• Gov. Corbett's Drug-Test Remark Raises Complex Issues
• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Pennsylvania   |   May 2, 2013
• Was Gov. Corbett correct when he said Pennsylvania employers "can't find anybody that . . . has passed a drug test"?

• Abortion Heightens Medicaid Standoff in Arizona
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 2, 2013
• Democrats are growing frustrated over Gov. Jan Brewer’s struggle to get her Medicaid-expansion proposal into the Legislature and say efforts to appease reluctant Republican lawmakers with anti-abortion legislation threaten their support.

• Did Connecticut Gov. Malloy Violate Ethics Laws Attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner?
• Source: Connecticut Post   |   Connecticut   |   May 2, 2013
• Senate Minority Leader John McKinney charged that the governor's trip was an illegal lobbying effort and that Dannel Malloy violated state ethics regulations.
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• Florida Pension Reform Bill Fails
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   May 1, 2013
• A pension reform bill that would have moved new state workers and teachers into a 401K plan and blocked them from enrolling in the state pension system, failed in the Florida senate. Several Republicans joined the Democratic minority to defeat the measure 22-18.
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• Gov. Corbett: Drug Tests Leave Jobs Unfilled
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   May 1, 2013
• Trailing in the polls in his bid for reelection and being sharply criticized for the lack of job growth in his state, Gov. Corbett blamed unemployment on workers who could not pass drug tests.

• 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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• 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.

• New Jersey Passes Drug Overdose Prevention Bill
• BY: McClatchy News   |   New Jersey   |   April 30, 2013
• The new legislation mirrors laws in 11 other states in protecting witnesses and victims of drug overdose from prosecution.

• Colorado Becomes 14th State to Offer Undocumented Immigrants In-State Tuition
• Source: Huffington Post   |   Colorado   |   April 30, 2013
• Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill to grant in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrant students who graduate from state high schools. The measure is expected to generate millions of dollars in revenue for the state.
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• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Alabama Immigration Case
• Source: Reuters   |   Alabama   |   April 30, 2013
• The Supreme Court rebuffed the state of Alabama by deciding not to intervene in a case where federal judges blocked a state law that criminalizes the harboring of illegal immigrants.

• 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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• Poll: Christie is GOP's 3rd Choice for President
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   April 30, 2013
• A new reveals that14 percent of self-identified Republicans preferred New Jersey Gov. Christie as their choice for president, compared to 16 percent for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and 18 percent for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

• Resignation Calls Renewed for AG Cuccinelli Amid Gubernatorial Run
• Source: AP/The Daily Progress   |   Virginia   |   April 30, 2013
• Virginia Democrats renewed demands that Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli resign after he belatedly disclosed about $13,000 worth of gifts that he claimed he forgot to declare in four years' worth of economic disclosure reports.

• FBI Investigating Relationship Between Virginia Gov. McDonnell, Donors
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   April 30, 2013
• FBI agents are conducting interviews about the relationship between Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, his wife, Maureen, and a major campaign donor who paid for the food at the wedding of the governor’s daughter, according to four people familiar with the questioning.

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