The LATEST from DC
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- Stateline Story
Obama vs. Romney: Issues Key to States (Infographic)
On a variety of issues, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are pushing competing proposals that would profoundly affect states. more
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- Stateline Story
States Struggle With Unemployment Funds Still in the Red
More than $26 billion in lingering debt and billions in mounting interest have forced a number of states to scale back unemployment benefits, raise taxes, tap general funds and even turn to the private bond market. more
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- Stateline Story
States Defend Anti-Terrorism Centers After Harsh Senate Report
Law enforcement agencies and state officials defended regional information-sharing offices known as “fusion centers” as a key part of the nation’s homeland security network. A Senate report questioned the value of the fusion centers, which they found had “not produced useful intelligence.” more
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- Stateline Story
Maine Seeks to Cut Medicaid Eligibility
Maine’s Tea Party governor Paul LePage thinks the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on healthcare gives him the opportunity to tighten Medicaid eligibility. more
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: Michigan Confronts Crime by Parolees and Probationers
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: Oregon’s Medical Marijuana Program Abused by Traffickers
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
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- Dispatch
- Election Initiatives
Voter Registration: The Unlikely Voter’s View
A recent poll by USA Today and Suffolk University specifically targeting unregistered and unlikely voters found that more than one-quarter of respondents do not register to vote because they are too busy or don’t have the time. Additionally, while the majority of respondents thought the process to register to vote was easy, 16 percent said it takes too much time or is too complicated.
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- Dispatch
- Election Initiatives
Early Voting Predictions for 2012
The 2012 general election will see the highest number ever of votes cast before Election Day according to estimates by Michael McDonald, political scientist at George Mason University. more
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- Stateline Story
Sequestration: How a Spending Stalemate Would Affect the States
There is still time for Congress to avoid the “fiscal cliff” that would force billions of dollars in spending cuts and tax increases at the start of next year. But whatever happens, the states run the risk of being big losers. more
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: Slow and Underfunded, EPA Program Falls Short in Toxic Site Cleanups
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
