States clamp down on welfare purchases across the nation
A growing number of states restrict cash assistance use for booze, cigarettes, gambling, tattoos, and other items. Advocates say the moves reflect stereotypes, while supporters cite budgeting needs and law changes enacted by federal policy.
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Shaunna O'Connell
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Congress
Barack Obama
Arizona
Maine
National Conference of State Legislatures
California
Washington
Los Angeles Times
Elizabeth Lower-Busch
Center For Law and Social Policy
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Compton Considers Bankruptcy Amid City Finance Crisis
Compton California officials discuss bankruptcy as a possibility after years of deficits. Treasurer Douglas Sanders notes 3 million in the bank and 5 million in bills, with August 1 as a key decision date on bond payments. The city faces a 42 million general fund shortfall and delayed vendor payments, while audits falter and S and P places bonds on credit watch.
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Compton
Calif
California
Stockton
Mammoth Lakes
San Bernardino
Douglas Sanders
Eric Perrodin
Suspect in sisters deaths kills self in West Virginia cabin
An Iraq veteran suspected of killing his ex girlfriend Amy Merrill and her pregnant sister Lisa Gritzmaker in Blissfield Michigan shot himself in a remote West Virginia cabin near Sistersville as investigators closed in. Police say Fritz, 38, then died from a self inflicted gunshot wound after tear gas was used to enter the cabin. The victims included Merrill's sister and their mother, Robin McCowan, who survived surgery.
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Charleston
W.va
Michigan
West Virginia
Tyler County
Sistersville
Thomas Fritz
Alex Neville
Clarksburg
Fritz
Wetzel County
Neville
Amy Merrill
Blissfield
Mich
Merrill
Lisa Gritzmaker
Robin Lynn McCowan
McCowan
Panel seeks reform of military members custody guidelines
A national legal panel, the Uniform Law Commission, approved the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act in Nashville to standardize custody rules for deployed service members. The act aims to resolve jurisdiction, visitation rights, and temporary custody issues faced by National Guard and Reserve families across states.
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Tenn
Uniform Law Commission
Iraq
Afghanistan
National Guard
Eric Fish
Fish
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