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• Judge Orders Pennsylvania County to Stop Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
• Sep. 13, 2013
• The Commonwealth Court today granted the state's request to force Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. The Legislature in 1996 explicitly banned same-sex marriage and refused to recognize such unions performed in other states.

• Oregon Lawmakers Consider Writing Marijuana Ballot Themselves
• Sep. 13, 2013
• Oregon’s House leadership is talking about referring its own marijuana legalization measure to voters rather than waiting on someone else to write a ballot measure for 2014.

• AFL-CIO Calls for Changes to Obamacare
• Sep. 12, 2013
• The AFL-CIO is asking for changes to the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s landmark health-care overhaul, potentially opening fissures between the White House and one of its staunch political allies

• Where the Undecided States Stand on Medicaid Expansion
• Sep. 12, 2013
• Obamacare sign-up starts less than a month but a few states are still answering a basic question: Are they in, or are they out of the law’s massive expansion of Medicaid?

• Democrats Urge Runner-Up to Give Up in NYC Mayoral Primary
• Sep. 12, 2013
• New York City’s Democratic power brokers moved swiftly on Wednesday to prevent a combative sequel to the party’s primary for mayor, as union officials and party leaders rallied around the front-runner, Bill de Blasio, and urged the second-place finisher, William C. Thompson Jr., to end his quest for a runoff election.

• Major Wins in Albany Democratic Primaries Pave Way for Progressives
• Sep. 12, 2013
• City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan's resounding victory in Tuesday's Democratic mayoral primary overshadowed a broader story about the city's political present and future that played out further down the ballot.

• Missouri Legislature Fails to Override Vetoes on Taxes, Guns
• Sep. 12, 2013
• Gov. Jay Nixon scored two key victories as the Republican-controlled Legislature failed to override his vetoes of legislation that aimed to cut income taxes and nullify federal gun laws Wednesday.

• The Rise of Cities and the Mayors Who Run Them
• Sep. 12, 2013
• With the feds and states more marginalized than ever, cities -- and the mayors who run them -- are growing stronger.

• 2 Democratic Senators Ousted over Gun Laws in Colorado Recall
• Sep. 11, 2013
• An epic national debate over gun rights in Colorado on Tuesday saw two Democratic state senators ousted for their support for stricter laws, a "ready, aim, fired" message intended to stop other politicians for pushing for firearms restrictions.

• NYC Mayoral Primary: De Blasio Leads Democrats, Lhota Wins GOP Nomination
• Sep. 11, 2013
• Bill de Blasio, an activist-turned-operative and now the city’s public advocate, celebrated a remarkable come-from-behind surge, it was not clear if he had won the 40 percent needed to avoid a runoff election on Oct. 1 with William C. Thompson Jr., who finished second.

• NYC Voters Reject Redemption for Weiner, Spitzer
• Sep. 11, 2013
• Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, two brash New Yorkers whose careers were shattered by sex scandals, sought political redemption in Tuesday’s primaries after a campaign season that played out at times like a lurid reality show.

• Massachusetts Governor Wants to Repeal New Tech Tax That He Proposed
• Sep. 11, 2013
• Governor Deval Patrick abruptly changed course Tuesday and said he no longer supports a controversial new tax on computer software services that has triggered a fierce backlash from the state’s technology community and spawned numerous attempts to repeal it.

• Colorado Voters Head to Polls in Historic Recall Elections
• Sep. 10, 2013
• If the recalls succeed, they could have a chilling effect on lawmakers throughout the country the next time they vote on gun control measures.

• Hawaii Governor Calls for Special Session to Legalize Gay Marriage
• Sep. 10, 2013
• Hawaiian Governor Neil Abercrombie called on Monday for a special legislative session next month to pass a bill that would legalize gay marriage in the strongly Democratic state that already allows same-sex civil unions.

• Minnesota Legislators OK Disaster Relief During Special Session
• Sep. 10, 2013
• The Minnesota Legislature approved a $4.7 million disaster-relief measure on Monday, offering reimbursement checks to counties in central and southern Minnesota battered by windstorms, floods and ice storms over the spring and summer.