• Texas Governor Heads to NYC to Raid More Jobs
• BY: The Texas Tribune   |   Texas   |   June 10, 2013
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry is making another jobs raid, this time in New York City. His visit will be supplemented with a $1 million television advertising campaign in the city promoting Texas' pro-business environment.
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• California Achieves Cleaner Air Despite Having More Cars
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   June 10, 2013
• New research shows that despite a threefold increase in people and cars in the last 50 years, California's strict vehicle emissions standards have managed to significantly clean up the state's air.

• ACA Payment Glitch May Leave Millions of "Unbanked" without Coverage
• Source: Tennessean   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• A new report shows that no one devised a plan for how 8.5 million Americans who qualify for health insurance subsidies but don’t have checking accounts will pay their premiums.

• Harvard Helps 6 States Develop Social Impact Bonds
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• In the coming months, the states plan to write contracts for social service programs that taxpayers would pay for only if they prove to be successful. The initial outlays for the programs would be financed by private investors, who would reap a profit years later if the programs work as promised.

• Brookings Report Shows STEM Jobs Account for More Than Believed
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• Such jobs account for 20 percent of all positions in the U.S., far more than the 4 percent to 5 percent of jobs previously estimated

• New Jersey Bill Allows Cops to Search Cell Phones After Car Crashes
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   June 10, 2013
• The measure would allow cops — without a warrant — to thumb through a cell phone to determine if a driver was talking or texting when an accident occurred.

• The Nonprofits That Profit Politicians
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• Amid the spring uproar over the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative nonprofit groups for extra scrutiny, the political world has largely overlooked a fresh innovation in the world of outside spending: nonprofits organized around broad issues of public interest that actually function to advance the ambitions of a single potential candidate.

• Washington Lawmakers May Use Infrastructure Funding for Schools
• Source: The News Tribune   |   Washington state   |   June 10, 2013
• The public works funding list is light on bridge projects, but the span on Interstate 5 that fell into the Skagit River last month hangs over any talk of infrastructure.

• Illinois Gov. Quinn Has Almost 600 Bills Before Him
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   June 10, 2013
• Gov. Pat Quinn and his aides now must sift through them and decide what gets signed into law and what is returned to the legislature with an outright veto or changes.

• Which States Export the Most to China?
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   June 7, 2013
• U.S. relations with China are important to states, many of which have seen exports to China triple and, in some cases, quadruple in the last 10 years. Those trade relationships are sure to be discussed by President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at meetings starting today.

• Majority of Americans See Same-Sex Marriage as a Certainty
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   June 7, 2013
• Nearly three-quarters of Americans say same-sex marriage has reached the point in which it is certain to become legal, according to a newly released poll from the Pew Research Center.

• Illinois Governor Calls Special Legislative Session for Pension Reform
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Illinois   |   June 7, 2013
• Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is summoning lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session June 19 to try to break a stalemate over the state's massive public employee pension debt that triggered two downgrades from major credit rating agencies this week.
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• Judge Dismisses Gov. Corbett's Lawsuit over NCAA's Penn State Penalties
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   June 7, 2013
• A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit and concluded there was no legal basis for the governor to challenge the sanctions assessed against Penn State University last year in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

• Audit Finds Half of Colorado's Prison Sentences May be Too Short
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   June 7, 2013
• In some cases, offenders are being returned from parole or community supervision and some offenders are being notified of longer prison sentences.
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• Iowa Gov. Branstad's Old Friendship with China's President May Guide Obama
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Iowa   |   June 7, 2013
• President Barack Obama is openning a lengthy and high-profile series of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California Friday.

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