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Localities to Amazon: Click here for incentives
When Amazon expands, like it wants to in Florida, state and local governments practically line up to offer to pay the company to move. The Miami Herald

Many states get federal aid equal to 40 percent of their revenues
For many states, the amount of financial support they receive from the federal government is equal to 40 percent of their own state revenues -- and in some cases the ratio is higher, a new graphic published by the Tax Foundation shows. AL.com

Indiana Supreme Court agrees walkout Democrats must pay fines
Indiana House Democrats won’t recoup any of the more than $233,000 in fines levied against them over their legislative walkouts in 2011 and 2012, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The Indianapolis Star
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Meet the new governor: sharply partisan and upwardly mobile
"Certainly those that want a national profile, they may well need to be partisan, just because of the way the nominating process works," says Bill Pound, executive director of the National Conference of State Legislatures. "They've got to get out and appeal to whatever base it is, on either side." NPR

Little appetite for Internet sales tax bill in House yet: co-sponsor
“Among House members, there’s not an appetite—yet,” Rep. Steve Womack, an Arkansas Republican, told reporters. Womack and [Rep. Jackie] Speier both spoke Wednesday at an event organized by the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures. MarketWatch

FBI uses drones in domestic surveillance, Mueller says
Bills have been introduced in at least 18 states to limit or regulate such aircraft, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Bloomberg

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