• 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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• Small Businesses Fear Fines from Affordable Care Act
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   April 30, 2013
• Small businesses in states that choose not to expand Medicaid could be liable for billions in federal tax penalties that companies in states that do expand will not have to pay.
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• Police Not Allowed to Destroy Buyback Guns Under New Arizona Law
• Source: Arizona Daily Star   |   Arizona   |   April 30, 2013
• Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation to require that any weapons that come into a city or county's possession must be sold off, with the profits used to bolster the local treasury.
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• New York May be 1st State to Raise Cigarette Age to 21
• Source: Albany Times-Union   |   New York   |   April 30, 2013
• Following New York City's lead, state lawmakers have taken up the cause to raise the minimum age for cigarette purchases from 18 to 21 statewide.

• Boston Bombings Highlight Need for Public Safety Broadband Network
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   April 29, 2013
• The wireless crashes that law enforcement experienced in the aftermath of the deadly bombing reinforced the need for a dedicated national public safety broadband network that's now in its planning stage.

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