• Uncertainty Follows Failure of Utah-Nevada Water Pact
• BY: Stateline   |   West   |   April 9, 2013
• Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has refused to sign a decades-in-the-making deal that would have divvied up billions of gallons of water beneath the two states.
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• Seattle Police Chief Steps Down
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Seattle   |   April 9, 2013
• John Diaz's quiet style turned on him after the department came under federal scrutiny and widespread community criticism over several video-recorded confrontations involving his officers.
• 1 Comments

• Moody’s: New York’s Pension-Deferment Plan Has Long-Term Risks
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   New York   |   April 9, 2013
• New York’s new law to allow some cities to defer pension payments would increase their unfunded pension liabilities and could hurt their credit outlook.

• Tapping into Big Data in Government
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   April 8, 2013
• Cheaper storage and more powerful analytic tools are making big data an increasingly viable concept for the public sector.

• Oil and Gas Bills Pit Legislature vs. Governor in Colorado
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   April 8, 2013
• For Gov. Hickenlooper, who supports oil and gas development, the Democrat-sponsored and -supported bills create a dilemma.

• Program Keeps Seniors from Unnecessary Psychiatric Admissions
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   April 8, 2013
• Too many times, state officials say, nursing home residents wrongly end up in psychiatric care.

• NYC Mayoral Candidate Proposes Ways to Curb Corruption
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   April 8, 2013
• After the arrests of a half-dozen city lawmakers and leaders last week, Joseph Lhota, a Republican, sought on Sunday to inhabit the role of anticorruption crusader.

• Job Skills Gap a Growing Concern in Cities
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   April 5, 2013
• Cities coming out of the recession are facing new challenges with matching their workforce to available jobs, a problem that could be an early indicator of a growing national problem.
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• 1 U.S. City Makes "Most Intelligent" List
• BY: Government Technology   |   Columbus, Ohio   |   April 5, 2013
• Of the more than 400 cities that competed for the designation, Columbus, Ohio, is the only U.S. city to be named in this year's top seven.
• 1 Comments

• Colorado Governor Orders Audit of Sentencing Records
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   April 5, 2013
• The order comes two weeks after DOC executive director Tom Clements was shot to death at his Monument home. The chief suspect is parolee Evan Ebel, a man released from prison about four years early because of a court's clerical error.

• Bill Linking Welfare to Grades Passes Tennessee House
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   April 5, 2013
• After a lengthy and passionate debate, a House committee approved legislation that would reduce welfare benefits for families whose children are failing school.

• Denver's Ambitious Light Rail to Open This Month
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   Denver   |   April 4, 2013
• The project marks the first completed portion of the region's ambitious FasTracks program.
• 2 Comments

• Despite Rise in Drilling, Shale Revenue Dropped in Pennsylvania
• Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   |   Pittsburgh   |   April 4, 2013
• Although energy companies have drilled more natural gas wells in Pennsylvania, towns will see fewer dollars from them this year.

• Partially State-Funded Preschool Wins Final Approval in Mississippi
• Source: AP/Hattiesburg American   |   Mississippi   |   April 4, 2013
• Mississippi government would directly fund a limited preschool program for the first time under a bill on its way to Gov. Phil Bryant.

• Tennessee Gov. Haslam Drops School Voucher Plan
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   April 4, 2013
• Gov. Bill Haslam abruptly withdrew his proposal for school vouchers after he and the bill’s sponsor in the state Senate failed to get guarantees from fellow Republicans that they would not try to expand the measure.

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