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In new role, Minnesota to aid other states
That's when Minnesota takes over as the national coordinating state for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a partnership among all 50 states and four U.S. territories that assists in sharing state resources in response to disasters. Twin Cities. More

R.I. jobless rate dips, but 73,000 are still out of work
For the first time in nearly three years, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped, to 12.9 percent in October, offering a faint but reassuring sign that the state’s economy may be on the road to improvement. Providence Journal. More

Va. faces $3.5 billion hole in next two-year budget
That estimate does not include the losses faced by local school districts to replace federal stimulus money that will dwindle next year and then disappear entirely in the second year of the budget. Times Dispatch. More

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News Magazines

The Economist:
Farmers vs Greens: The biggest obstacle to a climate-change bill is rural America. More

TIME:
Health care reform: After the House, can it survive the Senate? More

Newsweek:
Community gardens: A small farmer on how the government can help rebuild the infrastructure he needs to survive. More
NCSL in the News

Lawmakers' trips hit amid revenue crunch
Meagan Dorsch, spokeswoman for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said attendance has dropped this year at the group's events. "Like many other organizations, we've been hit," Dorsch said. Clarion Ledger. More

Sid Leiken cited for unlawful personal use of campaign funds
Per the National Conference of State Legislatures,the federal government and nearly half of all states have laws prohibiting a legislator from hiring a relative. And, all 50 states have laws that either prohibit or suggest guidelines for conflict-of-interest situations, which may include nepotism restrictions depending on interpretation of the law. Blue Oregon. More

Legislators, not citizens, put pricey measures on the ballot
Only one other state has had more statewide initiatives than California, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures: Oregon leads with 349 initiatives on the ballot between 1898 and 2009, followed by California with 331. The Oakland Tribune. More

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Breathing Room 
State lawmakers say federal recovery money took some of the sting out of the recession, but there is more pain to come. More

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