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  • Current Laws Fail to Address Drone-Privacy Issue
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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



  • Federal Health Law May Squeeze Massachusetts
  • 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.

  • Legalized Marijuana Creates a Hazy U.S.-Canadian Border
  • Canadians are finding that before they can enter pot-friendly Washington, where marijuana is now legal for recreational use, they must first be admitted into the country by the U.S. government, which still outlaws the drug.





  • States Lobby Congress to Limit For-Profit Colleges' Federal Funding
  • Attorneys general from more than a dozen states are pushing Congress to restrict federal funding to for-profit colleges, which face growing complaints that they often leave students with piles of debt but not enough training to find high-paying jobs.
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  • Federal Oversight of Tennessee Health Care Comes to an End
  • A federal appeals court ended 15 years of court-ordered oversight of Tennessee’s health care services for poor and disabled children under TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program.


  • New Jersey Appeals Sports Betting Decision
  • New Jersey officials appealed a federal judge’s decision to block legal sports betting in the state, a move that was expected in a high-stakes case that could end up before the nation’s highest court.

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