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Budget Woes Dominate Governors' Inaugural Speeches
TODAY'S TAKE: New governors were sworn in Monday (January 3) in California, Minnesota, Nevada, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Most of them warned of painful fiscal choices ahead. more
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Private-School Vouchers Return to Education Agenda
In several states, newly elected Republican governors are reviving the idea of using taxpayer money to send students to private schools.more -
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Alabama Ethics Law Angers Teachers Union
TRANSITION WATCH: Alabama Republicans restrict payroll deductions used to boost a leading teachers' group, Wisconsin Democrats' last gasp at contracts for public workers fails and more news of the historic shift in power in the states. more
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Democratic Governors May Join Obama Team
TODAY'S TAKE: An announcement last week by outgoing Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm that she has a "good idea" of what her next job will be has heightened speculation that she will join the Obama administration in the new year. Other outgoing Democrats, including Ohio's Ted Strickland and Wisconsin's Jim Doyle, also may move to Washington. more
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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
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Maine Republican Legislators Contemplate End to Labor Committee
TRANSITION WATCH: Maine Republicans seek to fold historic panel, Connecticut's pension gap gets bigger, and more news of the historic shift in power in the states. more
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Arizona's Brewer to Request Federal Waiver to Cut Medicaid
TRANSITION WATCH: Arizona's governor seeks new limits on Medicaid eligibility to balance the budget, Chet Culver's alternative energy program could be eliminated in Iowa and more news of the historic shift in power in the states. more
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Study Finds Details Lacking in Economic Development Deals
TODAY'S TAKE: Governors are placing a premium on economic development, moving aggressively to lure more private-sector jobs to their states. The public, however, often is kept in the dark about the state tax breaks, grants and other incentives that are often at the center of such deals, according to a new study. more
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Snyder's Detroit Outreach Could Include New Office
TRANSITION WATCH: Michigan's Republican governor looks to strengthen a troubled Democratic city, revolving door rules could trip up a Rhode Island appointment, and other news of the historic shift in power in the states. more
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Battle Over Union Contracts
TRANSITION WATCH: Democrats in Wisconsin look to approve lame-duck labor deals, Arizona contemplates its immigration encore, and other news of the historic shift in power in the states.more
