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People wait in line at the State of Michigan Wayne County Family Independence Agency office in Detroit for welfare assistance. After a federal judge in Florida struck down the state's drug test requirement in December, some states are pursuing new strategies to link drug testing to welfare. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray gives the State of the District address at Kelly Miller Middle School in Northeast a day after he was accused of knowing of and personally seeking illegal funds from Jeffrey E. Thompson. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Supporters of Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray listen as he delivers the 2014 State of the District Address at Kelly Miller Middle School in Northeast a day after federal prosecutors accused Gray of knowing of and personally seeking illegal funs from Jeffrey Thompson do run an illegal "Shadow Campaign" during his run for mayor four years ago, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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In this frame grab from video provided by WAFB-TV 9, Glenn Ford, 64, center, walks out of a maximum security prison, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Angola, La., after having spent nearly 26 years on death row. Ford walked free Tuesday evening hours after a judge approved the state’s motion to vacate his murder conviction in the 1983 killing of a jeweler. State District Judge Ramona Emanuel on Monday took the step of voiding Ford's conviction and sentence based on new information that corroborated his claim that he was not present or involved in the murder. (AP Photo/WAFB-TV 9)
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Kansas state Sens. Rob Olson, left, of Olathe, and Mary Pilcher-Cook, right, of Shawnee, both Republicans, confer before the start of a Senate debate on a bill regulating online health insurance marketplace "navigators" for consumers, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Pilcher-Cook is chairwoman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, which is sponsoring the measure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, center, a Topeka Democrat, criticizes a bill imposing new regulations for online health insurance marketplace "navigators," Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Watching to the right is Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Chairwoman Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Shawnee Republican who strongly supports the measure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks to reporters at Puesta del Sol elementary school in Rio Rancho, N.M., before signing a $6 billion state budget on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Gov. Martinez state budget eliminated pay raises for judges, district attorneys and appointed government workers. Martinez cut spending about $27 million with line-item vetoes, including $2.4 million that lawmakers had provided for 8 percent salary increases for judges and district attorneys and about 3 percent raises for workers in appointed government positions. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez signs the state's $6 billion budget Tuesday next to students at Puesta del Sol elementary in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Tuesday, March, 11, 2014. Gov. Martinez state budget eliminated pay raises for judges, district attorneys and appointed government workers. Martinez cut spending about $27 million with line-item vetoes, including $2.4 million that lawmakers had provided for 8 percent salary increases for judges and district attorneys and about 3 percent raises for workers in appointed government positions. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez signs the state's $6 billion budget surrounded by students at Puesta del Sol elementary school in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Tuesday March 11, 2014. Gov. Martinez state budget eliminated pay raises for judges, district attorneys and appointed government workers. Martinez cut spending about $27 million with line-item vetoes, including $2.4 million that lawmakers had provided for 8 percent salary increases for judges and district attorneys and about 3 percent raises for workers in appointed government positions. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
