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Social issues crowd state ballots
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer

Besides electing a president on Nov. 4, voters in some key battleground states also will face divisive social policy choices, including whether to ban gay marriage in Florida and restrict affirmative action and abortion in Colorado.
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Budget gaps triple for '09
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer

The drumbeat of bad fiscal news from statehouses is intensifying. States collectively faced deficits of $40.3 billion in writing their current budgets — triple the $13 billion shortfall states weathered the previous year, a new report released July 23 shows.

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CA: Gov. Schwarzenegger plans to slash state pay  Registration Required
By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times (registration)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has prepared an order to cut the pay of about 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until a budget is signed.   Read More
US: Group proposes climate-saving strategy
By Lisa Stiffler, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tired of a lack of leadership at the national level, Western leaders are taking charge on curbing climate change by proposing a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The Western Climate Initiative -- a coalition of seven states, including Washington and four Canadian provinces -- on Wednesday released a draft strategy to "cap and trade" releases of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.   Read More

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AL: State seeks EPA approval for new air regs
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AMBER Alerts on the decline
States' hottest laws take on new threats
2008 state-by-state summary
WORTH NOTING: Ex-state senator leaves phone greeting - from jail
States avoid slashing higher ed money
States move to regulate senior guardians
Govs turn to fixing infrastructure
Govs find their popularity might not transfer
Govs celebrate past, look to '09
WORTH NOTING: Cream pie on gov's 4th of July
Sour economy limits states' options in '08
State by state, it's still a tight race



DAILY STATE NEWS
PA: Courts must be open five days, top judge says
Pennsylvania's top judge has come out against a four-day workweek for county courthouse employees, in an apparent blow to local efforts to help workers cut their commutes given $4-a-gallon gas.
The Morning Call
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OH: Plan vision -- coverage for all in Ohio
Ohio should require every resident to buy health insurance and require every insurer to accept anyone who applies, according to a recommendation presented Wednesday to Gov. Ted Strickland.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
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CO: Court - Financial aid ban violates constitution
Colorado violated the U.S. Constitution when it blocked taxpayer-funded financial aid to students at religious schools that the state calls "pervasively sectarian," a federal appellate court in Denver ruled Wednesday.
The Denver Post
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