• Feds Reject Connecticut's Medicaid Cuts
• Source: The Connecticut Mirror   |   Connecticut   |   March 4, 2013
• The federal government has rejected the state's controversial request to tighten Medicaid eligibility, a change that had been expected to leave more than 13,000 poor adults without health care coverage.

• The Rise and Decline of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Colorado
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   March 4, 2013
• Colorado's medical marijuana industry has shrunk by more than 40 percent in less than three years.

• GOP Leaders in Texas Want More Flexibility on Medicaid
• BY: The Texas Tribune   |   Texas   |   March 1, 2013
• GOP leaders in Texas are remaining firm about not doing the Medicaid expansion as designed in the Affordable Care Act, but are leaving the door open to work with the Obama administration if they are given more flexibility.

• Obama Calls for Supreme Court to Overturn California's Gay Marriage Ban
• Source: San Jose Mercury News   |   Nation   |   March 1, 2013
• It marks the first time the administration has stood against a state's right to outlaw gay marriage.

• Sports Betting Suffers Another Setback in New Jersey
• Source: AP/Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   March 1, 2013
• A federal judge upheld a 1992 law prohibiting sports wagering in 46 of 50 U.S. states, including New Jersey.

• Michigan Legislature OKs State-Based Health Exchange
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   March 1, 2013
• The framework of the Affordable Care Act is beginning to take shape in Michigan, as state legislators, some reluctantly, agreed to begin setting up the policies and processes needed to implement the sweeping national health care reform.
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• Arizona Gov. Brewer Outraged over Detained Immigrants' Release
• Source: Politico   |   Arizona   |   March 1, 2013
• Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said it was “wrong” and “appalling” that she was not consulted about a federal decision to release hundreds of immigrant detainees to cut costs ahead of looming sequestration.
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• Supreme Court Appears Divided on Voting Rights Act
• Source: Stateline   |   Nation   |   February 28, 2013
• At issue is whether the act’s Section 5 provision, which requires all or part of 16 states to get any changes to election law pre-approved by either the Justice Department or a federal court, is still necessary and constitutional in today’s world.
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• Democratic Governors Fear Gun Reform Moment Has Passed
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   February 28, 2013
• Now that expanded background checks seem to be the only initiative that may pass Congress, the most powerful bloc of gun-control proponents in the country is conceding that the gripping sense of outrage following the Sandy Hook massacre has ebbed.

• Idaho Gov. Otter Seeks State Control of Public Land in D.C.
• Source: AP/Idaho Press-Tribune   |   Idaho   |   February 28, 2013
• Butch Otter urged a Congressional committee to create a pilot project that would give Idaho control over 2 million of the more than 20 million acres of federal public land in the state.

• Indiana Reverses Unemployment Benefits Decision After National Backlash
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   February 28, 2013
• After a torrent of criticism, Gov. Mike Pence’s administration reversed its decision to suspend extended federal unemployment benefits for about 32,000 jobless Hoosiers.

• Sheriff Arpaio Offers to Detain Freed Illegal Immigrants in 'Tent City'
• Source: Politico   |   Maricopa County, Ariz.   |   February 28, 2013
• Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has a solution for the federal government’s mass release of illegal immigrants to cut costs ahead of the sequester: Send them for free to his “Tent City," where prisoners sleep in tents and are required to wear pink underwear.

• Even the Experts Disagree About Sequestration
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   February 27, 2013
• Just days away from the deadline when across-the-board federal spending cuts kick in, two budget experts disagreed about what kind of impact the cuts would have on the national economy.
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• Bill to Block Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina Heads to Gov. McCrory
• Source: Raleigh News & Observer   |   North Carolina   |   February 27, 2013
• Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is poised to sign legislation that rejects any effort to have a state-sponsored insurance exchange or expand Medicaid coverage to 500,000 low-income residents.

• Offshore Wind Energy Lacks Sufficient State Support
• Source: Roll Call   |   Nation   |   February 27, 2013
• Inconsistent tax and grant policies and the need for state government buy-in remain challenges for the energy resource.

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