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  • Wisconsin Governor on Gay Marriage: Let States Decide
  • As the nation's highest court considers two gay marriage cases, Gov. Scott Walker backed Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage but also said the issue should be left to states to decide.

  • Nevada May OK Betting on Federal Elections
  • The bill's sponsor said betting on the presidential election was “one of the biggest moneymakers [for the government] in all of betting outside the United States."
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  • EPA Warns of Poor U.S. Water Quality
  • More than half of the nation’s thousands of miles of rivers and streams are plagued by poor water quality, including harmful nutrient pollution and mercury, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • EPA Wastewater Ruling a Big Win for Cities
  • A federal appeals court has sided with a group of Iowa cities challenging Environmental Protection Agency wastewater treatment rules that would have forced cities across the country to spend billions of dollars if the court had upheld them.



  • U.S. Supreme Court to Hear a 2nd Affirmative Action Case
  • 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.




  • Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Vie for FBI Headquarters
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.

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