• Mississippi's Entire Medicaid Program at Stake in Expansion Debate
• Source: Politico   |   Mississippi   |   June 11, 2013
• Numerous states have battled over expanding Medicaid under Obamacare. But in Mississippi, it’s playing out in a way that threatens the entire program, not just the 300,000 who could get covered if the state expanded.

• Medicaid-Expansion Defeat Sets Up Showdown in Arizona House
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   June 11, 2013
• The Arizona House could consider Medicaid expansion as early as today, less than 24 hours after Republicans in a key committee defeated Gov. Jan Brewer’s top legislative priority.

• Poll: Booker Leads Democratic Primary Field for New Jersey Senate Seat
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   June 11, 2013
• The Rutgers-Eagleton survey found that more than half of New Jersey voters have a positive opinion of Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

• Washington State May Restrict Sales Tax Exemption for Out-of-Staters
• Source: Oregonian   |   Northwest   |   June 11, 2013
• A bill that passed the Washington House and is now in the Senate would require Oregon customers -- as well as those from Alaska, Montana and other states that shun the sales tax -- to pay full tax on all their purchases. Under the proposal, they could eventually get a refund by sending a form to the state.

• Cuomo Bill Eyes Public-Financed Elections
• Source: Albany Times-Union   |   New Jersey   |   June 11, 2013
• With just seven days left in the legislative session, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will introduce a bill calling for public financing of elections and limits on "soft-money" donations to political parties.

• Ex-White House Chief of Staff Forms Committee to Challenge Illinois Governor
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   June 11, 2013
• Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley plans to announce Tuesday that he's forming an exploratory committee as he weighs a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn.

• Massachusetts Considers Raising Its Minimum Wage
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   June 11, 2013
• Massachusetts legislators are considering a substantial increase in the state minimum wage for the first time in four years, setting up a showdown between advocates backing low-wage earners and business activists, both still struggling from the slow economy.

• EPA Report: $384B Needed to Improve U.S. Water Infrastructure
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   June 10, 2013
• California, New York and Texas are in need of billions to fix aging water systems over the next two decades, according to a federal survey that placed them at the top of a national list of water infrastructure needs.

• 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.

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