• Milwaukee County Board Seeks Legal Help to Battle State Legislature
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Milwaukee, Wis.   |   May 24, 2013
• The Milwaukee County Board Thursday voted to hire an outside legal firm to help clarify and possibly challenge state legislation that would cut the authority and funding of the board.

• Homeowner Bill of Rights to Become Law in Minnesota
• Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   May 24, 2013
• Minnesota homeowners facing foreclosure will soon get added protections under a bill Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to sign into law.

• Truckload of Concerns After Illinois Lawmakers Raise Speed Limit
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   May 24, 2013
• Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor.

• Rhode Island to Allow Colleges to Arm Campus Police
• Source: Providence Journal   |   Rhode Island   |   May 24, 2013
• The final decision will be left up to each institution in consultation with its faculty and staff.

• Miami Commission Considers Different Pension Rules for Executives
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Miami, Fla.   |   May 23, 2013
• Miami city commissioners, who in recent years have cut severance pay and pensions to balance budgets, could vote Tuesday to allow four of the city's highest earners to return from retirement and collect their pension on top of their hefty salary.

• Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Reach $2 Billion
• Source: USA Today   |   Oklahoma   |   May 23, 2013
• Up to 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed by Monday's tornado that may have caused up $2 billion in damages, nearly double earlier estimates.

• Chicago OKs Massive School Closings
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Chicago   |   May 23, 2013
• Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings.
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• Minnesota to Fund All-Day Kindergarten Starting in 2014
• Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   May 23, 2013
• All-day kindergarten should become a reality throughout Minnesota in fall 2014 under an education-funding bill signed by Gov. Mark Dayton that DFLers consider one of their chief accomplishments of the legislative session.

• Los Angeles Mayor's Race: Garcetti Wins, Greuel Concedes
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   May 22, 2013
• Eric Garcetti will be the first elected Jewish mayor of the city. At 42, he will also be the youngest in more than a century. He is scheduled to take office July 1.

• In Oklahoma Tornado's Wake, Many Ask How Safe Schools Were
• Source: Christian Science Monitor   |   Oklahoma   |   May 22, 2013
• As rescue and recovery efforts continue in Moore, Okla., following the devastating tornado that struck Monday afternoon, attention has focused, in particular, on the schools that were hit – and in some cases, largely demolished.

• Harrisburg Mayor Denied 2nd Term
• Source: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Harrisburg, Pa.   |   May 22, 2013
• Democratic voters in financially troubled Harrisburg denied Mayor Linda Thompson a second term, choosing bookstore owner Eric Papenfuse to try to help the financially strapped capital.

• Weiner Announces Candidacy for NYC Mayor
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   May 22, 2013
• Anthony D. Weiner, once a rising star of New York politics whose career cratered over revelations of his sexually explicit life online, announced an improbable bid for the job he has long coveted: mayor.

• Portland Voters Reject Fluoridation for the 4th Time Since 1956
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   May 22, 2013
• Despite the support of five city commissioners and healthy advocacy groups, voters rejected a measure to fluoridate city water.
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• Colorado's New School Finance Law Depends on Tax Vote
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   May 22, 2013
• Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a new school finance bill that would change the way the state doles out money for education — but only if taxpayers pass an estimated $1 billion tax increase.

• Suburban Poverty Growth Outpacing Urban Cores
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   May 21, 2013
• During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64 percent -- more than twice the 29 percent growth rate in cities.

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