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  • Use of Mortgage Interest Deduction Varies by State
  • 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.


  • Should States Have to List Minors on Sex-Offender Registries?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.


  • Arizona AG OKs Bisbee's Civil-Union Changes
  • 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.





  • U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Alabama Immigration Case
  • 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.


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