• New Jersey Submits Spending Plan for $1.8B in Sandy Funds to Feds
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   March 13, 2013
• If the plan is approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the state said, more than 20,000 homeowners, 5,000 renters and 10,000 businesses could get grants to help close the gap in the cost of repairing or rebuilding.

• California Governor Calls Federal Prison Oversight Wasteful
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   March 12, 2013
• On the eve of a showdown in federal court over the future of California's prisons, Gov. Jerry Brown is speaking out about his view that the state is being forced to waste millions of tax dollars on federal oversight that is no longer necessary.

• HUD Secretary Asks Local Leaders to Lobby for CDBG and HOME
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   March 12, 2013
• Local officials must lobby their congressional representatives to restore funding to key programs, particularly the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, says U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan.
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• Florida Lawmakers Reject Medicaid Expansion Despite Governor's Approval
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   March 12, 2013
• A Florida Senate committee voted against Medicaid expansion, joining the House in rejecting Gov. Rick Scott's proposal for a three-year trial covered entirely by federal funding.

• Federal Agency Refuses to Comply with Part of New York's Gun Law
• Source: Albany Times-Union   |   New York   |   March 12, 2013
• The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it will not comply with the provision of New York's new gun control law requiring mental health providers to report potentially dangerous individuals to state authorities.

• SEC Charges Illinois with Securities Fraud
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Illinois   |   March 11, 2013
• Illinois is only the second state to ever be accused of securities fraud. According to the SEC, the state misled investors about its underfunded pension system.
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• Flawed F-35 Fighter Too Big to Kill as Lockheed Hooks 45 States
• Source: Bloomberg   |   Nation   |   March 11, 2013
• It counts 1,300 suppliers in 45 states supporting 133,000 jobs.

• Public Preschool's Test Case: Oklahoma
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Oklahoma   |   March 8, 2013
• In 1998, Oklahoma lawmakers passed one of the nation's first state-funded preschool programs for all 4-year-olds.

• As Voting Rights Act is Debated in Court, Bronx Offers a Case Study
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   March 8, 2013
• The Bronx offers a case study into arguments for and against continuing the half-century effort to monitor elections through a racial prism.

• Feds Approve Another Round of Health Exchanges
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Nation   |   March 8, 2013
• The feds gave conditional approvals for exchanges in Michigan, Iowa, New Hampshire and West Virginia, bringing to 24 the number of states approved to partially or fully run their exchanges.

• United Nations: Marijuana Legalization in U.S. States Violates Drug Treaties
• Source: AP/The Columbian   |   Nation   |   March 6, 2013
• U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he was in the last stages of reviewing the Colorado and Washington state laws and the international implications of the issue.
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• Odd Allies Join Forces to Fight Municipal Bond Taxes
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   March 6, 2013
• The push for reliable roads and bridges is bringing together a strange-bedfellows coalition: not only cities and counties whose economies rely on such projects but also soybean farmers, truckers and state transit advocates.

• California, on Brink of Recovery, Braces for Setback in Federal Aid
• Source: New York Times   |   California   |   March 6, 2013
• As the $85 billion in spending cuts slowly roll out nationwide, California officials are girding themselves for a blow not only to the state’s large military industry but also to its nascent economic recovery.

• Texas Governor Speaks Out on Release of Immigrants
• BY: The Texas Tribune   |   Texas   |   March 5, 2013
• The Texas Governor, outraged at the release of undocumented immigrants due to Federal budget cuts, has written a letter of protest to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

• Pension Transparency Fight Brewing on Capitol Hill
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   March 5, 2013
• Public pension managers are gearing up for another battle against what they say would be costly -- and unnecessary -- accounting disclosure requirements being floated on Capitol Hill even as new disclosure rules take effect this summer.
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