en-us GOVERNING magazine provides leading intelligence articles on management, policy and politics to help guide and inspire innovative leaders across state and local government. Sat, 18 May 1:49:26 PDT http://www.governing.com/news/state/tt-texas-enacts-law-requiring-prosecutorial-transparency.html Fri, 17 May 9:25:00 PDT Known as the Michael Morton Act, the law aims to avoid wrongful convictions by preventing prosecutors from suppressing evidence. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Brewers-Immigrant-License-Policy-Upheld-in-Court.html Fri, 17 May 8:9:00 PDT A federal judge refused to suspend Gov. Jan Brewer’s policy denying driver’s licenses to young undocumented immigrants who receive work permits through President Barack Obama’s deferred-action policy. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Washington-States-Marijuana-Rules-Taking-Shape.html Fri, 17 May 8:8:00 PDT State officials released proposed rules for a legal seed-to-store marijuana system that would allow adults to buy an ounce of tested, labeled pot seven days a week. http://www.governing.com/news/local/LAPD-Freed-from-Federal-Oversight.html Fri, 17 May 8:6:00 PDT In a brief, three-line order, a judge formally lifted the binding agreement the U.S. Department of Justice imposed on the LAPD in 2001, which spelled out dozens of major reforms the police agency had to implement and frequent audits it was required to undergo. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Bill-Allowing-Armed-Personnel-in-Schools-Becomes-Tennessee-Law.html Fri, 17 May 8:4:00 PDT Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools. http://www.governing.com/news/local/DC-Councilmembers-Seek-to-Decriminalize-Marijuana.html Thu, 16 May 8:6:00 PDT Some D.C. Council members are crafting legislation to lessen the penalties for marijuana possession, hoping to settle the matter before outside groups petition the issue onto the ballot. http://www.governing.com/news/state/GOP-Leave-Blood-Alcohol-Rules-to-the-States.html Thu, 16 May 8:4:00 PDT Republicans are warning the government against withholding federal funding from -- or offering financial incentives to -- states to prod them to adopt tougher drunken driving laws. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Couple-Sues-South-Carolina-Agency-over-Childs-Sex-Assignment-Surgery.html Thu, 16 May 8:3:00 PDT In a legal first, a couple is suing the state Department of Social Services for removing their child’s penis and testicular tissue in an effort to “assign” him to the female sex while in foster care. http://www.governing.com/news/local/Teachers-Union-Sues-Chicago-to-Stop-Closings.html Thu, 16 May 8:1:00 PDT The two lawsuits, filed on behalf of parents and their special needs children, say the proposed school closings are unfair, will harm students with disabilities and are discriminatory because almost all the students affected are African-American. http://www.governing.com/news/state/mct-ntsb-advocates-stricter-standards-for-drunk-driving.html Wed, 15 May 10:20:00 PDT The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent or less.