• Transportation Nominee Foxx Sails Through Easy Hearing
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   May 22, 2013
• The Charlotte mayor didn't face many hardball questions from senators.

• Big Challenges for LA's New Mayor
• BY: Tod Newcombe   |   May 22, 2013
• How will Eric Garcetti lead a city that's been stuck in the economic doldrums and suffered through four years of budget deficits?

• Big Data and Even Bigger Efficiencies
• BY: Stephen Goldsmith   |   May 22, 2013
• The ever-growing volume of information created and captured by the modern digitized world is an opportunity for government to reinvent itself.

• 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.
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• 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.