• California Community College Enrollment Drops Dramatically
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   March 26, 2013
• Enrollment in California's community colleges has plunged to a 20-year low as budget-strapped campuses have had to slash classes and instructors, according to a report released Monday.
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• 2 Governors Ask Obama to Study Environmental Impacts of Exporting Coal
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Northwest   |   March 26, 2013
• Gov. Jay Inslee has joined with Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber to ask the Obama administration to review the climate-change consequences of leasing and exporting Western coal.

• Bill Clinton Endorses Wendy Greuel for Los Angeles Mayor
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   March 26, 2013
• The support comes at a critical time in Greuel's campaign, as she tries to move past a rocky stretch that included a staff shake-up and continued questions about her ties to labor.

• Past State Takeovers Don't Guarantee Success in New Jersey
• Source: Asbury Park Press   |   New Jersey   |   March 26, 2013
• Gov. Chris Christie’s takeover of Camden schools marks the fourth time the state has taken over a large urban school system. Three of those interventions continue today with only limited success.

• School Takeover Bill Introduced in Maryland
• Source: Washington Post   |   Prince George's County, Md.   |   March 26, 2013
• Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill that would give Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III direct control over the county’s schools superintendent and operations.

• Tennessee is Losing Its War on Meth
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   March 26, 2013
• Police push for tougher laws as the state becomes No. 1 in use of the drug.

• Detroit's Emergency Manager Says He Wants Mayor, City Council's Help
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Detroit   |   March 26, 2013
• Kevyn Orr arrived for his first day on the job at 7 a.m. Monday, an early start to a historic day as Detroit's first emergency financial manager tasked with fixing the city's budget crisis.

• Study: Halfway Houses Don't Reduce Recidivism Like Previously Thought
• Source: New York Times   |   Pennsylvania   |   March 25, 2013
• A groundbreaking study is casting serious doubt on the halfway-house model, concluding that inmates who spent time in these facilities were more likely to return to crime.
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• Christie to Announce State Takeover of Camden Schools
• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Camden, N.J.   |   March 25, 2013
• Camden will become the fourth urban district under state control in New Jersey but will be the first takeover initiated by Gov. Chris Christie.

• Is Boston's Weight-Loss Goal Too Ambitious?
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Boston   |   March 25, 2013
• Last April, Mayor Thomas M. Menino challenged Bostonians to lose a collective 1 million pounds in a year’s time. Only 904,303 to go. By April 23.

• Arizona's Ban on Ethnic Studies Sparked Renewed Interest in Subject Nationwide
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   March 25, 2013
• Arizona passed a law to dismantle a Mexican American studies program, but the legislation has had an unintended effect of renewing interest in ethnic studies and Chicano and Latino literature.

• Utah Republicans Reject Bipartisan Immigration Language for Platform
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   March 25, 2013
• The Utah Compact, is a set of ideals meant to guide the debate on immigration signed by government and business leaders and endorsed by the LDS Church — and pointed to even by President Barack Obama.

• Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Vie for FBI Headquarters
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   March 25, 2013
• As the three jockey for a prize worth perhaps as much as $3 billion, the presence of the classified site has left several Northern Virginia officials feeling as if one of their best prospects has been mysteriously hobbled.

• Major Shake-Up in Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate's Campaign
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   March 25, 2013
• After a series of missteps in her run for mayor of Los Angeles, City Controller Wendy Greuel has hired a senior aide to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as her new campaign manager for the final weeks before the May runoff.

• California Voters, Lawmakers Have No Say in Huge Habitat Restoration Project
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   March 25, 2013
• It may be the most ambitious habitat restoration project ever conceived in the United States, and the transformation of the largest estuary on the West Coast is slated to be shaped and approved by a handful of appointed government officials.

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