• States Show Large Increases in Use of Electronic Health Records
• Source: CivSource   |   Nation   |   December 28, 2012
• The percent of physicians e-prescribing using an EHR has increased in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia, according to a new brief released by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

• HHS Increases Safety of Electronic Health Records
• Source: NextGov   |   Nation   |   December 27, 2012
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a road map for making electronic health records and other health IT safer for patients.

• Washington State Moves to Charge Electric-Car Owners Yearly Fee
• Source: AP/The Seattles Times   |   Washington   |   December 26, 2012
• Owners of electric cars in Washington state don't buy gasoline or pay gas taxes, but they're soon going to be hit with a $100 fee to own the battery-operated cars.

• Three Georgia Cities Crack Down on False Alarms
• Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Georgia   |   December 26, 2012
• Three cities, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Johns Creek, are adopting ordinances that assess fines for false alarms, a measure they say could save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and the lives of first responders.

• Utah Health Exchange to Test Affordable Care Act's Flexibility
• Source: Politico   |   Utah   |   December 20, 2012
• Utah says it doesn’t want to do much to alter its existing exchange, which it started for small businesses before President Barack Obama’s health care law was enacted in 2010. Gov. Gary Herbert’s administration says it’s ready to add individual coverage, but not much else.

• California Proposes New Fracking Regulations
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   December 19, 2012
• Under pressure from state lawmakers and environmentalists, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration released draft regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the controversial drilling process driving the nation's oil and gas boom.

• Gas Industry Sues Colorado City over Fracking Ban
• Source: Denver Post   |   Longmont, Colo.   |   December 19, 2012
• The oil and gas industry hit Longmont with a lawsuit to kill voters' recent ban on fracking within city limits.

• Pennsylvania Health Exchange to be Run by Feds
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   December 13, 2012
• Gov. Corbett joins 19 other Republican governors who chose to leave the responsibility of running new online insurance marketplaces to the federal government.

• Fracking Floated as Possibility in Western Massachusetts
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   December 13, 2012
• The possibility that Western Massachusetts may hold limited deposits of shale gas is catapulting the contentious issue of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, into the state.

• North Carolina Waters Chosen for Offshore Wind Farms
• BY: McClatchy News   |   North Carolina   |   December 13, 2012
• As plans to build wind farms off the coasts of Massachusetts and Delaware fall through, the feds have opened North Carolina's waters for the whirling turbines.
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• Idaho Gov. Otter Opts for State-Run Health Exchange
• Source: AP/Idaho Statesman   |   Idaho   |   December 12, 2012
• Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, a critic of President Barack Obama's health care law, said a state-built health insurance exchange is the best option for Idaho.

• Amazon Agrees to Collect Taxes in Massachusetts
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   December 12, 2012
• Amazon, the world’s largest online merchant, said that it has agreed to start collecting the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax in Massachusetts next November -- a move that will cost consumers but generate­ tens of millions of dollars for the state.

• State Health Rankings: Americans Living Longer, But Sicker
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   December 11, 2012
• The 2012 America's Health Rankings highlight troubling levels of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and sedentary behavior. Medical advances are allowing more people to live with those conditions.
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• Green Schools Not Living Up to Their Energy, Money-Saving Hype
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   December 11, 2012
• "Green schools" promise huge energy savings and rising student performance, but do not always deliver, despite their extra cost.

• Tennessee Gov. Rejects State-Run Health Exchange
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   December 11, 2012
• Gov. Bill Haslam blamed a lack of specifics from the federal government about how a state exchange would have to be structured.

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