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AL: Judge orders governor to not sign legislation

AL: Former Governor Siegelman Headed to Prison For Six Years

AL: Judge Shuts-Down Harpersville 'Debtors Prison'

AL: Attorneys Argue Whether Governor Should Testify in Corruption Trial

AL: One of Highest Paid Govt Employees Lives in Texas and Works Only 3 Days a Week

AL: Former College Chancellor Sentenced to Prison

AL: State 2-year College System Fraud Runs Deep

AL: Former State Representative Appealing Fraud Conviction

AL: State Seeks Overhaul of Ethics Rules following Conviction of State Senator

AK: State Considers On-Line Spending Database

AK: DOJ Won't Reimburse Ex-Rep. After Dropping Corruption Charges

AK: Police Officer Discovered to be Illegal Alien

AK: House Speaker Conviction Thrown Out, Retrial Possible

AR: $200,000 Missing from Dept of Veterans Affairs

AR: Highway Officials Request Large Car Fleets

AZ: Judge Apologizes for Suggesting Sexual Assault Victim to Blame

AZ: Fed Judge Rules Against Arizona's Human Smuggling Law

AZ: State Sues Fed Govt over Outdated Voting Rights Act

AZ: $1.5 Million Spent to Change Hwy Signs from Kilometers to Miles

AZ: Probate Courts Leave Adults Vulnerable

AZ: Obstacles to Disciplining Bad State Employees

CA: Feinstein demonstrates she doesn't understand the Constitution

CA: Bill would allow schoolchildren to decide which gender bathrooms and locker rooms to use

CA: UC Regents refuse to hear evidence on the failure of the university system

CA: Dumbing-down public education

CA: Judge supports state in eminent domain seizure land value dispute

CA: Taxes go up and revenues go down as high-income earners flee the state

CA: State employee receives $822,000 salary

CA: State hides identities of state employees who commit abuse and crimes

CA: Enacts highest tax rate in nation; revenues fall $1 billion in one month

CA: Teachers union produces video of 'rich' urinating on the 'poor'

CA: 1% of taxpayers pay half of all taxes

CA: Judge blocks California high-speed lawsuit

CA: 700,000 Invalid Voter Registrations

CA: More City Bankruptcies Expected

CA: State Tells 23 University Campuses to Not Admit California Residents in 2013

CA: It's Official -- San Berdoo Goes Bankrupt

CA: Governor Allegedly Stole From 9/11 Fund

CA: State Commits to Spending $68 Billion on High-Speed Rail Project

CA: Child Well-being Plummets

CA: Red Flags in Bankruptcies

CA: Broke State Commits $8 Billion on 'Bullet Train

CA: The State's Bankruptcy Epidemic

CA: State Bar Rules Illegal Alien Should Get Law License

CA: State Ends the Train to Nowhere

CA: State Ethics Investigation Into San Francisco Campaign Contributions

CA: State Contemplates 4-Day Work Week for Govt Employees

CA: Budget Deficit Swells to $16 Billion

CA: Legislature Readying Bill to Ban 'Reparative Therapy' for Minors

CA: The Failed 'Hydrogen Highway' Project

CA: State Ethics Commission Rules Local Elected Officials Exempt from Conflict-of-Interest Rules in Appointing Selves to Paid Boards

CA: The Ugly Cancer That is 'Multiculturalism'

CA: Government Allows Private Company to Retain Private Citizens Data

CA: Lawmaker Writes 'Public Employee Bill of Rights'

CA: State to Run Out of Money in Early March

CA: Panel: High-Speed Rail Project 'Fundamentally Flaw[ed]'

CA: Harsh Light Bulb Standard Goes Into Effect in 2012

CA: Bill Before Assembly Would Require Employment Perks for Babysitters

CA: Mental Health Official Billed State to Attend Celebrity's Funeral

CA: 300,000 Medical Records Made Public on Internet

CA: Legislature Poised to Enact Law Requiring Fitted Sheets in Hotel Rooms

CA: Endless List of Government Agencies

CA: CalPERS Reduces Inflated Pensions of More than 300

CA: Prison Psychiatrist Paid $838,706

CA: Spending $1.25 Billion on Medical Services for Illegal Aliens

CA: Assembly May Dissolve Smallest City

CA: State Boards are Politicians' Jobs Program

CA: Employees Owe State Millions in Salaries and Travel Advances

CA: Opportunity to Eliminate Redevelopment Agencies

CA: Several Govt Entities Refuse Request to Disclose Salaries

CA: National Guardsman Sentenced for Defrauding Govt of $15 Million

CA: Dept of Corrections Wastes $366,000

CA: Auditor Finds Misuse of Public Funds

CA: 96,000 State Employees Have Govt Cell Phones

CA: Supreme Court Rules Police Can Search Smart Phone Activity without Search Warrant

CA: Air National Guard Accused of Pay Scam

CA: Gov-Elect Brown to Eliminate State Inspector General Office

CA: $69 Million of Welfare Benefits Drawn out of State

CA: $25 Billion Budget Deficit & $75 Billion Employee Benefits Deficit

CA: Govt Employees, Families Skip Traffic Violations Using 'Confidential' License Plates

CA: Supreme Court Rules -- Illegal Aliens to Get In-State College Tuition Rates

CA: Political Candidates Owe Millions in Campaign Election Fines

CO: 'Crime fighting' legislator has criminal record

CO: Lawmaker says women afraid of rape cannot be trusted with guns

CO: Counties had more registered voters than people

CO: Sharia Law in Effect

CT: Lawmaker makes sexual remark to 17-year old girl

CT: State Gives $20 Million in 'Longevity Pay' to State Employees

CT: Governor Proposes Merging State Watchdog Agencies

CT: State Investigators Clear ACORN of Voter Fraud

DE: Secret Arbitration Court Ruled Unconstitutional

DE: House Dems Kill Bill Waiving State Immunity in Child Sex Abuse Cases

DC: HIV/AIDS Service Provider Spent $330,000 Federal Grant to Open Strip Club

DC: Inspector General's Office Staffer Sentenced for Fraud

DC: Inspector General Powerless in Scandal Investigations

DC: Councilman has two city-paid fully-loaded SUVs

DC: Conviction Reversed As Govt Filed Wrong Charges

FL: Legislator proposes anger management courses for ammo customers

FL: Prosecution still withholding evidence from Zimmerman defense counsel

FL: State Board of Education is Staffed with Bigots

FL: Judge Rules Illegal Alien Children Can Get In-State Tuition

FL: Judge Orders Teacher Reinstated Who Put Austistic Student's Crayons in Hot Sauce

FL: Governor: State Will Not Implement ObamaCare

FL: 53,000 Dead Found on Voter Rolls

FL: Officials Looking at Exorbitant Time-Off Pay-offs

FL: Standardized High School Test Passing Rate Plummets from 80% to 30% in One Year

FL: Attorney-General Under Fire for Firings

FL: Corruption at State University System

FL: South Florida Political Corruption Racking Up Big Numbers

FL: Leads Nation in Prisoner Tax Fraud

FL: Governor Pardons Rock Performer 40-years after His Death

FL: Taxpayers Pay for $125 per Day Make-up Bill for Tattooed Defendant

FL: Juvenile Justice Secy Accused of Misusing State Funds

GA: Former judge accused with sexual harassment

GA: Judge resigns over misconduct allegations

GA: Judge Accused of Pre-signing Warrants

GA: Police Officer Wrongfully Arrests Woman for Being 'Disrespectful'

GA: Nearly 60 Candidates Owe Taxes

GA: Expected Legal Challenge to Welfare Drug-Testing Law

GA: Congressman Again Warns Guam Island Could 'Tip Over and Capsize'

HI: State Registrar Refuses to Certify Obama Birth Certificate as Genuine

HI: Government Waste Detailed

HI: $1 Million Spent to Erect 1.8 Miles of Fence

HI: Budget Increases Faster than Legislators Can Cut

ID: Judge Arrested on DUI Charges

ID: Options Running Out for Legislator Who Owes IRS $550,000 in Unpaid Taxes & Penalties

ID: 2011 Report on Government Waste

IL: Judge who shoved deputy not guilty by reason of insanity

IL: State has worst credit rating in entire nation

IL: Convicted Mel Reynolds to run for former Congressional seat

IL: Judge Overrules All-Democrat Election Board That Kicked 3 GOP Candidates Off Ballot for Using Paper-Clips

IL: State Workers Forced to Participate in Political Campaign Event

IL: House Expels Indicted Member

IL: Parts of Chicago Gun Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional

IL: Amazon-Tax Law Ruled Unconstitutional

IL: Governor Kept Secret the Dismissal of Agency Head

IL: Governor Illegally Stacking Boards and Commissions

IL: 13-yr old Repeatedly Raped, Given Birth Control Pills While in Care of Dept of Child & Family Services

IN: Courts criminalize First Amendment

IN: Dept of Ed improperly counted students

IN: First State to Allow Citizens to Shoot Law Enforcement

IA: State lawmaker calls for confiscation of guns

IA: University of Iowa Law School Sued for Bias in Opposing Pro-Life Job Applicant

IA: Judge Halts Secure Election Law

IA: Judge Orders Father to Bring Children to Prison for Visitation with Mother Convicted of Murder

IA: Protesters Demand Congress 'Create' Jobs

IA: Child Abuse Registry List in Disarray

LA: Judge rules school voucher program unconstitutional

LA: Former Governor to Be Released from Prison

LA: Federal Judges Tosses Hurricane Katrina-era Class-Action Lawsuit Against Police Action

KS: Sperm donor ordered to pay child support to lesbian couple

KS: Judge Blocks Student Transfers from Unaccredited Schools

KS: Fed Judges Redraw Congressional and Legislative Districts

KS: Former Kansas University Official to be Sentenced in $2 Million Ticket Scalping Scheme

KS: Mission City Taxes Christian Churches for Parishioners

KY: State Considers Borrowing Money to Meet $19 Billion Pension Shortfall

ME: Judge rules school district did not discriminate against transgendered child

ME: VIDEO - State Officials Embroiled in Medicaid Fraud

ME: Governor Calls IRS 'New Gestapo'

ME: Senate Rejects Secure Elections Measure in Legislature

MD: Lawmakers not surprised by prison scandal

MD: Fed judge rebukes police for abuse against citizen who filmed police brutality

MD: Judge suspended over cell phone jailings

MD: Governor Flip-Flops on 'Better Off' Analysis in 24 Hours

MD: Report: Lawmakers Responsible for Exorbitant Budget

MD: High Court Hears Case on Lesbian Divorce

MD: Health Dept Didn't Control Birth Certificate Issuance

MD: State Officials Engage in Petition Fraud

MD: Union Workers Expected to Protest Dem Governor's Pension Reform Plan

MD: General Assembly Debates Voter ID Law

MA: Ethics-Challenged Judge Faces Larceny Charge

MA: Dept of Ed states 'transgender' students may use either bathroom

MA: Judges Issue More DUI Acquittals Than Do Juries

MA: Governor Urges Taxpayer-Funded 'Green Energy' Companies in Spite of Failures

MA: State GOP Asks Harvard to Investigate Professor's Lie About Minority Heritage

MA: State Bans School Bake Sales

MA: High Govt Officials Involved in Ethics and Corruption Scandals

MA: Governor Defends Abuse of EBT Cards

MA: Police Data Base Smacks of 'Big Brother'

MA: Governor to be Witness in House Speaker Corruption Trial

MA: Corruption Trial Begins for Former House Speaker

MA: Former Representative Gets 'Job' at UMass

MA: Corruption Trial of House Speaker Looms

MA: 'Abuse and Corruption' in State Probation Department

MI: School confiscates 3rd grader's cupcakes that were decorated with soldiers

MI: State Conducts Armed Raids on Pig Farms

MI: Dem Party Official Sentenced for 2010 Election Fraud

MI: State Deducts SEIU Union Dues from Medicaid Payments

MI: State to Begin Tracking Weight of All Children

MI: State Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops

MI: Academics Outraged at Govt Records FOIA Request

MN: Tax court chief judge faces misconduct charges

MN: Fed Court Rejects Nuke Agency's Extension of Waste Disposal on Tribal Territory

MN: Governor''s Executive Order to Unionize Child Care Providers Struck Down

MN: Govt Spends 'Billions' on State Programs without Competitive Bidding or Oversight

MN: Governor Vetoes Voter Fraud Law in Spite of 80% Public Support

MS: Fed Judge Blocks State Abortion Law

MO: Senator McCaskill to Sell Private Jet after Failing to Pay Taxes

MO: Democrat Attorney-General Joined Fight Against ObamaCare

MO: Taxpayers Paid $35,000 for Lt Governor's Hotel Stays

MT: Judge Rules Domestic Violence Law Exempts Homosexuals

MT: Govt Spent $64,000 for 114 Refrigerators

MT: Watchdog Report on State Spending Waste and Abuse

NV: Parents, Judge Tussle Over Terminating Pregnancy of Mentally Disabled Daughter

NV: DMV Censors GOP-Leaning License Plates

NV: Rory Reid Set-up 91 Shell PACs to Evade Contribution Limits

NV: Senate Bill Would Eliminate Quarterly Spending Reports

NV: State and Counties Argue over Tax Increases

NH: State Officials Accused of Overpaying for Property

NH: Judge Vacates $1.5 Million Jury Award in Trooper's False Imprisonment Case

NH: Governor Vetoes Secure Elections Bill

NH: Legislation Would Allow TSA Screeners to be Charged with Sexual Assault

NJ: Non-Union Utility Crews Turned Away From New Jersey

NJ: Elementary School Students Get $500,000 Settlement After Being Forced to Eat on Gym Floor

NJ: Assemblyman Accused of Writing $400,000 in Bad Checks

NJ: Registered Sex Offender Arrested for 169th Time

NJ: Secret Audio Recordings of Teacher & Aide Bullying Student

NJ: State Troopers Sued After Demanding Motorcyclists Remove Biker Jackets

NJ: New 'Unclaimed Property' Law Causes AmEx to Pull Gift Cards from State

NJ: Governor Christie Panders to Race, Politics in Honoring Houston

NJ: Unions Sue Governor Over Job Benefits

NJ: State Battles Steroid Abuse Among Law Enforcement Officers

NJ: Governor Takes State Helo to Son's Baseball Game

NJ: Watchdog Group Places Municipal Budgets Online

NJ: State Water Commission Behaved as Shadow Government

NJ: Combats Steroid Abuse by Police, Firefighters

NJ: State Sells Used Computers Full of Sensitive Data

NJ: Charges Dropped Against Official in 'Pay-to-Play' Corruption Scheme

NM: Politician accused of slashing tires of opponent

NM: Judge Scolds Alleged Double Murderer -- For Being Disrespectful to Judge

NM: State Senator Refers to Governor Using Ethnic Slur

NM: Illegal Aliens Permitted to Get Drivers Licenses

NM: Millions of Dollars in New State Buildings Sit Vacant

NM: Governor to Consider Pardoning 'Billy the Kid'

NY: Governor threatens sheriffs who opposed his gun law

NY: State boycotted by 59 gun manufacturers

NY: Student involuntarily committed to asylum for 30 days after calling professor a 'bitch'

NY: Non-partisan task force: New York faces budget meltdown

NY: Hurricane Sandy-Afflicted People 'Dumpster Dive' While Cuomo and Bloomberg Engage in Photo-Ops

NY: Cuomo to Decriminalize 'Weed'

NY: Governor Fires Very Successful Healthcare Fraud Prosecutor