• Former Detroit Mayor Convicted of Racketeering, Extortion
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Detroit   |   March 11, 2013
• Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his longtime contractor friend Bobby Ferguson were convicted of racketeering and extortion, marking an end to a more than decade-long public corruption investigation.

• Education Reform Leaves Florida Governor Stuck Between a Rock and Republicans
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   March 11, 2013
• Opposing certain bills will land Gov. Rick Scott in the doghouse with Republicans and put him at odds with former Gov. Jeb Bush, whose nonprofit foundation has driven Florida's education agenda for more than a decade.

• California Unions File Lawsuits over Pension Reforms
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   March 11, 2013
• The overhaul raised the retirement age and lowered the benefits for public employees hired as of Jan. 1 of this year. It also changed the way pensions are calculated, which slices into benefits for workers who were on the job before then.
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• Christine Quinn Declares Her Candidacy for NYC Mayor
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   March 11, 2013
• The City Council speaker is now an official candidate for mayor to succeed political ally Michael Bloomberg.

• South Dakota OKs Law to Allow Guns in Schools
• Source: Christian Science Monitor   |   Nation   |   March 11, 2013
• A day after the Georgia legislature ended bans on guns in bars, churches, and college classrooms, South Dakota passed the first law in the nation aimed expressly at allowing school districts to arm teachers.

• Prescription Drug Abuse Hits New States
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Nation   |   March 11, 2013
• The epidemic in painkiller-abuse gripping the Southern and Eastern U.S. is tightening its hold on the Western part of the country, having blindsided law enforcement and public health authorities.

• Taxpayers' Cost of Branding Chris Christie
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   March 11, 2013
• Taxpayers pick up the tab for building Brand Christie.

• Gov. Snyder: Expect Fast Appointment of Emergency Manager if Detroit's Appeal Fails
• Source: Detroit News   |   Michigan   |   March 11, 2013
• Gov. Rick Snyder said the appointment of an emergency manager for Detroit would likely come swiftly if appeal arguments from the Detroit City Council fail to change his mind.

• Gov. McDonnell's Education Reform Efforts Produce Mixed Results for Virginia
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   March 11, 2013
• In his final push in the General Assembly this year, the governor backed successful bills to reform the state's schools. But on some signature issues, he fell short.

• Wisconsin Passes Mining Bill, Groups Vow Lawsuits
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Wisconsin   |   March 8, 2013
• A newly passed bill in Wisconsin relaxes environmental and permitting regulations to pave the way for a new mining in the state. Several groups have vowed to fight new mining in court.

• Chicago Revenue Would Dip Under Gov. Quinn's Budget Plan
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Illinois   |   March 8, 2013
• The governor's proposed budget would cut Chicago's share of money from the state income tax, a move one group says could cost the city as much as $31 million.

• Philadelphia Officials Vote to Close 23 Schools Amid Protests
• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Philadelphia   |   March 8, 2013
• The vote capped a long series of protests, rallies, and public outcries against what appears to be one of the largest mass school closings in the nation's history.

• Public Preschool's Test Case: Oklahoma
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Oklahoma   |   March 8, 2013
• In 1998, Oklahoma lawmakers passed one of the nation's first state-funded preschool programs for all 4-year-olds.

• As Voting Rights Act is Debated in Court, Bronx Offers a Case Study
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   March 8, 2013
• The Bronx offers a case study into arguments for and against continuing the half-century effort to monitor elections through a racial prism.

• Medicaid Program Overbilled $10M by Adult Day Cares in New Jersey
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   March 8, 2013
• Several adult day care centers billed the state Medicaid program for services they did not provide and, in many cases, for patients who were not even there, the state comptroller announced.
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