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  • On 2nd Look, Digital Health Records Produce Few Savings
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.




  • Maine's Medicaid Cuts Limited by Feds
  • 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.

  • Texas-New Mexico Water Fight Goes to Supreme Court
  • Texas officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force New Mexico to abide by an agreement about sharing water from the Rio Grande. But New Mexico officials said the move is "tantamount to extortion."
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  • Immigration Makes Up Most of Federal Law Enforcement Spending
  • The United States spent nearly $18 billion on immigration enforcement in fiscal 2012, about 24 percent more than it spent collectively on the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Secret Service and all other criminal law enforcement agencies, according to a report.
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  • FDA Proposes New Food-Safety Regulations
  • The rules, drafted with an eye toward strict standards in some states, enable the implementation of a bill President Barack Obama signed two years ago in response to deadly food-borne illness outbreaks.


  • Obama Signs Sandy Bill to Pay Flood Insurance Claims
  • The $9.7 billion bill will provide a short-term increase in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s borrowing authority for the flood insurance program. The NFIP was expected to run out of money by Monday without the authorization, FEMA warned.

  • White House Gun Task Force Weighs Broad Agenda in Wake of Newtown Shootings
  • The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved in the administration’s discussions.

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