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Schellinger a no-show at JLT unity event
By Patrick Guinane, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Several top state Democrats publicly united Wednesday behind Jill Long Thompson, who became the party's nominee for governor with a razor-thin victory last week.
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Brown to ask state to review rebate dispute
By Bill Dolan, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
State officials said they stand ready to help clarify a dispute roiling Lake County taxpayers over distribution of property tax rebates.
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'Looking outside our borders'
By Steve Penhollow, The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne)
Laurie Burns McRobbie has been Indiana University's first lady for less than a year. Hardest part of the job? The parties.
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DNR planes spraying gypsy moths in area
Tribune staff report, South Bend Tribune
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday sprayed selected sites in three counties, including Elkhart, to slow the spread of gypsy moths.
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States to enforce molester law on tribal land
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
A little-noticed provision in a 2006 federal sex-offender law is rankling American Indian tribes in six states — Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon and Wisconsin — because it would give state law enforcers unprecedented authority to monitor child molesters living on tribal land.
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Dems rally around Long Thompson
By The Associated Press, The Indianapolis Star
Numerous Democrats joined Jill Long Thompson at the Statehouse on Wednesday in support of her quest to defeat Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.
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Michigan votes to join Great Lakes pact
By Gary Heinlein, The Detroit News
Without a single dissenting vote, the state Senate and House voted Wednesday to include Michigan in a historic international compact designed to reserve all of the water in the Great Lakes for the eight states and two Canadian provinces surrounding them.
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Great Lakes compact earns final approval
By Andrew Beckett, Wisconsin Radio Network
After months of debate, the measure designed to prevent water diversions from the Great Lakes passed the Assembly late Wednesday afternoon. The vote came just hours after the Senate approved the bill.
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WORTH NOTING: South Carolina's shampoo specialists
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
The Palmetto State cleans up a law requiring hairstylists to get more training than cops. Frog legs are frowned upon by Florida health officials. And an aide to Utah's lieutenant governor gets way ahead of his boss. In case you missed those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.
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WORTH NOTING: Illinois treasurer shows his knowledge of charges
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) endures a bruising charge from Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D). A new Utah law stirs Salt Lake City bartenders to create a new drink. And Louisiana prison guards get outside help to prevent escapes. In case you missed those stories this week, Worth Noting fills you in.
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Great Lakes compact passes
By Stacy Forster and Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the Great Lakes compact Wednesday, sending it to Gov. Jim Doyle and putting pressure on the states that have not yet ratified it.
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Michigan Legislature approves Great Lakes pact
By David Eggert, The Associated Press, Booth Newspapers (Lansing)
After months of waiting, the Michigan Legislature on Wednesday unanimously approved a regional compact to prevent Great Lakes water from being sent to thirsty regions.
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Great Lakes rising after record lows
By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press
The Great Lakes that touch on Michigan will be at or above their levels of last year through the summer, bringing at last some cheer to boaters and cottage owners who faced wide, weedy beaches and boat-scraping shallows last year, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.
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States, locals swamp immigration program
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Sudden demand by state and local police to join the federal 287(g) initiative, which lets local police start deportation proceedings for suspects and criminals who are illegal immigrants, is overwhelming the federal government. That means long waits and alternative programs offered to police departments that want to join.
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In school sports, who makes the call?
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer
A shot at the buzzer of a high school championship game — was it in time or not? — led the South Carolina Legislature to consider a bill to require referees to watch video replays. It was hardly the first example of armchair quarterbacking by lawmakers.
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Neutral govs to remain on sidelines
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer
 In the homestretch of an unprecedented presidential primary season, spinning with competing sound-bites and endless rhetoric, voters still heading to the polls in four states can’t look to their governors for any pre-election advice. These governors plan to wait until after their states vote to make their own endorsements.
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