• The Nonprofits That Profit Politicians
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• Amid the spring uproar over the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative nonprofit groups for extra scrutiny, the political world has largely overlooked a fresh innovation in the world of outside spending: nonprofits organized around broad issues of public interest that actually function to advance the ambitions of a single potential candidate.

• Illinois Gov. Quinn Has Almost 600 Bills Before Him
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   June 10, 2013
• Gov. Pat Quinn and his aides now must sift through them and decide what gets signed into law and what is returned to the legislature with an outright veto or changes.

• Which States Export the Most to China?
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   June 7, 2013
• U.S. relations with China are important to states, many of which have seen exports to China triple and, in some cases, quadruple in the last 10 years. Those trade relationships are sure to be discussed by President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at meetings starting today.

• Majority of Americans See Same-Sex Marriage as a Certainty
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   June 7, 2013
• Nearly three-quarters of Americans say same-sex marriage has reached the point in which it is certain to become legal, according to a newly released poll from the Pew Research Center.

• Illinois Governor Calls Special Legislative Session for Pension Reform
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Illinois   |   June 7, 2013
• Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is summoning lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session June 19 to try to break a stalemate over the state's massive public employee pension debt that triggered two downgrades from major credit rating agencies this week.
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• Judge Dismisses Gov. Corbett's Lawsuit over NCAA's Penn State Penalties
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   June 7, 2013
• A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit and concluded there was no legal basis for the governor to challenge the sanctions assessed against Penn State University last year in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

• Iowa Gov. Branstad's Old Friendship with China's President May Guide Obama
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   June 7, 2013
• President Barack Obama is openning a lengthy and high-profile series of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California Friday.

• Poll: Gay Marriage Should be Decided by the States
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   June 7, 2013
• A solid majority of Americans opposes a broad national right to same-sex marriage, saying the power to legalize gay unions should rest with the states — even as most support marriage equality for gay people, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

• Northeastern Colorado Considers Seceding from State
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   June 7, 2013
• The plan to carve off the northeastern corner of the state — Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties — and form the state of North Colorado was hatched at a Colorado Counties Inc. conference earlier this week.

• Pennsylvania Employees’ Unions Fail to Pay for Political Deductions
• Source: TribLive   |   Pennsylvania   |   June 7, 2013
• Despite a contract requiring unions representing state workers to reimburse the state for deducting voluntary contributions to political action committees, no such payments have been made, according to a sworn affidavit obtained by the Tribune-Review.

• Christie Appoints New Jersey AG Jeff Chiesa to Senate Until Special Election
• Source: Washington Post   |   New Jersey   |   June 6, 2013
• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday announced he will appoint state Attorney General Jeff Chiesa to the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. A new senator will be elected Oct. 16.

• Wealthy GOP Venture Capitalist Enters Illinois Governor's Race
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Illinois   |   June 6, 2013
• Wealthy venture capitalist Bruce Rauner has formally entered the Republican governor's race, saying state government is broken and portraying himself as a down-to-earth businessman who can fix it.

• Florida Enacts New Abortion Law
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   June 6, 2013
• Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill into law requiring that doctors performing an abortion offer emergency medical care if the baby is somehow born alive. Florida becomes the 29th state to enact this kind of legislation.

• Abortion Coverage to be Banned on Pennsylvania's Health Exchanges
• Source: PA Independent   |   Pennsylvania   |   June 6, 2013
• Women in Pennsylvania will have the right to choose insurance through the state health exchange, but it won’t extend to abortion.

• Cory Booker Collecting Signatures for New Jersey's Special Senate Election
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   June 6, 2013
• Newark Mayor Cory Booker has started the process to run in a special August primary to fill the seat of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday.
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