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Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down much of Arizona’s omnibus immigration enforcement law, SB 1070, passed in 2010, will have an immediate impact on five similar state laws passed in 2011, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Those laws are Alabama HB 56, Georgia HB 87, Indiana SB 590, South Carolina … Continue reading
Change is the watchword in the 2012 state legislative elections as Democrats seek to recover some of the vast ground they lost two years ago. Nearly a quarter of the 7,382 state legislators elected in 2010 and 2011 were newcomers, and the turnover could be even higher this year. “We’re going to have new faces, … Continue reading
Barely a month into President Barack Obama’s presidency, his administration announced a major effort to help millions of underwater homeowners who owed more on their mortgages than their homes were worth refinance into lower interest rate mortgages. But the Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP, fell short, in large part because it came with numerous … Continue reading
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