• Mayors' Gun Group Pulls Pat Toomey Ad After Compromise
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   April 11, 2013
• Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun violence group is pulling ads that targeted U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey after the Pennsylvania Republican agreed to support a bipartisan agreement on background checks

• Sen. Sheheen Challenging Haley to be South Carolina's Next Governor, Again
• Source: The State   |   South Carolina   |   April 11, 2013
• State Sen. Vincent Sheheen said he thinks Republican Nikki Haley’s first-term record as governor gives him a better chance to win in his second try for the state’s top office.

• Iowa GOP Offers Education Concession
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   April 11, 2013
• There’s no deal yet on education reform, one of Gov. Terry Branstad’s top priorities, but House Republicans have offered a major concession aimed at compromising with Senate Democrats.

• Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Want to Limit Court's Influence
• Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   April 11, 2013
• With some of their major legislative achievements thwarted by the courts in the past two years, Wisconsin Republicans are advancing a bill that would limit the ability of circuit judges to block state laws for the long term.
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• Sen. Sweeney Calls for 4th Rutgers Official to Resign over Mike Rice Video
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   April 10, 2013
• New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney sent Rutgers officials a letter asking for the resignation of board member Mark Hershhorn, who failed to notify other members after he viewed the video of basketball coach Mike Rice abusing his players in December.

• Financing of Virginia Governor's Daughter's Wedding Questioned
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   April 10, 2013
• The question of who was responsible for paying the $15,000 catering bill is a key one because Virginia law requires that elected officials publicly report gifts of more than $50
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• North Dakota AG Seeks $400k to Defend New Abortion Laws
• Source: Inforum   |   North Dakota   |   April 10, 2013
• The state’s top attorney is asking lawmakers to include $400,000 in his budget to fight any litigation resulting from passage of what some say are the most restrictive anti-abortion measures in the country.
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• Gov. Christie to Attend White House Correspondents' Dinner as Huffington Post's Plus-1
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   April 10, 2013
• Liberal media mogul Arianna Huffington is bringing GOP star Gov. Chris Christie, Jon Bon Jovi and Shaquille O'Neal to the White House Correspondents' dinner later this month.

• New Jersey Governor Doubles Funding for Medicial Marijuana Program
• BY: McClatchy News   |   New Jersey   |   April 9, 2013
• Gov. Christie has proposed a $1.6 million budget for New Jersey's three-year-old medical marijuana program -- more than twice the current spending plan -- in anticipation that more dispensaries will open this year.

• 2nd Republican Rep. Announces Support for Gay Marriage in Illinois
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Illinois   |   April 9, 2013
• State Rep. Ed Sullivan Jr. said he will support a bill to allow gay marriage in Illinois, becoming the second House Republican to do so and first among leadership.

• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Scraps Plan to Nix Income Tax
• Source: Politico   |   Louisiana   |   April 9, 2013
• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, head of the Republican Governors Association and widely viewed as a presidential hopeful for 2016, announced Monday that he's abandoning his controversial plan to eliminate the state's income tax -- but he's calling on the legislature to do it instead.

• Maryland Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana, Early Voting on Last Day of Session
• Source: Washington Post   |   Maryland   |   April 9, 2013
• The final day capped an extraordinarily productive 90-day session that was filled with several high-profile bills.

• Criticism of Cuomo Grows as Problems in Albany Endure
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   April 9, 2013
• Two corruption cases last week underscored a season of challenge for New York Gov. Cuomo, who has faced more criticism over the last few months than he did during much of his first two years.

• Uncertainty Follows Failure of Utah-Nevada Water Pact
• BY: Stateline   |   West   |   April 9, 2013
• Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has refused to sign a decades-in-the-making deal that would have divvied up billions of gallons of water beneath the two states.
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• California Governor Heads to China Seeking Big Investments
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   April 8, 2013
• In his first official trip abroad since taking office in 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown is going to China to promote California exports, tourism and greenhouse gas reduction policies, and to open a foreign trade office in Shanghai.

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