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• Arkansas Airport Could Be Renamed for Clintons
• Mar 20, 2012
• Passengers flying into Little Rock, Ark. could soon be arriving at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.

• Connecticut Storm Response Bill on Legislature's List
• Mar 20, 2012
• Connecticut lawmakers will be discussing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposal to impose minimum standards for electric and gas utilities for emergency preparation and restoring services to customers in an emergency.

• Arizona Birth Control Bill Stalls in Senate
• Mar 20, 2012
• A bill that would let more Arizona employers drop coverage for birth control drugs stalled in the state Senate because of increasing opposition from women who feared they would have to reveal private health information to employers.

• Sentenced San Francisco Sheriff Talks to Mayor About Future
• Mar 20, 2012
• San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi met for a little more than 30 minutes to discuss the law enforcement official's future after his guilty plea to a domestic violence charge.

• States Protected from Sick Leave Lawsuits, Court Rules
• Mar 20, 2012
• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot be sued for refusing to give an employee time off to recover from an illness.

• Louisiana Loses Congressional Seat to Census, Supreme Court Rules
• Mar 19, 2012
• The Supreme Court has turned down Louisiana's bid to recover the congressional seat taken from the state as a result of the 2010 Census.

• 4 GOP-appointed Supreme Court Justices Control Affordable Care Act's Fate
• Mar 19, 2012
• The Obama administration and the health care law's challengers believe they can attract four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices to their side.
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• Hate Crime Laws Debated After Rutgers Webcam Ruling
• Mar 19, 2012
• There was a verdict in the wrenching Rutgers webcam spying case, but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent are hate crime laws a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of justice?

• Iowa Legislators Likely to Focus on Budget Bills
• Mar 19, 2012
• Iowa lawmakers are planning to focus on budget bills and legislative leaders' priorities as the session enters what could be its last month.

• Stoned Driving: How Can Officials Tell?
• Mar 19, 2012
• States that allow medical marijuana have grappled with determining impairment levels for years.

• Texas Ex-Inmate Fights for $2M Under Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law
• Mar 19, 2012
• Billy Frederick Allen spent more than 25 years in prison before an appeals court overturned his convictions in two murders. Three years after winning his freedom, Allen is fighting the state again — this time for the $2 million he says he's owed for wrongful imprisonment.

• Gas Drilling Did Not Contaminate Water in Pennsylvania Town, EPA Finds
• Mar 16, 2012
• Federal environmental regulators said that well water testing at 11 homes in a northeastern Pennsylvania village where a gas driller was accused of polluting the aquifer failed to show elevated levels of contamination.
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• Rye, N.Y. Supervisor Joe Carvin Drops Out of New York Senate Race
• Mar 16, 2012
• Republican Rye Town supervisor Joe Carvin has dropped out of the race to challenge New York's Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

• Mitch Daniels Can Choose New Elections Chief, Indiana Supreme Court Rules
• Mar 16, 2012
• Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels will be able to choose a replacement for Indiana's ousted top elections official following a state Supreme Court ruling that found Democrats waited too long to challenge the GOP official's candidacy in 2010.

• Newark Councilman Ron C. Rice to Run for Congress
• Mar 16, 2012
• Newark City Councilman Ron C. Rice is running for Congress in the 10th District. He's hoping to succeed Congressman Donald Payne, who died of cancer March 6.