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  • Minimum-Wage Battle Waged Among Minnesota House, Senate
  • The Minnesota Senate narrowly approved a modest increase to the state’s minimum wage that directly contrasts with the higher wage hike approved by the House and endorsed by Gov. Mark Dayton.

  • Voter ID Bill Rejected in Iowa Senate
  • The effort failed on a 26-24 vote with Democrats against and Republicans in support.



  • Voucher Funding Unconstitutional, Rules Louisiana Supreme Court
  • Act 2, part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012 package of education reforms, diverts money from each student's per-pupil allocation to cover the cost of private or parochial school tuition.


  • Obama's Cigarette Tax to Fund Preschool Up in Smoke
  • Presidential budgets are all about theater. But this year’s was more theatrical than most: Its biggest single new proposal — the sin tax to generate $78 billion to fund a preschool education program — vanished almost as soon as Obama announced it four weeks ago.

  • Ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford Makes a Political Comeback
  • Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after trouncing Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch with 54 percent of the votes, a 9 percentage point victory that dashed predictions of a close race.


  • Indiana Gov. Pence Signs School Resource Officer Bill
  • The bill sets aside $10 million in state money to allow public schools to apply for matching grants to hire police officers for schools that don’t already have them.


  • Why Christie's Surgery Carries Political Weight
  • Political experts say the New Jersey governor's decision to undergo stomach surgery in an effort to lose weight could help his chances at a presidential run in 2016.

  • Road Deaths Increase for 1st Time Since 2006
  • A newly released federal report reveals that the number of people who died in traffic accidents inched up last year, reversing a downward trend in road deaths that began in 2006.


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