AZ: Ariz. House to act on immigration enforcement bill

By Staff Reports, Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)

The Arizona House is scheduled Wednesday to debate and vote on a sweeping bill to strengthen immigration enforcement laws.
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AZ: Napolitano freezes funding for 'virtual' border fence

By Brady McCombs, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)

The Department of Homeland Security is pulling in the reins on a "virtual fence" system that has been plagued by cost overruns and missed deadlines since it was launched four years ago.
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IA: Culver signs new benefits for military families

By Mike Glover, The Associated Press, Sioux City Journal

Gov. Chet Culver on Tuesday signed into law an expansion of jobless benefits for the spouses of soldiers who are forced to quit their jobs when their husband or wife is deployed overseas. Read More

IL: Sale of Thomson Correctional Center inches forward

By Kurt Erickson, The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale)

The Quinn administration has taken another step toward selling the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government. Read More

MT: Committee digs into new veteran's home proposals

By Jennifer McKee, Billings Gazette

All seven proposed sites for a new southwestern Montana veteran's retirement home were still in the running Tuesday after a six-member committee spent hours poring over the options. Read More

MT: Flags to fly at half-staff in memory of fallen Columbia Falls soldier

By The Associated Press, Missoulian

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has ordered state and national flags to be flown at half-staff on Friday and Saturday in honor of a soldier from Hungry Horse who was killed in Afghanistan. Read More

TN: Senate bans sale of phony 'international driver's license'

By Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)

The Tennessee state Senate voted 31-0 this week to ban the sale of "international driver's licenses," which are sham documents sold to immigrants in storefront operations around the region. Read More

TX: Homeland Security tepid on Rick Perry's request for more border enforcements

By Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this afternoon brushed off Texas Gov. Rick Perry's request for surveillance planes and 1,000 fresh troops along the Mexican border. That drew swift denunciation from the governor, who put state police and other assets on standby, citing the heightened risk of spillover violence from Mexico's drug war. Read More

WV: Manchin extends flood emergency order statewide

By The Associated Press, Charleston Gazette

Gov. Joe Manchin has extended last week's state of emergency declaration to cover all 55 counties after areas of West Virginia continue to assess damage from weekend flooding. Read More

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