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  • Tennessee Gov. Haslam Drops School Voucher Plan
  • Gov. Bill Haslam abruptly withdrew his proposal for school vouchers after he and the bill’s sponsor in the state Senate failed to get guarantees from fellow Republicans that they would not try to expand the measure.

  • Boston Mayor's Race Heats Up as Longtime DA Joins
  • Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley dove into the Boston mayor’s race with a massive fund-raising advantage and the muscle of almost 20 years in elected office.



  • 6 New York Lawmakers Tied to Bribery Plot in Mayor's Race
  • The charges immediately reverberated in the New York political world, especially in Albany, where, despite the efforts of government watchdogs and prosecutors, new scandals and criminal charges seem to surface every legislative session.


  • Teen Birth Rate Plunges in Colorado
  • The state got a special shout-out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for cutting "repeat" teen pregnancies.


  • Judge Who Voted to Recall Gov. Scott Walker Ousted
  • An Ozaukee County judge lost his job Tuesday when voters sided with a challenger critical of the incumbent's 2011 signature on a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker.




  • Georgia Town Votes to Require a Gun in Every Home
  • Backers of the newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.
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  • Chicago's Homicide Rate Falling
  • After a rough 2012 with more than 500 homicides, violence in the first quarter of 2013 fell 42 percent from a year earlier.

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