• Minnesota House Abandons Vote on Gun Legislation
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Minnesota   |   May 2, 2013
• With a deeply divided Democratic caucus and no sign of compromise in sight, Minnesota House Speaker Paul Thissen announced there would be no floor vote on gun control legislation this year.
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• California Increases Funding to Seize Illegally Held Guns
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   May 2, 2013
• Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation providing $24 million to clear the backlog of weapons known to be in the hands of people who purchased them legally but were then disqualified from owning one. The funds will be used to hire 36 additional special agents.

• Florida Gov. Scott Signs Ethics Bill to Crack Down on Legislators' Lobbying
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   May 2, 2013
• Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed an emotionally charged bill that would have ended permanent alimony in divorce cases, but signed into law ethics and campaign finance measures that were important to legislative leaders.

• Maryland Becomes 18th State to Repeal Death Penalty
• Source: Baltimore Sun   |   Maryland   |   May 2, 2013
• With a stroke of a pen, Gov. Martin O'Malley removed the death penalty from state law Thursday -- making Maryland the 18th state in the nation to have abolished capital punishment.

• Oregon Governor Signs Bill Giving Driver Cards to Undocumented Immigrants
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   May 2, 2013
• Hours after the bill was signed, leaders of Oregonians for Immigration Reform said they plan to file paperwork to place a referendum challenging the law on the November 2014 ballot.

• Camden Schools Won't Fight State Takeover
• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Camden, N.J.   |   May 2, 2013
• The Camden Board of Education voted to endorse a state takeover of the school district, saying it was in the "best interest of the children."

• Madigan Predicts Pension Overhaul Will Pass Illinois Legislature -- and Court
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Illinois   |   May 2, 2013
• The house speaker suggests taking 2 percent more from worker paychecks over two years, raising the retirement age to 67 for younger workers and scaling back cost-of-living increases.

• Minnesota Gov. Dayton Lobbies for Gay Marriage
• Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   May 2, 2013
• Gov. Mark Dayton is intensifying pressure on legislators to legalize same-sex marriage this year.

• Gov. Corbett's Drug-Test Remark Raises Complex Issues
• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer   |   Pennsylvania   |   May 2, 2013
• Was Gov. Corbett correct when he said Pennsylvania employers "can't find anybody that . . . has passed a drug test"?

• Abortion Heightens Medicaid Standoff in Arizona
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 2, 2013
• Democrats are growing frustrated over Gov. Jan Brewer’s struggle to get her Medicaid-expansion proposal into the Legislature and say efforts to appease reluctant Republican lawmakers with anti-abortion legislation threaten their support.

• Did Connecticut Gov. Malloy Violate Ethics Laws Attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner?
• Source: Connecticut Post   |   Connecticut   |   May 2, 2013
• Senate Minority Leader John McKinney charged that the governor's trip was an illegal lobbying effort and that Dannel Malloy violated state ethics regulations.
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• Virginia’s 1st Virtual School Likely to Close
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   May 2, 2013
• The decision to close what was also the state’s first online school deals a blow to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s goal of expanding virtual education options.
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• Short-Term Gains Won't Outweigh Long-Term Pain
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2013
• Preliminary tax data from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government for 45 states shows revenues are up nearly 13 percent from last year.

• Prisons Get Rated on Yelp
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2013
• The business and restaurant rating site is now being used to rate an unconventional entity -- prisons. Inmates are reporting about the quality of the food, the friendliness of deputies, and more.

• Florida Pension Reform Bill Fails
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   May 1, 2013
• A pension reform bill that would have moved new state workers and teachers into a 401K plan and blocked them from enrolling in the state pension system, failed in the Florida senate. Several Republicans joined the Democratic minority to defeat the measure 22-18.
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