• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear a 2nd Affirmative Action Case
• Source: Inside Higher Ed   |   Michigan   |   March 26, 2013
• Even before the justices have issued a ruling on the other affirmative action case that they considered this term, they agreed to consider whether Michigan voters had the legal right to bar the state's public colleges and universities from considering race or ethnicity in admissions.

• 2 Governors Ask Obama to Study Environmental Impacts of Exporting Coal
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Northwest   |   March 26, 2013
• Gov. Jay Inslee has joined with Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber to ask the Obama administration to review the climate-change consequences of leasing and exporting Western coal.

• Supreme Court Appears Divided on Gay Marriage
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Washington, D.C.   |   March 26, 2013
• The justices appeared torn Tuesday over whether it’s too soon to make a broad decision on the issue and whether they should even make a ruling at all.

• Indiana Leading States in Support of Gay Marriage Bans
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   March 25, 2013
• The state's attorney general, however, said that he is not arguing against same-sex marriage as much as he is advocating that states should be able to make their own decisions.
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• Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Vie for FBI Headquarters
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   March 25, 2013
• As the three jockey for a prize worth perhaps as much as $3 billion, the presence of the classified site has left several Northern Virginia officials feeling as if one of their best prospects has been mysteriously hobbled.

• White House Urges States to Expand Medicaid with Private Insurance
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   March 22, 2013
• The White House is encouraging skeptical state officials to expand Medicaid by subsidizing the purchase of private insurance for low-income people, even though that approach might be somewhat more expensive, federal and state officials say.

• Part of Georgia Immigration Law Struck Down
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Georgia   |   March 22, 2013
• A federal judge permanently blocked Georgia from enforcing a part of the law that would have punished people who knowingly transport or harbor illegal immigrants or encourage them to come to the state.

• Arizona's Immigrant Driver's License Ban Heads to Court
• Source: Reuters   |   Arizona   |   March 22, 2013
• Lawyers will ask a federal judge on Friday to prevent Arizona from denying driver's licenses to young illegal immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government.

• Coastal States May Get More Offshore Drilling Revenue
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   March 21, 2013
• A bill in Congress would give 27.5 percent of revenue from offshore energy development — including oil, gas, wind and others — to coastal states, plus another 10 percent if the state creates a clean energy or conservation fund.

• Current Laws Fail to Address Drone-Privacy Issue
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   March 21, 2013
• The drones, or unmanned aerial systems, have already helped the police find missing people and county planners measure the growth of a landfill. But they could also be used by drug dealers, pedophiles and nosy neighbors, witnesses and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a hearing.

• Muni Bonds' Tax Exemption Likely to Stay
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   March 20, 2013
• Congressional lawmakers are skeptical of some specialty tax-free bonds but largely spoke in support of maintaining the tax-exempt status of the municipal bonds localities and states issue to fund infrastructure projects.

• Feds to Enforce Insurance ACA Reforms in 4 States
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   March 20, 2013
• At least four states won’t enforce new sweeping insurance market reforms rolling out next year with the health law — leaving federal health officials in Washington to pick up the slack

• Public Unaware of State's Decisions on Health Reform
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   March 20, 2013
• A new poll underlines the disconnect between the debate among lawmakers and the public's knowledge about the federal health law's central provisions.

• Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Arizona's Voting Requirements
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   March 19, 2013
• The court heard oral arguments on Arizona's voter registration requirements on Monday and appeared divided along ideological lines.

• Federal Health Law May Squeeze Massachusetts
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   March 19, 2013
• State business and government leaders say federal rules stemming from the national health care overhaul threaten to drive up insurance costs in Massachusetts, a state widely viewed as a model for the sweeping legislation signed by President Obama in 2010.

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