• States Seek Legal Limits on Domestic Drones
• BY: Stateline   |   February 22, 2013
• Ready or not, the drones are coming home: Nine law enforcement agencies in six states already use drones, and another nine have applied to the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to do the same.
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• States Consider Requiring Gun Insurance
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   February 22, 2013
• Lawmakers in at least half a dozen states, including California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, have proposed legislation this year that would require gun owners to buy liability insurance.
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• Municipal-Broadband Battle Spreads to Georgia
• BY: Government Technology   |   Georgia   |   February 21, 2013
• Georgia is the latest battleground in a conflict pitting big-name telecommunications providers against local governments looking to get into the Internet business to provide better connectivity for residents.
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• D.C. May Serve as Case Study for Public Preschool
• Source: Washington Post   |   District of Columbia   |   February 21, 2013
• In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for free public preschool for all low- and moderate-income 4-year-olds. The District is already doing something more ambitious.

• Monthlong New York City Bus Drivers Strike Ends
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   February 21, 2013
• The drivers decided to halt their strike, with their concerns still on the table, and to try their luck with the person who will replace Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who had refused to accept the union’s demands.

• Rollback of Cruiseship Wastewater Rules Approved by Alaska Senate
• BY: Kathy Gambrell   |   February 20, 2013
• The Alaska Senate on Tuesday approved a Parnell administration measure to roll back cruise ship wastewater standards that were approved by voters in 2006. The vote was 14-6. The legislation, already passed by the House, is the first bill to clear both the House and Senate in the 2013 legislative session that began just over a month ago.

• Obama Urges Another Postponement of Sequestration Cuts
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   February 20, 2013
• President Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Mar. 1 sequestration through a combination of spending cuts and closing tax loopholes, rather than risk the automatic 10 percent budget cuts that are scheduled to go into effect next month if no action is taken.

• Pollution in Utah Caused by Oil and Gas, Study Finds
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   February 20, 2013
• A $5 million Uinta Basin study identifies causes of winter pollution, but leaders aren’t quite ready to act.

• State Panel Declares Financial Emergency in Detroit
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   DETROIT   |   February 19, 2013
• The decision brings Michigan's largest city one step closer to a state takeover.

• Preschool Bill Passes Indiana House
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   February 19, 2013
• House Bill 1004, which passed the House 92-6, creates a pilot program to make early childhood education available to four-year-old children in five counties.

• Southern Governors Implore Interior Nominee Sally Jewell to Drill Off Their Coasts
• BY: McClatchy News   |   February 15, 2013
• The governors of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are pushing President Barack Obama’s choice for interior secretary to abandon federal opposition to drilling off the Atlantic Coast, where production has been blocked for decades.

• Bankrupt Alabama County Reaches Key Debt Deal
• Source: Reuters   |   Alabama   |   February 15, 2013
• Officials in Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County approved a deal on Thursday with European Depfa Bank Plc to cut interest charges on about $162 million of the county's school debt.

• Bloomberg to Seek Styrofoam Container Ban in NYC
• Source: The Los Angeles Times   |   New York City   |   February 15, 2013
• The billionaire mayor who has fought smoking, large-sized sugary drinks and excessive fat and salt announced on Thursday that he will now target Styrofoam, seeking to ban the product used for take-out -- and leftover -- fare.

• Former San Diego Mayor Gambled Away Nearly $1 Billion
• Source: The Los Angeles Times   |   San Diego, Calif.   |   February 15, 2013
• Former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor acknowledged in federal court Thursday that she gambled away millions of dollars that her late husband had earmarked for charity purposes.

• Atlanta Pushes Ahead on Massive Park Project
• Source: The New York Times   |   Atlanta   |   February 15, 2013
• Atlanta has made significant progress in transforming a massive area of the city into the Atlanta BeltLine. The ambitious proposal is to transform 22 miles of vine-covered railroad into parks, housing and public transit has been in the works since the early 2000s.

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