• 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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• 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.

• New York May be 1st State to Raise Cigarette Age to 21
• Source: Albany Times-Union   |   New York   |   April 30, 2013
• Following New York City's lead, state lawmakers have taken up the cause to raise the minimum age for cigarette purchases from 18 to 21 statewide.

• Tennessee DCS Provides New Plan to Investigate Child Deaths
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   April 30, 2013
• DCS is under a federal court order to revise its system for investigating child deaths after DCS lawyers had acknowledged that they had miscounted just how many children had died under the watch of the agency.

• Mass Layoff Rapid Response Team Eliminated in Tennessee
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   April 30, 2013
• The elimination of the unit, which had been in operation for about a decade, comes despite the strong protest of some members of a state workforce advisory board.

• New Jersey Adds 420,000 Names to Federal Gun Database
• BY: McClatchy News   |   New Jersey   |   April 29, 2013
• The names of hundreds of thousands of current and former New Jersey residents who have been involuntarily committed to psychiatric facilities have been added to an FBI database used to bar firearms purchases by people with criminal records or a history of mental illness.

• Boston Bombings Highlight Need for Public Safety Broadband Network
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   April 29, 2013
• The wireless crashes that law enforcement experienced in the aftermath of the deadly bombing reinforced the need for a dedicated national public safety broadband network that's now in its planning stage.

• Georgia Law Concealing Child-Deaths Info Questioned
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Georgia   |   April 29, 2013
• Lawmakers passed a law in 2009 that limits public scrutiny of the child-welfare system. With an increased number of children dying while under the care of the state, many are questioning whether the law is good policy.

• Montana Abortion Bill Becomes Law Without Governor's Signature
• Source: AP/Missoulian   |   Montana   |   April 29, 2013
• Gov. Bullock and women’s health advocates said they believe the measure, which would require girls younger than 18 to obtain parental consent before getting access to abortions, violates the privacy and protection rights of young women, and they’re confident the law will be struck down in courts.

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