes law and allowed many inmates sentenced for non-serious and nonviolent offenses to ask for shorter prison terms, the hearings are beginning.

• Ohio Schools Audit: 9 Districts Rigged Student Data
• Feb 12, 2013
• A statewide attendance investigation shows that nine Ohio school districts manipulated their student data, perhaps in an attempt to inflate their state report-card grades, and the findings are being turned over to federal officials.