• Fireworks Restrictions, Bans Span Across Utah
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   June 29, 2012
• As wildfires streak across a parched and scorched Utah, cities and counties are restricting the use of private fireworks. A few towns have banned them altogether, and their use is now prohibited on all public lands outside of incorporated areas.

• Arizona Immigration Law Viewed as Enforcement Headache for Police
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Arizona   |   June 28, 2012
• Some chiefs say it could lead to numerous lawsuits and distract officers from more vital duties.

• Arizona Immigration Ruling Emboldens Other States to Act
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   June 26, 2012
• Arizona Gov. Brewer said the "heart of the bill" was upheld, and state legislators around the country sounded emboldened, arguing that the ruling will not only help similar laws survive constitutional challenges but will lead to more laws when state legislatures reconvene in January.

• Duluth, Minnesota Flood Caused $100M Infrastructure Damage
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Duluth, Minn.   |   June 26, 2012
• As Duluth residents continue to clean up and find more damage from last week's flood, they are left with a sense of awe. The flood hit hundreds of homes in this city of 85,000 and caused about $100 million in infrastructure damage alone.

• Supreme Court Affirms Arizona Immigration Law
• BY: Leigh Ann Renzulli   |   Arizona   |   June 25, 2012
• The justices, by a 5-3 decision, affirmed part of the controversial immigration law that requires police to check a person's immigration status if they have reasonable suspicision that he or she is in the country illegally.

• Georgia Immigration Law: Many Agencies Fail to Comply
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Georgia   |   June 25, 2012
• Many city and county government agencies across Georgia have failed to comply with a key part of the state's year-old anti-illegal immigration law, putting them at risk of losing access to state loans and grants, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of public records.
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• Supreme Court Set to Rule on Arizona Immigration Law
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Nation   |   June 25, 2012
• The court could strike down the challenged provisions as an intrusion on federal sovereignty, uphold them as a legitimate public-security effort by the state, or take a piece-by-piece approach that could leave both sides claiming victory.
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• Waldo Canyon Fire: Area Seeks Help from Colorado, Feds
• Source: Colorado Springs Gazette   |   Colorado   |   June 25, 2012
• El Paso County and the city of Colorado Springs issued a joint statement Sunday declaring the fire to be a formal local disaster. That helps them draw down federal and state finances to help fight the fire.

• Illinois Town, Transformed by Immigration, Thrives
• Source: Reuters   |   Beardstown, Ill.   |   June 22, 2012
• The Cargill plant and the community that depends on it are emblematic of two changes in U.S. immigration. The first is the shift of job-seeking immigrants from big cities to rural and suburban areas. The second is the crackdown on illegal immigration.

• Torrential Rain Washes Out Duluth, Minnesota
• Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune   |   Duluth, Minn.   |   June 21, 2012
• Roiling waters fueled by torrential rains made history across northeastern Minnesota Wednesday, buckling roads, displacing residents, drowning zoo animals and destroying property on a stretch of Lake Superior's North Shore.

• Colorado AG Rejects College's Low Tuition Rate for Undocumented Students
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   June 20, 2012
• Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said state-supported institutions of higher education do not have the authority to create discounted tuition categories for illegal-immigrant students without legislative approval.

• Asian Immigrants Surpass Latino Immigrants to U.S.
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   June 19, 2012
• Asian Americans are now the nation's fastest-growing racial group, overtaking Latinos in recent years as the largest stream of new immigrants arriving annually in the United States.
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• Obama Limits Deportations for Some Immigrants
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   June 19, 2012
• The policy change allows some people who came illegally to the U.S. as children to apply for work permits. Critics denounce the move as an end run around Congress.
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• Minnesotans to Get Emergency Text Alerts on Cellphones
• Source: AP/Minneapolis Star-Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   June 19, 2012
• Severe weather and other emergency alerts are coming soon to Minnesotans' smartphones and cellphones. The Wireless Emergency Alerts are specific to location. That means recipients will receive the alerts based on where they are, not where they live.

• High Park Fire Most Destructive in Colorado History
• Source: The Coloradoan   |   Colorado   |   June 18, 2012
• More than a week into the lightning-caused fire reported June 9, there’ve been more than 3,000 evacuation notices, one death and 181 homes destroyed. The blaze is the most destructive in Colorado history.