• States Racing to Build Health Exchanges in Time
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   May 22, 2013
• The pressure mounts as 18 states work to build Obamacare's online insurance marketplaces before the deadline -- a task that some health care veterans say is the most challenging they've ever faced.
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• Florida Enacts Election Law to Ease Long Voter Lines
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   May 22, 2013
• Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a number of election law changes that roll back ones made by GOP lawmakers in 2011. The changes focus on expanding voter access and easing long lines at the polls.

• Drones, Border-Security Technology Shaping Immigration Debate
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   May 22, 2013
• Advances in technology like drones, fences and surveillance cameras are playing a prominent role in the immigration debate. Some argue they've made the border more secure than ever, but governors in border states say the work is far from done.

• Oklahoma Tornado is Emergency Management Chief's 36th Major Disaster
• BY: Stateline   |   Oklahoma   |   May 22, 2013
• Albert Ashwood is the longest serving state emergency management chief in the country.

• Los Angeles Mayor's Race: Garcetti Wins, Greuel Concedes
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   May 22, 2013
• Eric Garcetti will be the first elected Jewish mayor of the city. At 42, he will also be the youngest in more than a century. He is scheduled to take office July 1.

• In Oklahoma Tornado's Wake, Many Ask How Safe Schools Were
• Source: Christian Science Monitor   |   Oklahoma   |   May 22, 2013
• As rescue and recovery efforts continue in Moore, Okla., following the devastating tornado that struck Monday afternoon, attention has focused, in particular, on the schools that were hit – and in some cases, largely demolished.

• Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban Struck Down
• Source: San Francisco Chronicle   |   Arizona   |   May 22, 2013
• Arizona is likely to appeal the ruling and may ask the nation's high court to re-examine the right to abortion, established in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.
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• Harrisburg Mayor Denied 2nd Term
• Source: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Harrisburg, Pa.   |   May 22, 2013
• Democratic voters in financially troubled Harrisburg denied Mayor Linda Thompson a second term, choosing bookstore owner Eric Papenfuse to try to help the financially strapped capital.

• Weiner Announces Candidacy for NYC Mayor
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   May 22, 2013
• Anthony D. Weiner, once a rising star of New York politics whose career cratered over revelations of his sexually explicit life online, announced an improbable bid for the job he has long coveted: mayor.

• Portland Voters Reject Fluoridation for the 4th Time Since 1956
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   May 22, 2013
• Despite the support of five city commissioners and healthy advocacy groups, voters rejected a measure to fluoridate city water.

• Colorado's New School Finance Law Depends on Tax Vote
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   May 22, 2013
• Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a new school finance bill that would change the way the state doles out money for education — but only if taxpayers pass an estimated $1 billion tax increase.

• Arizona Redistricting Commissioner Resigns
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 22, 2013
• One of the state’s five redistricting commissioners resigned his post, citing a “toxic” atmosphere that has stalled the panel’s work.

• Virginia Lt. Gov. Nominee Has 'No Apologies' for Comments on Gays, Abortion
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   May 22, 2013
• E.W. Jackson, a virtual unknown who has never held public office, suggested that Planned Parenthood has done more to hurt blacks than the Ku Klux Klan and called gays and lesbians “perverted” and “very sick people.”

• Creating the Courts Americans Want
• BY: Babak Armajani,Kevin Burke   |   May 22, 2013
• The public is dissatisfied with our courts. What the judicial system needs is a culture of performance-based innovation.

• Education Spending Fell in 2011: See How Your State Compares
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   May 21, 2013
• Per pupil spending fell for the first time ever in fiscal year 2011, with 21 states reporting declines. See rankings and totals for each state.