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  • LAPD Freed from Federal Oversight After 12 Years
  • In a brief, three-line order, a judge formally lifted the binding agreement the U.S. Department of Justice imposed on the LAPD in 2001, which spelled out dozens of major reforms the police agency had to implement and frequent audits it was required to undergo.

  • Minimum-Wage Increase Hits Roadblock in Minnesota
  • Once a top priority, a hike in the minimum wage is falling off the agenda as the House and Senate disagree on how much it should rise.

  • Illinois to Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries
  • The Illinois legislature has passed a bill allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they are going to turn 18 by the November general election. In doing so they become the 13th state to allow this group of teens to vote in primaries.



  • 6 States Have No Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws for Outside Groups
  • A 50-state analysis by the National Institute on Money in State Politics found that Indiana, Alabama, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota and South Carolina don’t have a single law on the books to require super PACs and nonprofits to disclose their finances,

  • House Farm Bill Cuts Food-Stamp Funding
  • The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year — or a little more than 3 percent — from the food stamp program, which is used by 1 in 7 Americans.

  • Tavenner is 1st New CMS Leader in Nearly a Decade
  • Marilyn Tavenner on Wednesday was easily confirmed by the Senate to run the agency in charge of Medicare, Medicaid and setting up much of the health care law.

  • GOP: Leave Blood-Alcohol Rules to the States
  • Republicans are warning the government against withholding federal funding from -- or offering financial incentives to -- states to prod them to adopt tougher drunken driving laws.
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  • Takoma Park is 1st U.S. City to Allow 16-Year-Olds to Vote
  • Though some residents argued that teenagers lack the maturity and experience to handle the responsibility of voting, the Takoma Park City Council in Maryland passed an amendment to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in city elections.
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  • Christie's Affordable-Housing Battle Heads to Court
  • A three-judge panel said it will hear arguments on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to grab up to $162 million in affordable-housing funds for his proposed $32.9 billion budget

  • Feds Block Utah Public-Lands Law
  • A federal judge signed an order blocking implementation of a Utah law prohibiting some Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service employees from enforcing state laws anywhere in Utah after the U.S. Department of Justice argued the law was unconstitutional.

  • Controversial Arizona Laws Rack Up Huge Legal Fees
  • Lawsuits defending some of the state’s most controversial laws have cost millions of dollars and thousands of hours of state employee time, diverting them from other important work.
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