• Judge Rules Tennessee Violated Occupy Nashville's 1st Amendment Rights
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   June 13, 2013
• Occupy protests spread around the country in 2011, mostly by citizens who were taking aim at the country’s income disparities and what they saw as an overly cozy relationship between federal politicians and Wall Street financiers.

• Ballot Initiative to Expand Gun Background Checks Submitted in Washington State
• Source: AP/Oregonian   |   Washington state   |   June 12, 2013
• Both federal and state lawmakers passed on similar proposals.

• Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue Alabama over Abortion Clinic Law
• Source: Reuters   |   Alabama   |   June 12, 2013
• The law, signed by Gov. Robert Bentley in April and set to take effect next month, requires every doctor who performs an abortion at a clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital.

• Mississippi's Entire Medicaid Program at Stake in Expansion Debate
• Source: Politico   |   Mississippi   |   June 11, 2013
• Numerous states have battled over expanding Medicaid under Obamacare. But in Mississippi, it’s playing out in a way that threatens the entire program, not just the 300,000 who could get covered if the state expanded.

• Poll: Booker Leads Democratic Primary Field for New Jersey Senate Seat
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   June 11, 2013
• The Rutgers-Eagleton survey found that more than half of New Jersey voters have a positive opinion of Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

• Ex-White House Chief of Staff Forms Committee to Challenge Illinois Governor
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   June 11, 2013
• Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley plans to announce Tuesday that he's forming an exploratory committee as he weighs a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn.

• ACA Payment Glitch May Leave Millions of "Unbanked" without Coverage
• Source: Tennessean   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• A new report shows that no one devised a plan for how 8.5 million Americans who qualify for health insurance subsidies but don’t have checking accounts will pay their premiums.

• Federal Government Has 15 Definitions of 'Rural'
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• These varying definitions have become a baroque example of redundancy and duplication in Washington. They mean extra costs for taxpayers — and extra hassle for small-town officials — as separate offices ask them the same question in up to 15 different ways.

• Brookings Report Shows STEM Jobs Account for More Than Believed
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• Such jobs account for 20 percent of all positions in the U.S., far more than the 4 percent to 5 percent of jobs previously estimated

• Judge Dismisses Gov. Corbett's Lawsuit over NCAA's Penn State Penalties
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   June 7, 2013
• A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit and concluded there was no legal basis for the governor to challenge the sanctions assessed against Penn State University last year in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

• Iowa Gov. Branstad's Old Friendship with China's President May Guide Obama
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   June 7, 2013
• President Barack Obama is openning a lengthy and high-profile series of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California Friday.

• Poll: Gay Marriage Should be Decided by the States
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   June 7, 2013
• A solid majority of Americans opposes a broad national right to same-sex marriage, saying the power to legalize gay unions should rest with the states — even as most support marriage equality for gay people, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

• Christie Appoints New Jersey AG Jeff Chiesa to Senate Until Special Election
• Source: Washington Post   |   New Jersey   |   June 6, 2013
• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday announced he will appoint state Attorney General Jeff Chiesa to the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. A new senator will be elected Oct. 16.

• Cuccinelli Demands IRS Pay the $125 Million it Owes Virginia
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   June 6, 2013
• Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) seemed to be spoiling for his next big fight with the federal government, announcing Wednesday morning that the Internal Revenue Service was refusing to pay $125 million owed to Virginia, possibly in retaliation for his legal battles with the Obama administration.

• Abortion Coverage to be Banned on Pennsylvania's Health Exchanges
• Source: PA Independent   |   Pennsylvania   |   June 6, 2013
• Women in Pennsylvania will have the right to choose insurance through the state health exchange, but it won’t extend to abortion.

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