• 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.

• Texas-New Mexico Water Fight Goes to Supreme Court
• Source: AP/Houston Chronicle   |   Southwest   |   January 9, 2013
• 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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• California Pleas for End to Feds' Control of Prisons
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   January 9, 2013
• Gov. Jerry Brown said the state has solved its overcrowding problem and asked for control of inmate health care back. Experts see a legal war ahead.
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• Supreme Court Sets Dates to Hear Gay Marriage Cases
• Source: Reuters   |   Nation   |   January 8, 2013
• On March 26, the court will review a California ban on gay marriage, which voters narrowly approved in 2008.

• Immigration Makes Up Most of Federal Law Enforcement Spending
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   Nation   |   January 8, 2013
• 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
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   January 7, 2013
• 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.

• Florida Appeals Court Order to Pay for Autism Treatment
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   January 7, 2013
• Florida healthcare regulators are challenging a federal judge's order that the state provide a costly -- but potentially life-changing -- treatment to children with autism.

• Obama Signs Sandy Bill to Pay Flood Insurance Claims
• Source: The Hill   |   Nation   |   January 7, 2013
• 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
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   January 7, 2013
• 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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