• Utah Starts Sharing Mental Health Records with Federal Gun Database
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   January 28, 2013
• After years of not reporting Utah’s mentally ill to a federal database meant to keep guns out of the hands of those with a history of psychiatric problems, the state this week fed more than 10,000 records to the clearinghouse.
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• New Mexico Governor Renews Fight to Repeal Immigrant-License Law
• BY: Stateline   |   New Mexico   |   January 25, 2013
• New Mexico is one of two states that issues unrestricted licenses to undocumented immigrants.
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• Republicans Seeking Electoral College Changes in States
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2013
• Republicans in Virginia and a handful of other battleground states are pushing for far-reaching changes to the electoral college in an attempt to counter recent success by Democrats.
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• States Save Millions Helping Veterans Get Federal Aid
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   January 24, 2013
• Using an existing reporting tool, states are moving vets off Medicaid rolls by connecting them to better federal benefits they may not have known about.
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• After Federal Order, Iowa DOT Reverses Immigrant License Decision
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   January 24, 2013
• The agency had angered immigration activists late last month by determining that state law prohibited it from issuing licenses to people granted “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Status” by President Barack Obama’s administration.

• Marijuana to Remain a Drug with No Accepted Medical Use Under Federal Law
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   January 24, 2013
• The federal court's decision keeps in place an odd legal split over marijuana, a drug deemed to be as dangerous as heroin and worse than methamphetamine by federal authorities, but one that has been legalized for medical use by voters or legislators in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

• Nebraska Gov. Heineman OKs Keystone Pipeline
• Source: Nebraska Watchdog   |   Nebraska   |   January 23, 2013
• Gov. Dave Heineman has approved the rerouted Keystone XL oil pipeline path, which would move oil from Canada to Texas, putting the final decision squarely in the lap of President Barack Obama’s administration.

• Feds Joins Landmark Case Against New Jersey over Sports Betting
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   January 23, 2013
• The United States Justice Department joined the nation's professional and collegiate sports leagues in challenging New Jersey's attempt to legalize sports wagering in Atlantic City casinos and the state's four horseracing tracks.

• Local Sheriffs Wage War with Obama over Guns
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Georgia   |   January 23, 2013
• Some 60 sheriffs from across the country have written or signed similar letters that they will not enforce any gun control laws they deem unconstitutional.
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• Outgoing Nebraska Senator to Head Insurance Commissioner Group
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 22, 2013
• Retiring U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is moving from the Capitol to the association circuit, where he will take over as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

• 40 Years After Roe v. Wade, States Still Restricting Abortion
• Source: NBC News   |   Nation   |   January 22, 2013
• Last year, 19 states enacted a total of 43 provisions limiting access to abortion -- half the number that went into effect the previous year, but still the second-highest number since 1985.
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• Graduation Rate Highest Since 1976
• Source: AP/Politico   |   Nation   |   January 22, 2013
• There were tremendous differences among the states in 2010. Fifty-eight percent of students in Nevada and 60 percent in Washington, D.C., completed their high school education in four years. By comparison, 91 percent of students in Wisconsin and Vermont did, according to a government report.

• Wisconsin's Controversial Collective Bargaining Law Upheld
• Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   January 22, 2013
• A federal court of appeals upheld Wisconsin's law repealing most collective bargaining for most public employees, handing a victory to Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans who put the law in place amid tumult two years ago.

• Utah Sheriffs Oppose Obama's Gun Proposals
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   January 22, 2013
• A state lawmaker said he would unveil legislation giving local sheriffs the power to arrest any federal agent attempting to seize firearms from Utah residents.

• Next State to Fight Feds for Land Control May Be Idaho
• Source: AP/Idaho Statesman   |   Idaho   |   January 22, 2013
• Idaho lawmakers, motivated by the potential for new revenue and the appeal of having more authority over how those lands are managed, are gearing up to follow the lead taken by Utah and Arizona in 2012.

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