• Government Employment Changes Little as Job Growth Slows
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   April 5, 2013
• The U.S. economy added only 88,000 jobs last month, far below economists' expectations.

• More States Explore Tanning Bed Bans for Teens
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   April 5, 2013
• California, Vermont and New York all enacted their bans in 2012, and in the current legislative session, lawmakers in 29 states have introduced measures that would tighten restrictions on teen tanning.

• Job Skills Gap a Growing Concern in Cities
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   April 5, 2013
• Cities coming out of the recession are facing new challenges with matching their workforce to available jobs, a problem that could be an early indicator of a growing national problem.

• 1 U.S. City Makes "Most Intelligent" List
• BY: Government Technology   |   Columbus, Ohio   |   April 5, 2013
• Of the more than 400 cities that competed for the designation, Columbus, Ohio, is the only U.S. city to be named in this year's top seven.

• Former Lt. Gov. Exploring Run for California Governor
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   April 5, 2013
• Former lieutenant governor and state lawmaker Abel Maldonado filed papers to explore whether to challenge Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who is up for reelection in 2014.

• Marijuana Legalization Wins Majority Support for 1st Time
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   April 5, 2013
• A clear majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana for the first time in 40 years, according to a Pew Research Center poll.

• Colorado Governor Orders Audit of Sentencing Records
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   April 5, 2013
• The order comes two weeks after DOC executive director Tom Clements was shot to death at his Monument home. The chief suspect is parolee Evan Ebel, a man released from prison about four years early because of a court's clerical error.

• Arizona Universities May Offer Reduced Tuition to Immigrants
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   April 5, 2013
• The Arizona Board of Regents announced plans to research options for offering in-state tuition rates for undocumented students.

• Is Maryland the New Massachusetts or California?
• Source: Washington Post   |   Maryland   |   April 5, 2013
• Over the past two years, Maryland has enacted laws that represent a dramatic liberal shift, even for a state long dominated by Democrats.

• Another New York Lawmaker Accused of Bribery
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   April 5, 2013
• Two days after a political corruption scandal rocked Albany, a new, unrelated bribery scheme emerged.

• Massachusetts Governor Vows to Veto Scaled-Back $500M Transportation Plan
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   April 5, 2013
• The bill was significantly more modest than a proposal Gov. Deval Patrick made in January that called for major investments in new transportation projects.

• Bill Linking Welfare to Grades Passes Tennessee House
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   April 5, 2013
• After a lengthy and passionate debate, a House committee approved legislation that would reduce welfare benefits for families whose children are failing school.

• Washington Governor Switches Stance on Grading Schools
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Washington state   |   April 5, 2013
• Gov. Jay Inslee told Republican lawmakers he thinks their proposal to grade schools A-F needs further study, a blow to a concept Inslee fully embraced during the campaign.

• Retirement Predictions, Sin Taxes' Side Effects and the Impact of Class Sizes
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   April 4, 2013
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• Denver's Ambitious Light Rail to Open This Month
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   Denver   |   April 4, 2013
• The project marks the first completed portion of the region's ambitious FasTracks program.
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