• States Take Lead Regulating Compounding Pharmacies
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   May 6, 2013
• After a lack of congressional action after last fall's deadly meningitis outbreak, 15 states have taken up bills to step up the regulation of facilities like the one linked to the outbreak.

• Federal Funding for Cities' Anti-Terrorism Centers Dwindling
• Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   May 6, 2013
• The so-called fusion centers -- they sift intelligence about terrorism, determine threat levels, and investigate suspicious activity and potential crises -- have become a fixture in post-9-11 America. There are 78 centers nationwide.

• Immigrants Are Transforming Port Chester, New York
• Source: New York Times   |   Port Chester, N.Y.   |   May 6, 2013
• Port Chester, N.Y., presents a microcosm of the costs and benefits that immigration reform could offer.

• Seattle Plans to be Carbon Neutral by 2050
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Seattle   |   May 6, 2013
• City leaders this month are unveiling an ambitious Climate Action Plan, with the goal of making Seattle carbon neutral (zero net emissions of greenhouse gases) by 2050

• D.C. Mayor Gray Proposes Giving Driver's Licenses to Immigrants
• Source: Washington Post   |   District of Columbia   |   May 3, 2013
• Mayor Vincent C. Gray unveiled his proposal to allow illegal immigrants to apply for District driver’s licenses.

• Detroit Schools Emergency Manager to Step Down
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Detroit   |   May 2, 2013
• After two years as the emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools, state-appointee Roy Roberts will retire in the next two weeks from his job at the helm of the state's largest school district.

• Camden Schools Won't Fight State Takeover
• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Camden, N.J.   |   May 2, 2013
• The Camden Board of Education voted to endorse a state takeover of the school district, saying it was in the "best interest of the children."

• Virginia’s 1st Virtual School Likely to Close
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   May 2, 2013
• The decision to close what was also the state’s first online school deals a blow to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s goal of expanding virtual education options.
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• Prisons Get Rated on Yelp
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2013
• The business and restaurant rating site is now being used to rate an unconventional entity -- prisons. Inmates are reporting about the quality of the food, the friendliness of deputies, and more.

• Gunmakers Leave States with New, Strict Laws
• Source: Fox News   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2013
• Arms manufacturers in at least two states with strict new gun laws are making good on their promise to move their operations -- along with thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenues -- to locales they deem friendlier to the industry.
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• Fracking-Ban Bills Advance in California
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   May 1, 2013
• The bills call for a moratorium to allow more time to study the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, which involves blasting a mix of chemicals and water deep underground.

• How School Choice Has Reshaped Arizona
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 1, 2013
• Arizona is one of the nation’s leading states in letting families choose where and how their children are educated, according to the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C., education think tank that ranks Arizona sixth in the country for school choice.

• Dunes Coming to New Jersey Whether Citizens Consent or Not, Christie Says
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   May 1, 2013
• Some property owners are refusing to give the federal government access to their property. And Gov. Christie isn’t happy about that.

• Arizona AG OKs Bisbee's Civil-Union Changes
• Source: USA Today   |   Arizona   |   May 1, 2013
• Arizona's attorney general withdrew his threat to sue the small city of Bisbee, Ariz., after its lawyers agreed to rewrite a controversial ordinance recognizing same-sex couples to remove rights that he said were reserved for married couples under state law.

• Boston Pay Phones to Offer Free Wi-Fi
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Boston   |   May 1, 2013
• Free Wi-Fi Internet access will soon be broadcast from 16 existing pay phones in Boston.
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