• Which Cities Are Most Energy-Efficient?
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   March 15, 2013
• Of the 10 U.S. cities with the most Energy Star buildings, half are located in the Midwest or South.
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• Detroit Emergency Financial Manager Confident He Can Fix City's Finances
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Detroit   |   March 15, 2013
• With a bold dash of confidence, Kevyn Orr predicted that he'd be able to accomplish a significant level of repair in Detroit -- now foundering under staggering debts and unable to provide decent public safety and other basic services -- in a role he said he felt a sense of obligation to accept.

• Boston Schools Abandon Desegregation-Created System
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Boston   |   March 15, 2013
• The Boston School Committee scrapped a school assignment plan developed under court-ordered desegregation almost a quarter century ago and embraced a new system that seeks to allow more students to attend schools closer to home.

• Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative to Begin in Select States
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   March 14, 2013
• The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it will send $2.3 million to 12 counties and cities in 10 states to bolster efforts to prevent domestic violence homicides, even as Washington remains consumed with budget cutbacks.

• Detroit Expected to Get Emergency Financial Manager Today
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   March 14, 2013
• Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to announce his choice for emergency financial manager, which many expect to be high-powered Washington, D.C., lawyer Kevyn Orr.

• 'Anti-Bloomberg Bill' in Mississippi Bars Local Restrictions on Food and Drink
• Source: New York Times   |   Mississippi   |   March 14, 2013
• The bill, which is on the desk of Gov. Phil Bryant and is likely to get a swift signature means that cities or counties cannot enact rules about any aspect of the daily dining experience.
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• Bill to Tie Education Funding to Student Test Scores Earns Arizona Governor's Support
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   March 14, 2013
• Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is putting her weight behind a bill that would give more money to schools where students perform well or improve on state tests, but opponents fear the proposal could take money from struggling schools.
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• 'Safe Harbor' Gun Bill Sent to Utah Governor
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   March 14, 2013
• The measure would allow people under emotional duress to voluntarily store their firearms at local police stations as a way to diffuse potentially volatile situations in a home.
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• V.P. Biden: Cities Have "Significant Influence" on Gun Control
• BY: J.B. Wogan   |   Nation   |   March 13, 2013
• The vice president urged city leaders gathered in Washington to lobby congress for tougher gun laws, while Sen. John McCain told the same group to lead the way on immigration.

• L.A. Police Chief Among U.S. Politicians, Celebrities Hacked
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   March 13, 2013
• First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck were among a high-powered roster of public figures whose personal and financial information was posted on the Internet.

• Detroit Makes Final Effort to Avoid Emergency Financial Manager
• Source: Detroit News   |   Detroit   |   March 13, 2013
• City officials made a last-ditch effort to stave off a state takeover in an hour-long hearing Tuesday morning.

• New Jersey Submits Spending Plan for $1.8B in Sandy Funds to Feds
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   March 13, 2013
• If the plan is approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the state said, more than 20,000 homeowners, 5,000 renters and 10,000 businesses could get grants to help close the gap in the cost of repairing or rebuilding.

• Governor's Top Pick for Detroit's Emergency Financial Manager Emerges
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   March 12, 2013
• Kevyn Orr, a partner in the prestigious Jones Day law firm of Washington, D.C., is Gov. Rick Snyder's leading choice to become Detroit's emergency financial manager.

• Judge Sides with State on Law Banning Ethnic Studies
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   March 12, 2013
• State officials have won a significant legal battle in a long-running saga over a controversial Tucson schools ethnic-studies program, with a federal judge ruling that a law designed to ban it is constitutional.

• States Crack Down on Third-Graders' Reading Abilities
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   March 12, 2013
• Thirteen states last year adopted laws that require schools to identify, intervene and, in many cases, retain students who fail a reading proficiency test by the end of third grade. Lawmakers in several other states and the District are debating similar measures.

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