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The Kaiser Family Foundation provides a useful map of spending by state on Medicaid, and Reform+Medicaid spells out the reasons that some states are rejecting Obama’s Medicaid expansion.

Good Links

Jones Day: Constitutional limitations on the seizure of underwater mortgages

National Center for Education Statistics: 13.2 percent of public-school students are in disability programs

Governing: Public pensions and the value of honest numbers

Reuters: Texas joins Wisconsin, Louisiana and Florida in rejecting healthcare expansion

Reuters: U.S. municipal bond sales to soar to $7.6 billion

Citizen’s Voice: Scranton mayor, council point fingers as city hits rock bottom

Stocktongov.com: Statement of Qualifications under Section 109C under the Bankruptcy Law

@Twitter Talk

Christie on not wanting fed money to hire more public employees “They’re extraordinarily expensive, and extraordinarily difficult to manage” — Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) July 9, 2012

Washington state residents object to high alcohol taxes, call for a toilet paper tax instead: bit.ly/OBdoWl — Tax Foundation (@taxfoundation) July 6, 2012

New Arkansas Site Reveals State Salaries bit.ly/Rv9Ftj — govtechnews (@govtechnews) July 6, 2012

MMD and MMA bumped today 2-5ish. Some names/structures worth 10bps more in the afternoon vs morning. — A Bond Guy (@Munisrgood) July 10, 2012

Muni Market Advisors: Nearly 40% of the 45 Chp.9 filings since 2007 have occurred in Calif.(8) or Neb.(11). #munis @leagueofcities #muniland — Stephen C. Fehr (@scfehr1) July 9, 2012