• 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.

• Chicago to Close More Than 50 Schools
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Chicago   |   March 22, 2013
• That comes to nearly 13 percent of all elementary and middle schools in the district.

• Microsoft Discloses Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Data
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   March 22, 2013
• Microsoft disclosed for the first time the number of requests it had received from government law enforcement agencies for data on its hundreds of millions of customers around the world

• New Camden County Police Force Tries New Training Method
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Camden County, N.J.   |   March 21, 2013
• As the area prepares to switch over to a county-run police force, a new training method focused on problem-solving in patrolled neighborhoods is being tested.

• 3 New Gun Laws on the Books in Colorado
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   March 21, 2013
• Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun bills into law Wednesday, joining New York as the first states to pass stricter gun laws after the December shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
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• Current Laws Fail to Address Drone-Privacy Issue
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   March 21, 2013
• The drones, or unmanned aerial systems, have already helped the police find missing people and county planners measure the growth of a landfill. But they could also be used by drug dealers, pedophiles and nosy neighbors, witnesses and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a hearing.

• Environmentalists, Oil Industry Agree on New Fracking Standards
• Source: AP/PennLive.com   |   Pennsylvania   |   March 21, 2013
• If the project wins wide acceptance, it could ease or avert some of the ferocious battles over fracking that have been waged in statehouses and city halls.

• Former Los Angeles Mayor to Join Wendy Greuel's Team if She Wins
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   March 21, 2013
• Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan backed Wendy Greuel's mayoral bid and said if she wins, he will join her administration as a senior advisor on the ongoing budget crisis at City Hall.

• Muni Bonds' Tax Exemption Likely to Stay
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   March 20, 2013
• Congressional lawmakers are skeptical of some specialty tax-free bonds but largely spoke in support of maintaining the tax-exempt status of the municipal bonds localities and states issue to fund infrastructure projects.

• Santa Fe's Attorney Says Gay Marriage is Already Legal in New Mexico
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Santa Fe, N.M.   |   March 20, 2013
• Mayor David Coss and City Councilor Patti Bushee are urging county clerks to start issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

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