• Supreme Court Appears Divided on Voting Rights Act
• Source: Stateline   |   Nation   |   February 28, 2013
• At issue is whether the act’s Section 5 provision, which requires all or part of 16 states to get any changes to election law pre-approved by either the Justice Department or a federal court, is still necessary and constitutional in today’s world.
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• Democratic Governors Fear Gun Reform Moment Has Passed
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   February 28, 2013
• Now that expanded background checks seem to be the only initiative that may pass Congress, the most powerful bloc of gun-control proponents in the country is conceding that the gripping sense of outrage following the Sandy Hook massacre has ebbed.

• Idaho Gov. Otter Seeks State Control of Public Land in D.C.
• Source: AP/Idaho Press-Tribune   |   Idaho   |   February 28, 2013
• Butch Otter urged a Congressional committee to create a pilot project that would give Idaho control over 2 million of the more than 20 million acres of federal public land in the state.

• Indiana Reverses Unemployment Benefits Decision After National Backlash
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   February 28, 2013
• After a torrent of criticism, Gov. Mike Pence’s administration reversed its decision to suspend extended federal unemployment benefits for about 32,000 jobless Hoosiers.

• Sheriff Arpaio Offers to Detain Freed Illegal Immigrants in 'Tent City'
• Source: Politico   |   Maricopa County, Ariz.   |   February 28, 2013
• Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has a solution for the federal government’s mass release of illegal immigrants to cut costs ahead of the sequester: Send them for free to his “Tent City," where prisoners sleep in tents and are required to wear pink underwear.

• Even the Experts Disagree About Sequestration
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   February 27, 2013
• Just days away from the deadline when across-the-board federal spending cuts kick in, two budget experts disagreed about what kind of impact the cuts would have on the national economy.
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• Bill to Block Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina Heads to Gov. McCrory
• Source: Raleigh News & Observer   |   North Carolina   |   February 27, 2013
• Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is poised to sign legislation that rejects any effort to have a state-sponsored insurance exchange or expand Medicaid coverage to 500,000 low-income residents.

• Offshore Wind Energy Lacks Sufficient State Support
• Source: Roll Call   |   Nation   |   February 27, 2013
• Inconsistent tax and grant policies and the need for state government buy-in remain challenges for the energy resource.

• Illegal Immigrant Detainees Released as Sequestration Nears
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   February 27, 2013
• The Obama administration announced that it had released hundreds of illegal immigrants held in detention facilities, saying it could no longer afford to house them because of across-the-board cuts that are set to start taking effect Friday.
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• Ex-Republican Governors Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   February 26, 2013
• The document will be submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a suit seeking to strike down Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage.

• Congressional Bill Gives States Right to Legalize Medical Marijuana
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   February 26, 2013
• The legislation, which has 13 co-sponsors would create a framework for the FDA to eventually legalize medicinal pot and would also block the feds from interfering in any of the 19 states where it's legal.

• Opposition to Online Sales Tax Bill in Congress Wanes
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   February 26, 2013
• The tech industry’s passion for opposing the issue has waned.

• The White House's Breakdown of Sequestration's Impact on Every State
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   February 25, 2013
• A 50-state sampling of budget cuts outlined by the White House for just this year.
• 3 Comments

• Supreme Court to Weigh States’ Rights vs. Voting Rights
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   February 25, 2013
• At issue is Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires all or part of 16 states to get any changes to election law pre-approved by the feds.
• 1 Comments

• Maryland Police DNA Case Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
• Source: Baltimore Sun   |   Nation   |   February 25, 2013
• The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve crimes.

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