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Fixing the Vote
State lawmakers should speed consideration of election reforms that would permit online voter registration, fight fraud, save money and spare Ohio from lawsuits in the 2012 national elections. more
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- Stateline Story
Massachusetts Tackles Health Care Costs
The Bay State's landmark health care law was meant to cover everyone, much like the federal law. It has worked, but the costs have been astronomical. Now the state is trying to clamp down on expenses. more
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- Stateline Story
As Unemployment Insurance Debts Mount, Interest Payments Loom
States have borrowed $42 billion from the federal government to continue paying unemployment benefits to people who can't find work. As it stands now, they'll have to begin paying interest on that tab this fall. more
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- Stateline Story
'One Person, One Vote' Still an Unsettled Question for States
Two courts have issued conflicting rulings on how much population equality is required for state legislative districts. The U.S. Supreme Court may have to resolve the issue. more
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- Stateline Story
Massachusetts Killing Shines Light on State Parole Boards
Who is qualified to decide whether inmates stay in prison or walk free? A murder by a recent parolee in Massachusetts - and the subsequent resignation of the entire state parole board that released him - is calling attention to the question. more
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Legislative Control and Redistricting, 2011
Of the 7,382 state legislative seats, Republicans gained nearly 700 in 2010.
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Massachusetts Reassessing Energy Subsidies
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT BEAT: Solar plant closure will cost Massachusetts 800 jobs ... Wisconsin's governor worries the wind industry ... Ohio could open state parks for oil and gas drilling, and other energy and environment news. more
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- Stateline Story
Big States Staring at Big Corrections Cuts
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: California and Texas consider major changes to their prison systems … Illinois could join New Mexico and New Jersey as the only states to repeal the death penalty legislatively … the Massachusetts parole board resigns, and other public safety news. more
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- Stateline Story
Massachusetts Inaugural Address 2011
BOSTON, Mass. - Jan. 6 - Following is the text of Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) 2011 second inaugural address (Massachusetts does not have a state of the state address in years in which a inaugural speech is given): Lt. Governor Murray, Fellow Constitutional Officers and Members of the Governor's Council; Madam Preside
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Is Health Care Ruling a Game-Changer?
TODAY'S TAKE: Partisan state politicians either cheered or denounced a federal judge's ruling Monday (December 13) that a key provision of the Obama administration's new health care law is unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Virginia's governor urged his peers to support an idea to fast-track the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, and critics of Massachusetts' broad-based health care program saw a new opportunity to challenge it. more
