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Thursday February 9, 2012
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Stateline.orgOH: U.S. Supreme Court's decision brings execution of prisoners in Ohio to haltA U.S. Supreme Court decision on Wednesday has effectively put executions on hold in Ohio.
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AZ: Arizona lawmakers target public workers' unionsLabor unions are scheduled to rally in front of the Arizona State Capitol Thursday afternoon to protest four bills quickly moving through the state legislature that could make last year's Wisconsin labor laws look modest by comparison.
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ND: Fighting Sioux supporters hand in petitions --- is the nickname back?Supporters of the University of North Dakota's nickname turned in more than 17,000 signatures Tuesday night to cap a petition drive to force a statewide vote on a moniker the NCAA says is insulting to American Indians.
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MI: Surplus surprises Michigan, but is it safe to spend again?Over most of the past decade, budget deliberations in Michigan have taken on a glum and familiar monotony: What do we cut now? But the state that experienced an economic downturn earlier, deeper and longer than most of the rest of the country has made an unlikely discovery as its officials closed out its latest financial books: Michigan has a $457 million surplus.
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IN: Fines issued in State Fair tragedyThe Indiana Department of Labor on Wednesday faulted three entities for workplace violations related to the rigging system that collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in August, killing seven people.
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MD: Md. Gov. O'Malley assails Peter Franchot as 'our ... Mitt Romney'Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) on Wednesday lashed out at a fellow state Democrat for criticizing the governor's proposal to raise the state's gas tax, calling Comptroller Peter Franchot the party's own "version of Mitt Romney."
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CT: 2012 session opens with Malloy proposing education reform, pension funding changesGov.Dannel P. Malloy opened the 2012 legislative session Wednesday with plans for education reform, pension funding changes and the largest increase in funding for affordable housing since Gov. William A. O'Neill was in office more than 20 years ago.
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ME: Health providers gird for DHHS cuts under compromise dealLawmakers may have reached a bipartisan deal to close a budget gap at the Department of Health and Human Services, but health care providers are still bracing for deep cuts.
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US: States negotiate $26 billion deal for homeownersAfter months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting of the housing bubble, state and federal officials said.
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US: Florida, 9 other states to get No Child Left Behind waiverPresident Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
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WA: Gay-marriage bill passes House, awaits Gregoire's signatureThe only thing left is Gov. Chris Gregoire's signature. Legislation legalizing gay marriage is on its way to the governor after passing the state House by a 55-43 vote on Wednesday.
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CA: Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony KennedyThe Supreme Court has nine justices, but if the constitutional fight over same-sex marriage reaches them this year, the decision will probably come down to just one: a California Republican and Reagan-era conservative who has nonetheless written the court's two leading gay rights opinions.
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PA: Shale bill heads to governorA sweeping overhaul of the state's gas-drilling regulations, including restrictions on local zoning rules and a new fee on those companies, now awaits Gov. Tom Corbett's signature.
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Virginia advances 'Tim Tebow bill'TODAY'S TAKE: Virginia is debating a bill that would allow home-schooled students to play on varsity sports teams at public high schools. The measure is nicknamed the "Tim Tebow bill" after the Denver Broncos quarterback.
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States slowly opening courts to camerasBroadcasts of court proceedings have been exceptions in the past at all levels of government. But the barriers are coming down.
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Ten states join effort to buy natural gas vehiclesTRANSPORTATION BEAT: Last fall, the governors of Oklahoma and Colorado announced a plan to get states to buy 5,000 vehicles powered by natural gas. So far, 10 states have joined the effort.
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US: Santorum upsets G.O.P. race with three victoriesHis candidacy all but dismissed just days ago, Rick Santorum won the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses and a nonbinding primary in Missouri on Tuesday, an unexpected trifecta that raised fresh questions about Mitt Romney's ability to corral conservative support.
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CA: Divided court rejects Proposition 8SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES -- A federal appeals court has declared California's 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, concluding that the prohibition served no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians."
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NY: Proposed settlement with banks over foreclosure practices dealt a setbackNew York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman abruptly called off a news conference at which he could have provided a crucial endorsement of a proposed settlement with some of the nation's biggest banks over shoddy foreclosure practices.
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PA: Corbett calls fiscal plan 'lean and demanding'Facing a budget deficit that is a half-billion dollars and growing, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed an austere spending plan for next year that would slash millions from state universities and revamp how counties receive aid for human-services programs.
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