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Brian Peteritas

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The number of partial vetoes Gov. Scott Walker used to strip laws and programs out of Wisconsin's $68 billion budget bill that he signed over the weekend.
In signing the $68 billion state budget bill into law, the Republican governor used his substantial partial veto power to strip out a number of laws and programs he did not want.
Four U.S. senators are hoping to answer a question states have long been asking: where will the country permanently deposit the thousands of tons of nuclear waste piling up at sites ill-suited to handle the load?
Parent trigger laws are a controversial and drastic step when schools are failing, but are being increasingly talked about. Bills to either create new parent trigger laws or modify existing ones – in some cases expanding them to potentially include more struggling schools -- are still alive in about a dozen states.
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The number of Democratic secretaries of state, governors and attorneys general in the Deep South; the lone wolf is Mississippi AG Jim Hood.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, on his personal qualities that have led to his success in transforming the city's transportation system. The mayor will hand off his responsibilities later this week to his successor, Eric Garcetti.
A new study that looked at 36 U.S. cities found that Philadelphia has the fifth-highest rate of tax delinquency, with 9 percent of same-year taxes going unpaid in 2011, the most recent year with comparable data.
Citing the need for "authentic conservative leadership" in Texas, state Sen. Dan Patrick announced on Thursday that he would run for lieutenant governor against incumbent David Dewhurst.
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, encouraging new Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to fight for new Congressional funding.
The estimated number of Americans who have the highest level of Internet connectivity, accessing it from both their homes and another location from multiple devices.