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Brian Peteritas

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Brian Peteritas is a GOVERNING contributor.

Legislators in a number of states are taking a second look at bullet tax proposals in the wake of the Newtown shooting.
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The number of federal, state and local police officers that have died so far on the job in 2012, according to The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
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.
New York City faces an $811 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2014 and lowered revenue projections in part because of Superstorm Sandy, the city's Independent Budget Office said on Thursday.
The number of law enforcement officers who died performing their duties in the U.S. declined by about 20 percent in 2012 after rising the two previous years, a non-profit organization reported Thursday.
More than 150 Utah teachers and school workers took time off from their winter breaks Thursday to attend a free class on how to carry concealed weapons and respond to mass violence such as the recent shooting in a Connecticut school.
There will be something new in many Philadelphia high schools when students return to class next week - free condoms.
Methamphetamine lab seizures are on the rise in the nation's cities and suburbs, raising new concerns about a lethal drug that has long been the scourge of rural America.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law on Thursday a bill that gives options to cities and school districts for dealing with severe financial problems, including bankruptcy.
Outgoing Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) discussing how fiscal cliff negotiations were going in an interview.