• Florida Enacts Election Law to Ease Long Voter Lines
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   May 22, 2013
• Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a number of election law changes that roll back ones made by GOP lawmakers in 2011. The changes focus on expanding voter access and easing long lines at the polls.

• Los Angeles Mayor's Race: Garcetti Wins, Greuel Concedes
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   May 22, 2013
• Eric Garcetti will be the first elected Jewish mayor of the city. At 42, he will also be the youngest in more than a century. He is scheduled to take office July 1.

• Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban Struck Down
• Source: San Francisco Chronicle   |   Arizona   |   May 22, 2013
• Arizona is likely to appeal the ruling and may ask the nation's high court to re-examine the right to abortion, established in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.
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• Harrisburg Mayor Denied 2nd Term
• Source: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Harrisburg, Pa.   |   May 22, 2013
• Democratic voters in financially troubled Harrisburg denied Mayor Linda Thompson a second term, choosing bookstore owner Eric Papenfuse to try to help the financially strapped capital.

• Weiner Announces Candidacy for NYC Mayor
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   May 22, 2013
• Anthony D. Weiner, once a rising star of New York politics whose career cratered over revelations of his sexually explicit life online, announced an improbable bid for the job he has long coveted: mayor.

• Portland Voters Reject Fluoridation for the 4th Time Since 1956
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   May 22, 2013
• Despite the support of five city commissioners and healthy advocacy groups, voters rejected a measure to fluoridate city water.

• Colorado's New School Finance Law Depends on Tax Vote
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   May 22, 2013
• Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a new school finance bill that would change the way the state doles out money for education — but only if taxpayers pass an estimated $1 billion tax increase.

• Arizona Redistricting Commissioner Resigns
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 22, 2013
• One of the state’s five redistricting commissioners resigned his post, citing a “toxic” atmosphere that has stalled the panel’s work.

• Virginia Lt. Gov. Nominee Has 'No Apologies' for Comments on Gays, Abortion
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   May 22, 2013
• E.W. Jackson, a virtual unknown who has never held public office, suggested that Planned Parenthood has done more to hurt blacks than the Ku Klux Klan and called gays and lesbians “perverted” and “very sick people.”

• Unions Win Big Victory in Minnesota
• Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   May 21, 2013
• The Democratic Legislature eked out a major victory for organized labor, giving in-home child-care providers and personal care attendants the right to unionize at a time when union power is in full retreat in many state capitols.

• L.A. Elections May be Decided by Older, White Voters
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   May 21, 2013
• A survey of likely voters finds that non-Latino whites make up 32 percent of the city's population but are likely to total 51 percent of the vote. Latinos make up 44 percent of the population, but many are ineligible to vote.

• 3 Gun Bills Sent to New Jersey Gov. Christie
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   May 21, 2013
• Three bills aimed at controlling gun violence gained final legislative approval in the state Assembly, making them the first of what is expected to be a big batch of gun control legislation to land on Gov. Chris Christie’s desk.

• Kardashian Pulls T-Shirt from Shelves After Gov. Cuomo Threatened Lawsuit
• Source: New York Daily News   |   New York   |   May 21, 2013
• The high-end clothing line backed by reality star Khloe Kardashian yanked a New York-themed t-shirt from its website hours after New York Gov. Cuomo’s administration warned the item may be violating copyright law because the design of the $35 shirt looks almost identical to a state Department of Agriculture logo.

• Water Fluoridation Debate Divides Portland, Oregon
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Portland, Ore.   |   May 20, 2013
• The city is the largest in the country that still does not fluoridate it's water supply and the debate over the issue has sharply divided it's usually polite progressives. Citizens will go to the polls to vote on the issue Tuesday.
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• Virginia GOP Launches Tea Party Ticket
• Source: Politico   |   Virginia   |   May 20, 2013
• Rejuvenated by a Democratic scandal in Washington and a tea party conservative atop their ticket, Virginia Republicans nominated a trio of statewide candidates whose fate will be closely watched as an indicator of the health of the national GOP.

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