• Bisbee Becomes 1st Arizona City to Legalize Same-Sex Civil Unions
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Bisbee, Ariz.   |   April 3, 2013
• The City Council pushed aside legal warnings from the state’s attorney general and a conservative advocacy group in this historic vote.

• Judge Who Voted to Recall Gov. Scott Walker Ousted
• Source: Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   April 3, 2013
• An Ozaukee County judge lost his job Tuesday when voters sided with a challenger critical of the incumbent's 2011 signature on a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker.

• Georgia Town Votes to Require a Gun in Every Home
• Source: AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Nelson, Ga.   |   April 2, 2013
• Backers of the newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.
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• Connecticut Leaders Agree on Nation's Strictest Gun Control Bill
• Source: Hartford Courant   |   Connecticut   |   April 2, 2013
• The bipartisan deal would strengthen the state's existing ban on semiautomatic assault rifles to include weapons such as the Bushmaster AR-15 used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

• Washington State's Abortion Debate Counters the Conservative Trend
• Source: New York Times   |   Washington state   |   April 2, 2013
• The state is is now debating a law that would require health insurers to pay for an elective abortion.

• 13 States Seek Contraceptive Exemption to Obamacare
• Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer   |   Nation   |   April 2, 2013
• Thirteen attorneys general believe any employer who says he or she objects to contraception should not have to provide contraceptive coverage.
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• Judge Overturns Colorado Election Law
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   April 2, 2013
• The law required that petition circulators be paid on an hourly basis, rather than on a by-signature basis. Critics argued it made it more difficult for citizens to place a measure on the ballot.

• California Governor Grants 65 Easter Pardons
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   April 1, 2013
• On the day before Easter, Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned 65 people who served sentences years ago for various crimes.

• Oregon Explores Treadmill Desks for State Workers
• BY: Stateline   |   Oregon   |   April 1, 2013
• The legislature is exploring the use of the desks to decrease the health risks associated with sitting at a desk too long.
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• Texas Courts Gun Manufacturers
• BY: The Texas Tribune   |   Texas   |   April 1, 2013
• Texas Governor Rick Perry is pushing to have more weapons made in the state. His office has sent letters to 34 different firearms and accessories manufacturers in other states encouraging them to relocate to Texas.
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• Atlanta School Officials to Start Turning Themselves In
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Atlanta   |   April 1, 2013
• The first of almost three dozen indicted educators are expected to walk through the doors of the Fulton County Jail Monday to be processed as accused felons related to alleged cheating on standardized test scores and the covering up of those actions.

• Online Voter Registration a Rare Spot of Bipartisan Peace
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   April 1, 2013
• A wave of states -- both red and blue -- in recent years have moved to allow residents to register online and the pace is quickening today as many more are debating the issue.
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• Hazleton a Test Case for GOP's Immigration Stance
• Source: New York Times   |   Hazleton, Pa.   |   April 1, 2013
• The Pennsylvania city presents a test case of whether the party risks leaving behind a critical part of its core constituency: white working-class voters for whom illegal immigration stirs visceral reactions.

• Oil Revenue Fuels Fighting Among Alaska Legislators
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Alaska   |   April 1, 2013
• A 2007 oil production tax increase has helped the state save up $17 billion. But now Republicans want to roll back the hike to lure more business.

• Gov. Pence Pushes Controversial Healthy Indiana Plan to Expand Medicaid
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   April 1, 2013
• If Washington doesn’t agree to allow the state to alter Medicaid to fit the Healthy Indiana Plan — which could happen — Medicaid would not be expanded and the state would forgo $10.5 billion in federal aid through 202

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