• Sandy Aid Up for Debate in U.S. House
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   January 15, 2013
• New Jersey and New York lawmakers are pushing for a robust package that would total at least $51 billion, but its prospects were uncertain.

• Most States Fail to Provide Gun Background Check Info
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   January 14, 2013
• More than half of the states don't take part in a federal database that tracks mentally ill people who are legally barred from buying guns.

• On Illegal Immigrants' Driver's Licenses, North Carolina Reverses Course
• Source: Charlotte Observer   |   North Carolina   |   January 14, 2013
• After first indicating it would grant driver’s licenses to young illegal immigrants who received deferrals from deportation, the state now says it won't allow them to drive until the agency is legally required to do so. North Carolina joins Arizona, Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska in denying driver’s licenses to deferred action recipients, while other states such as California, Texas and Florida are allowing the licenses.

• Bloomberg on Anti-Gun-Control GOP: Why Can't You Change Them?
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   January 14, 2013
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, America’s most prominent and deep-pocketed advocate for gun control, would rather rehabilitate Republicans than oust them.

• Voter ID Battle Set to Rage Again in 2013
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   January 14, 2013
• This year promises a flurry of new voter ID legislation across the country as well as reignited court battles in states where the laws were blocked last year and a Supreme Court ruling on part of the Voting Rights Act.

• Wyoming Legislators Seek to Block Federal Gun Restrictions
• BY: Stateline   |   Wyoming   |   January 11, 2013
• As the Obama administration prepares to unveil a comprehensive gun control proposal, state Rep. Kendell Kroeker introduced a bill that would block federal restrictions on guns -- any of them.

• Feds Propose Overhaul for Florida's Treatment of Disabled Children
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   January 11, 2013
• The proposal by the U.S. Justice Department demands the state stop slicing in-home nursing services for frail youngsters, stop ignoring the requests of family doctors who treat disabled children and stop sending hundreds of children to geriatric nursing homes.

• Mayors' Anti-Illegal-Guns Group Claims 400K New Members Since Newtown
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   January 11, 2013
• The same day, the NRA said it has gained 100,000 new members over the last 18 days, bringing its total number of paid members from 4.1 million to 4.2 million.
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• On 2nd Look, Digital Health Records Produce Few Savings
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   January 11, 2013
• Optimistic predictions by RAND in 2005 helped drive explosive growth in the electronic records industry and encouraged the federal government to give billions of dollars in financial incentives to hospitals and doctors that put the systems in place.

• U.S. Chamber Chief Calls for Higher Gas Tax
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   January 10, 2013
• The nation’s top business advocate said Thursday it was time for the federal government to “quit fooling around” with funding the transportation trust that fuels many state and local infrastructure projects and called for an increase in the gas tax.
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• Iowa DOT's Immigration Stance Under Attack
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   January 10, 2013
• The DOT announced late last month that it would not issue driver’s licenses to immigrants granted temporary legal status under a federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

• Will Labor Secretary Solis Return to Local Government?
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   January 10, 2013
• Former legislator and congresswoman Hilda Solis is stepping down -- a move seen as a potential step to a bid for L.A. County's Board of Supervisors.

• Feds Give States More Time to Comply with REAL ID Law
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   January 9, 2013
• Only 13 states issue driver’s licenses that comply with the federal Real ID law, but states that do not will have at least six months to bring their licenses up to those standards.

• Ex-CMS Director Donald Berwick Mulling Run for Massachusetts Governor
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   January 9, 2013
• A former Obama administration official whose nomination to a powerful health care post was derailed by Senate Republicans said that he is strongly considering a run for governor in 2014.

• Maine's Medicaid Cuts Limited by Feds
• Source: Bangor Daily News   |   Maine   |   January 9, 2013
• The federal government will allow Maine to make limited cuts to its Medicaid program, but not to the extent Gov. Paul LePage ’s administration sought last year as it looked to close a $20 million budget hole.

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