• How Emergency Financial Managers Changed Michigan
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Michigan   |   February 25, 2013
• As Detroit braces for the appointment of an emergency manager, it can look at half a dozen municipalities to see how life has changed under these state-appointed advisers who take control of cities on the brink of bankruptcy.
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• Governors: A Four-Year Degree Doesn't Always Mean Job Growth
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Washington, D.C.   |   February 25, 2013
• With the recession in the rearview mirror some state leaders say their biggest job growth challenge now is providing and fostering a workforce that can fill the demand of the new economy.

• Maryland Police DNA Case Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
• Source: Baltimore Sun   |   Nation   |   February 25, 2013
• The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve crimes.

• Phoenix Schools Take Innovative Funding Steps
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Phoenix, Ariz.   |   February 25, 2013
• Schools are getting more inventive, including one that relies on an NBA team to pay salaries.

• Chicago Considers Boosting Sex Education
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Chicago   |   February 25, 2013
• The policy would make CPS the largest urban U.S. school district with a required minimum of sex ed instructional minutes and a specific curriculum for each grade level.

• How the Corn Belt Survived the 2012 Drought
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Midwest   |   February 22, 2013
• Despite last year's drought, which was the worst since 1956, many farmers still ended the season on high notes.
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• 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.

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