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• Obamacare Meets Extra Resistance in Oklahoma
• Oct. 4, 2013
• The state attorney general is leading one of the last state challenges against the law in federal court.

• Lawsuit Challenging Arizona's Medicaid Expansion Has No Merit, Says Governor's Lawyers
• Oct. 4, 2013
• Arizona lawmakers on the losing side of the Medicaid expansion vote have no legal authority to stop the new law that broadens eligibility for low-income residents, attorneys for Gov. Jan Brewer argued in a court filing Wednesday.

• Wendy Davis Announces Run for Texas Governor
• Oct. 4, 2013
• State Sen. Wendy Davis, standing on the stage where she got her high school diploma more than 30 years ago, finally announced Thursday what has been anticipated, telegraphed and talked about for weeks: She is running for Texas governor.

• Wisconsin Refuses Federal Directive to Close Some Parks
• Oct. 3, 2013
• The state Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday refused a directive from the National Park Service to close a host of popular state properties because of the federal government shutdown.

• Oregon Special Session Ends with Passage of Every Bill
• Oct. 3, 2013
• The three-day special session of the Oregon Legislature is over after lawmakers passed five bills on public pensions, taxes and agriculture.

• Libertarian Kathie Glass Joins Texas Governor's Race
• Oct. 3, 2013
• Saying that the current federal government shutdown and tensions between Republicans and Democrats have made Texans ready for a change in leadership, Libertarian Kathie Glass on Wednesday officially announced her candidacy in the 2014 governor’s race.

• Libertarian Candidate Gains Some Traction in Virginia Governor’s Race
• Oct. 3, 2013
• Libertarian candidates have never made much of a dent in Virginia politics. But Rob Sarvis, a software developer and lawyer who also has master’s degrees in math and economics, climbed as high as 10 percent in recent polls, causing no small amount of whiplash in Virginia political circles.

• Virginia Dems File Federal Lawsuit to Stop Voter Purge
• Oct. 3, 2013
• A federal lawsuit filed by the Virginia Democratic Party claims that some voters in the state may be kept from casting a ballot in November after their names were wrongly placed on a list meant to weed out fraud.

• GOP Arizona Gov. Brewer: Both Parties Are to Blame for Shutdown
• Oct. 2, 2013
• Gov. Jan Brewer said a delay of Obamacare’s individual mandate isn’t worth a federal government shutdown.

• Michigan Faces Its Own 'Shutdown' over Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
• Oct. 2, 2013
• Michigan's Republican-led Senate on Tuesday rejected a Democrat-sponsored resolution seeking to end the legislative year three months early in order to allow for expanded Medicaid eligibility by January 1.

• D.C. Awaiting Obama's Approval to Exempt Employees from Furloughs
• Oct. 1, 2013
• Separately, Mayor Vincent Gray has sought to designate all of the city’s 32,000 employees as exempt from shutdown furloughs

• Michigan Bill Would Prevent Emergency Managers from Giving Work to Former Employers
• Oct. 1, 2013
• A Michigan lawmaker is attempting to stop state-appointed emergency managers from being allowed to approve contracts with firms they’ve worked for, saying the move is in response to Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr pushing the city to contract with his former law firm as Detroit’s lead bankruptcy counsel.

• Commentary
• Can Online News Outlets Help Fill Statehouse Reporting's Void?
• Oct. 1, 2013
• Some worry that the drop in the number of reporters covering state capitals and the slow death of print media are making public officials and institutions less accountable.

• The Demise of the Public Hearing
• Oct. 1, 2013
• Technology is changing the way citizens interact with local government.

• Old Enough to Drive -- and Vote?
• Oct. 1, 2013
• Like many places, Takoma Park, Md., suffers from low turnout for local elections -- part of the reason it’s lowering the voting age to 16 starting next month.