• Use of Mortgage Interest Deduction Varies by State
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2013
• The mortgage interest deduction, widely viewed as a tax break for a broad slice of middle-class America, benefits the residents of some states far more than others, according to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

• Gov. Branstad Claims His Healthy Iowa Plan Costs Less Than Medicaid
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   May 1, 2013
• Gov. Terry Branstad’s office contends in a document that poor Iowans could wind up paying more for health care if Medicaid is expanded than they would if the state adopts the governor’s health plan.

• Should States Have to List Minors on Sex-Offender Registries?
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2013
• Government authorities should end the practice of placing juveniles' names on publicly accessible sex-offender registries, Human Rights Watch says in a report warning of lasting and unwarranted harm to some youths.

• 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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• Fracking-Ban Bills Advance in California
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   May 1, 2013
• The bills call for a moratorium to allow more time to study the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, which involves blasting a mix of chemicals and water deep underground.

• How School Choice Has Reshaped Arizona
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 1, 2013
• Arizona is one of the nation’s leading states in letting families choose where and how their children are educated, according to the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C., education think tank that ranks Arizona sixth in the country for school choice.

• Patients' Right-to-Know at Heart of Wisconsin Debate
• Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   May 1, 2013
• A state Supreme Court ruling led to a bill now before the Legislature to change the state law on what doctors must tell their patients.

• 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.

• Supreme Court Rules States Can Restrict Access to Public Records
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   April 30, 2013
• The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision allowing state and local governments to deny record requests from out-of-state residents.
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• Small Businesses Fear Fines from Affordable Care Act
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   April 30, 2013
• Small businesses in states that choose not to expand Medicaid could be liable for billions in federal tax penalties that companies in states that do expand will not have to pay.
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• 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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