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Wonkbooks Number of the Day: 70 percent. That's the latest estimate of the mortalityrate in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization announced.

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Wonkbook's Top 5 Stories: (1) Obamacare October surprises and a lower sales bar; (2)Ebola treatments for U.S. patients; (3) attorney general nomination update; (4) securitythreats of climate change; and (5) new help for long-term jobless.

1. Top story: With a month to go, why the Obama administration won t oversellObamacare in year two

Team Obama's year-two strategy: Underselling Obamacare. "The Obama administrationvastly oversold how well Obamacare was going to work last year. Its not making thesame mistake this year. Gone are the promises that enrolling will be as easy as buying a

plane ticket on Orbitz. The new head of HHS is not on Capitol Hill to promise thatHealthCare.gov is on track. And no one is embracing Congressional Budget Officeprojections of total sign-up numbers.Sobered and burned by last falls meltdown ofthe federal website, the administration is setting expectations for the second Obamacareopen enrollment period as low as possible. Officials say the site wont be perfect but willbe improved." Jennifer Haberkorn in Politico.


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Explainer: 5 things we need to know about Obamacare before enrollment begins. JasonMillman in The Washington Post.

If you like your plan, can you keep it this time? "Health insurance companies, at least sofar, seem to think HealthCare.gov is on the right track to function more smoothly for

new customers. But insurers still see gaps in the system for people who want to renewtheir coverage, including pitfalls that threaten consumers with duplicate enrollments,unexpected cancellations, or surprising tax bills. Insurers aren't necessarily worried aboutproblems as dramatic as last year's HealthCare.gov failure, but rather what one industryofficial called 'a soup of kind of icky things' that could make life difficult for returningenrollees. Some of the technical problems stem from the difficult balance betweenkeeping people enrolled and encouraging them to shop for a better deal." Sam Baker inNational Journal.

The potential perils of auto-renewing. "If you auto- renew, youll most likely be assignedthe same tax credit as you had for 2014. But if your income has increased, your creditmay be too large and you could end up owing the government money, when thenumbers are reconciled at tax time. Consumers are supposed to report changes in incomeduring the course of the year, he said, but i ts likely that many have not. So by re -enrolling and updating details about income, youll help make sure the credit is properlyadjusted. Also, because of a quirk in the way the A.C.A. calculates the tax credits, someconsumers who stick with their same plan actually could end up paying more even iftheir original plan doesnt raise its rates." Ann Carrns in The New York Times.

Explainer: How the new HealthCare.gov stacks up with the old Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivarand Calvin Woodward in the Associated Press.

An Obamacare October surprise? "Obamacare premiums arent rising everywhere. They just have a way of finding the states with the biggest Senate races. And that could be verybad timing for Democrats in two of the partys key contests. Double -digit rate hikes forindividual health insurance plans have become an issue in the Louisiana and Iowa Senateraces over the past week, where the Republican candidates are hammering theirDemocratic opponents for the steep premium increases on the way next year for somecustomers under the Affordable Care Act....The attacks could easily give the impressionthat the health care law is causing premiums to go through the roof around the country.Theyre not." David Nather in Politico.

For employer-based plans, expect modest premium hikes and higher consumer costslikely. "Premium increases for 2015 plans are expected to be modest on average, but theshift toward higher out-of-pocket costs overall for consumers will continue as employerstry to keep a lid on their costs and incorporate health law changes. Experts anticipatethat premiums will rise a modest 4 percent in 2015, on average, slightly higher than lastyear but lower than typical recent Increases. Even so, more employers say theyre makingchanges to their health plans in 2015 to rein in cost growth....They are motivated in part


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by upcoming changes mandated by the health law." Michelle Andrews in Kaiser HealthNews.

Cities are eliminating health benefits once promised to retirees. Can Obamacare fill the

gap? "Indeed, public employers across the country may soon begin following Detroitslead and withdrawing coverage for retirees, instead sending them to the health-careexchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act. 'Since the passage of the Affordable CareAct, I think it is fair to say that every public-sector employer is looking at the exchangesas a potential way to get out of the unfunded liabilities that the public sector is bearing,'said Olivia Mitchell, executive director of the Pension Research Council and a Whartonprofessor. 'People are becoming more expensive to take care of.'" Alana Semuels in TheAtlantic.

Medicaid backlogs could worsen once Obamacare signup season arrives. "The delaysstem from various technical problems and the sheer volume of Medicaid applicationsstates must process. Some applications that come through the federal enrollment site,HealthCare.gov, and are transferred to the states still have problems with data accuracy,said Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.

While consumers can apply for Medicaid anytime, an influx is expected when exchangesreopen for enrollment on Nov. 15 and eligible applicants go into the Medicaid system."Stephanie Armour in The Wall Street Journal.

Other health care reads:

Your guide to Medicare open enrollment. Jonnelle Marte in The Washington Post.

U.S. finds many failures in Medicare plans. Robert Pear in The New York Times.

KLEIN: Obfuscating on Obamacare in Kentucky. "In attempting to navigate thisenvironment, McConnell has staked out a position thats incoherent arguing that hewants to wipe out the awful entity 'Obamacare,' while trying to create the impressionthat it wouldnt affect anybodys benefits....But Grimes wasnt being forthright either. Itspopular to criticize Republicans for attacking Obamacare without offering an alternative.On the flip side, Grimes vowed to streamline and fix Obamacare, without offering asingle workable suggestion for how shed go about it." Philip Klein in the WashingtonExaminer.Top opinion

THOMA: What's the best way to overcome rising economic inequality? "So my approachto fighting inequality in the short-run is to use taxation and corrective redistribution toensure that workers receive the income they deserve, to fix the distributional problemsthat have allowed those at the top to capture more than their fair share of income, andenact supply-side incentives that have been shown to work as soon as possible. The hopeis that the supply-side policies and corrections to the distribution of income will produce


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the types of jobs and equitable compensation that are needed to solve the inequalityproblem in the longer run. But theres a chance that no matter what we do, theinequality problem will persist." Mark Thoma in The Fiscal Times.

FEYMAN: Are private exchanges the future of health insurance? "In 2014, about 2.5

million people across companies of all sizes will be enrolled in health insurance throughso-called private exchanges. These are analogous in some ways to Obamacares state andfederal-based health insurance exchanges but instead are run by private consultancies likeAon Hewitt or Mercer. While these platforms generally offer a similar 'e-commerce'approach to purchasing health insurance either with a single carrier or multiple carriersoffering plans as the public exchanges do, there remain key differences." YevgeniyFeyman in Forbes.

PORTER: The risks of cheap water. "As climate change and population growth furtherstress the water supply from the drought-plagued West to the seemingly bottomlessGreat Lakes, states and municipalities are likely to impose increasingly draconianrestrictions on water use. Such efforts may be more effective than simply exhortingpeople to conserve. In August, for example, cities and towns in California consumedmuch less water 27 billion gallons less than in August last year. But the proliferationof limits on water use will not solve the problem because regulations do nothing toaddress the main driver of the nations wanton consumption of wate r: its price." EduardoPorter in The New York Times.

McARDLE: Don't care about the deficit? Now you should. "As the Fed tightens up onmonetary policy, our borrowing costs are going to rise, not just for the new debt wetake on, but also for the debt we a lready have. As old debt matures, weve been

borrowing at record-low interest rates, which has helped hold down the deficit. But asthe Fed tightens, that party will end, and the numbers will start moving in the otherdirection. This will take time the Obama administration has been actively working tolengthen its debt maturities in order to take advantage of the low rates. But in futureyears, this will place constant upward pressure on our deficit." Megan McArdle inBloomberg View.

CRAWFORD: A Nobel-winning message for the FCC. "Jean Tirole's Nobel Prize inEconomic Sciences is being celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic by academics andeconomists. But there is no joy in the power circles of U.S. telecommunications policy.More than a decade ago, federal policy makers turned their backs on Tirole's sensibleassessments of private communications utilities and with disastrous results. Tirole'sinsight was that any company controlling physical lines into homes and businesses, left toits own devices, would act as a natural monopoly, extracting tribute from every otherbusiness and customer that depends on communications capacity. To constrain thatpower, regulators might need to separate wholesale and retail communications-accessservices, and require interconnection with other networks." Susan Crawford inBloomberg View.


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FRIEDMAN: A pump war? "Bottom line: The trend line for petro-dictators is not sogood. America today has a growing advantage in what the former Assistant EnergySecretary Andy Karsner calls 'the three big Cs: code, crude and capital.' If only we coulddo tax reform, and replace payroll and corporate taxes with a carbon tax, wed have aformula for resiliency and success far better than any of our adversaries." Thomas L.

Friedman in The New York Times.

Science interlude: Schrdinger's cat the thought experiment, explained.

2. How America is treating its Ebola patients

Breaking: 2nd worker who cared for Ebola patient tests positive. "The worker reported afever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at Presbyterian hospital. Preliminary testswere performed late Tuesday by the laboratory for the Texas Department of StateHealth Services in Austin, and the positive results were received at about midnight.Additional tests to confirm the positive reading were underway by the federal Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Officials interviewed the worker toidentify anyone else who might have been exposed, the Texas Department of StateHealth Services said in a statement, but it was unclear whether any others were beingmonitored." Manny Fernandez in The New York Times.

As nurses balk at protocols, hospital, CDC to ramp up its response measures. "A nursesunion released a scathing statement that it said was composed by nurses at the Dallashospital where the nurse, Nina Pham, 26, contracted Ebola. The statement told of'confusion and frequently changing policies and protocols,' inadequate protection againstcontamination and spotty training....Officials at the hospital, Texas Health Presbyterian

Hospital, defended their efforts to 'provide a safe working environment,' but said theywould review any concerns raised by nurses. C.D.C. officials...pledged to dispatch withinhours a newly created response team to any hospital that had a confirmed case of Ebola,and they increased the amount of expertise, oversight and training at the hospital."Manny Fernandez and Jack Healy in The New York Times.

Nurse with Ebola was given serum from surviving American doctor. "In late July, when itlooked like Dr. Kent Brantly wasnt going to make it, a small news item escaped Liberia.It spoke of Brantlys treatment not of the Ebola vaccine, Zmapp, which Brantly latergot. But of a blood transfusion. He had 'received a unit of blood from a 14-year-old boywho had survived Ebola because of Dr. Brantlys care,' the missive said. Now months

later, Brantly, who has since recovered from his battle with the virus, has passed on thefavor. A 26-year-old Dallas nurse named Nina Pham, who contracted the illness whiletreating the United States first Ebola patient, has received Brantlys blood." TerrenceMcCoy in The Washington Post.

Why not give this blood to everyone? "Its sheer luck that Brantly has been a match forall three. Another Ebola survivor, missionary Nancy Writebol, offered blood to ThomasEric Duncan, but it wasnt a match. Duncan died last week. The use of whats called


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convalescent serum blood from survivors of Ebola is also controversial. Its notclear whether it helps patients recover, although Brantly also received serum, in his casefrom a boy he treated in Liberia....Is there a way to make a 'universal' donor? Is theresome way to make blood that doesnt react with anyones blood? Thats what themakers of the experimental drug ZMapp are trying to do." Maggie Fox in NBC News.

Company puts sole focus on experimental Ebola drug ZMapp. "As Ebola continues toravage West Africa and spreads for the first time in the United States, a Kentuckycompany is putting all other work aside to concentrate solely on producing theexperimental medicine ZMapp. The goal: to ramp up production of the drug and get itapproved and to the people who need it more quickly. Kentucky BioProcessing,contracted by privately held drugmaker Mapp Biopharmaceutical of San Diego toproduce ZMapp, makes the compound using tobacco plants. The plants act as'photocopiers' to mass-produce proteins." Laura Ungar in USA Today.

Chart: Experimental drugs used for Ebola. The Washington Post.

Experts question ethics of placebo trials for Ebola drugs. "A group of influential healthexperts has argued the standard practice of using placebos in drug trials would beunethical in the case of experimental medicines for Ebola, given that the world is in themiddle of a deadly epidemic....A different group of disease experts last month argued ina letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association that experimental Ebola drugswere best tested in normal RCTs. A similar debate is going on in the field of cancer drugs,where researchers increasingly question whether randomisation where some patientsare given a treatment and others get a 'control' substance for comparison makes sense

in patients with an incurable disease." Kate Kelland in Reuters.Explainer: A summary of promising Ebola therapies. Liz Szabo in USA Today.

The long quest for a vaccine slowed by ethics, politics and science. "The insidious natureof the Ebola virus has been among the hurdles in the long, elusive quest to develop aneffective vaccine and treatment for one of the most dangerous viruses the world has everknown. Progress also has been slowed by the hazards that come with researching it and

perhaps more than anything else by the economic and moral questions of focusingon a pathogen that until the current outbreak had infected fewer than 2,400 peopleworldwide....In the coming months, as caregivers, politicians, and armies struggle to dealwith the spiraling number of cases, a handful of vaccines and treatments will be tested onhumans for the first time." Karen Weintraub in National Geographic.

Has virus mutated to become more dangerous? We don't know yet. "While scientistsdont fully understand what the changes mean, some are concerned that alterations inthe virus that occur as that pathogen continues to evolve could pose new dangers.Researchers have identified more than 300 new viral mutations in the latest strain of


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Ebola, according to research published in the journal Science last month. They are rushingto investigate if this strain of the disease produces higher virus levels which couldincrease its infectiousness. So far, there is no scientific data to indicate that." RobertLangreth, Michelle Fay Cortez and John Lauerman in Bloomberg.

KLEIN: Panic, but not because Ebola threatens the US. "if Ebola becomes endemic in WestAfrica, all this will get much worse. In addition to the ongoing breakdown in basicservices, it will be harder for West Africans to travel because few countries will let themin, it will be harder for them to trade because fewer businessmen will want to travel tothe region, it will be harder for them to invest because international bankers will bescared off by the disease. It could set the region's development back decades. That'sworth panicking over, not because it might kill vast numbers of Americans, but because itmight cause a vast amount of human suffering. So yes, panic about Ebola. But if you livein the United States, calm down, it's not going to kill you." Ezra Klein in Vox.

GOTTLIEB AND TROY: Countering the domestic Ebola threat. "Health care professionalsat all levels are of course not perfect and will make mistakes. Hospital protocols andpublic health preparedness plans must leave room for human error especially when itcomes to very hot pathogens like Ebola. But the CDC must do a better job of establishingclear and accurate procedures, take appropriate measures to reduce risk, and properlycalibrate its public statements, if were going to inspire the public confidence that will beneeded to prevent disruptions in the likely event of a wider, future outbreak." ScottGottlieb and Tevi Troy in Forbes.

TORREY: How the US made the Ebola crisis worse. "A 1974 report on the 'Brain Drain'

for the House Foreign Affairs Committee noted that the current policy was widening thegap between rich and poor nations, and warned that the policy 'has a great potential formischief in the Nations future relations with the LDC [less developed countries].' Despitesuch complaints, U.S. policy has continued to encourage the immigration of physiciansand other health workers from poorer countries....The consequences of this policy maybe more than 'mischief.' Ebola may be merely the first of many prices to be paid for ourlong-standing but shortsighted health manpower policy." E. Fuller Torrey in The WallStreet Journal.

Animals interlude: A wrinkly bulldog puppy attempts to howl.

3. More clues on Obama s Holder successor

Ruemmler said to be the favorite. "Former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler hasemerged as President Barack Obamas p referred candidate as the next attorney general,though he hasnt decided on a nominee and is still weighing other choices, peoplefamiliar with the deliberations said. Advisers have told Obama that Ruemmler wouldencounter tough questioning in confirmation hearings about advice she gave thepresident during episodes of his presidency that have drawn Republican scrutiny,


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including the handling of lapses by the Secret Service, they said....A White House officialsaid earlier today that Obama will wait until after the Nov. 4 midterm congressionalelections to announce his choice to succeed Eric Holder." Mike Dorning and Del Quentin

Wilber in Bloomberg.

The delay carries some legislative risks. "The White House aide said the decision to waitwas driven in part by Senate Democrats. Had a nominee been named before theelections, Democratic Senate candidates inevitably would have been hounded on the trailto weigh in on the choice presenting an uncomfortable situation for people who havebeen trying to keep their political distance from Obama, but would eventually be calledon to support the presidents pick....The delay could create a chaotic situation if the

White House wants a lame duck confirmation, even if the nomination comesimmediately after Election Day. The the majority of the Senate might not be known fordays, given several tight races. It could even take weeks." Edward-Isaac Dovere inPolitico.

As Holder packs his bags, the DOJ plans to change its counsel competence waiverpractices. "The Justice Department said Tuesday that it will no longer ask criminaldefendants who plead guilty to waive their right to claim that their attorney wasineffective and deprived them of their constitutional right to a competent counsel.Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said the new policy, his latest effort to reform thecriminal justice system, is an attempt to ensure that all individuals who face criminalcharges are ably represented." Sari Horwitz in The Washington Post.

Meanwhile, SCOTUS messes with Texas: Justices block state's controversial abortion law."The courts decision is not a judgment on the Texas law, but whether the laws newrestrictions should be delayed while the legal battle continued. Texas has been a leaderamong a number of states that have enacted new requirements for abortion clinics....Atissue is the Supreme Courts decision more than 20 years ago that, although states mayregulate access to abortion, they may not pose an 'undue burden' on women who seekan abortion early in pregnancy. But the new laws test the extent of that 'undue burden'with new requirements that abortion providers say are hard for them to meet." RobertBarnes in The Washington Post.

Chart: Number of states imposing new regulations on abortion providers is growing. The Washington Post.

But Texas can enforce its voter ID law, appeals court says. "Texas won emergencypermission to keep the law in effect while it appeals the trial judges ruling, whichincluded a finding that 600,000 registered voters would be kept away from the polls.The decision will slow the momentum of Democratic efforts to increase voter turnoutand may fuel a push by some Republican-controlled statehouses to make people provetheir eligibility to vote. Republicans say the measures are needed to prevent fraud, while


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Democrats contend theyre designed to suppress turnout of poor, minority and elderlyvoters, who are less likely to have photo IDs and more likely to vote Democratic." LaurelCalkins and Mark Niquette in Bloomberg.

For SCOTUS, dental case is like pulling teeth. "The Supreme Court seemed to have little

problem Tuesday concluding that a state board dominated by dentists should not get todecide who can perform teeth-whitening services. But when it comes to brain surgery,many of the same justices said they would rather empower neurologists than bureaucrats.As a result, they had a conundrum.The case before the court dealt with a North Carolinadental board's exclusion of non-dentists from the business of teeth whitening aprocedure that had been offered in shopping malls, spas and stores. Although most

justices recognized the risk of letting dentists push others out of the market, they mightnot want to place the same restriction on neurologists." Richard Wolf in USA Today.

Other legal reads:

Where the fight for gay rights is headed now. Kaveh Waddell in National Journal.

Trick shots interlude: Dude Perfect, Dallas Stars edition.

4. How climate change could threaten national security

A 'threat multiplier.' "U.S. military officials have long warned that changes in climatepatterns, resulting in increased severe weather events and coastal flooding, will have abroad and costly impact on the Defense Department's ability to protect the nation andrespond to natural and humanitarian disasters in the United States and around the globe.

The new report described as a Pentagon roadmap identifies four things that it sayswill affect the U.S. military: rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns,more extreme weather and rising sea levels. It calls on the department and the militaryservices to identify more specific concerns, including possible effects on the more than7,000 bases and facilities, and to start putting plans in place to deal with them." Lolita C.Baldor in the Associated Press.

Explainer: 5 ways that climate change threatens national security. Brianna Ehley in TheFiscal Times.

What should a Paris emissions deal look like? A U.S. envoy explains. "His remarks aboutthis emerging hybrid system a pact with some kind of binding element but that doesn'timpose emissions mandates on nations underscore the intricate task that negotiatorsface. The talks are aimed at crafting a plan that can win buy-in from big developingnations that did not face obligations under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol....The U.S. never

joined the Kyoto treaty. In addition, a new formal treaty would be dead on arrival inthe U.S. Senate for the foreseeable future, so many observers expect the talks, if they


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succeed, to yield some kind of pact that would not need formal U.S. ratification. Stern'sremarks, however, did not address that topic." Ben Geman in National Journal.

Advocates: EPA underestimating electricity's ability to be green. "The report says the U.S.Environmental Protection Agenc y set each states renewable energy production targets

far too low in the proposed Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administrations effort toreduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal- fired power plants. The plans goal isto reduce CO2 emissions 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The Union ofConcerned Scientists (UCS), a science advocacy organization, says states can reduceemissions even more, by an average of 40 percent by 2030, mainly through theexpansion of renewable power production far beyond what the Obama administrationmay expect from each state." Bobby Magill in Climate Central.

As the U.S. chills, the world burns. "While the United States is on pace for its coolest yearin almost two decades, global temperatures could set a new record high for the year. Theworld experienced its warmest September since records began in 1880, according to datafrom the National Aeronautic and Space Administration. Similar record-breaking monthsto close out the year would make 2014 the hottest recorded. U.S. residents, though,aren't feeling the heat, given the unusually mild summer that followed a frigid winter."Zack Colman in the Washington Examiner.

Other environmental/energy reads:

U.S. shale oil output seen growing even as prices drop. Dan Murtaugh and Jing Cao inBloomberg.

Oil prices plunge as production rises, fueling concern in OPEC. Steven Mufson in The Washington Post.

The incredible shrinking Keystone XL. Elana Schor in Politico.

Life's ponderables interlude: Is it unhealthy to be standing in front of a microwave whileit's cooking?

5. The administration s new push for the long-term jobless

Long-term jobless grants get $170M from Obama administration. "The Obamaadministration is announcing $170 million in grants divided among 23 work projectsacross the country that aim to reduce the number of long-term unemployedAmericans....Labor Secretary Tom Perez and National Economic Council director JeffZients announced the grant awards late Tuesday. The two officials and Vice President JoeBiden will hold a round-table meeting with top corporate CEOS on Wednesday at the

White House to discuss their efforts to meet commitments earlier this year to hire morelong-term unemployed workers." Jim Kuhnhenn in the Associated Press.


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Audition programs are helping the long-term jobless. "More than five years into the U.S.expansion, 2.9 million Americans are long-term unemployed....Vives is among the 2million who have been off the payrolls for more than a year. The slow progress inbringing that share down is a sign of lingering weakness in the labor market and a

potential limit on the consumer spending that makes up the biggest part of the economy.Its one reason for Federal Reserve policy makers to be patient in raising interest rates,and has prompted the White House to funnel money into programs aiding that segmentof the jobless. Vives has landed at one of those programs: Platform 2 Employment, orP2E." Michelle Jamrisko in Bloomberg.

Job market for new graduates is looking up. "Campuses career counselors have beenseeing encouraging signs, and now a major survey of employers backs them up: Thecoming year looks to be a much better one for new college graduates seeking jobs. Jobopenings for those graduates are projected to grow by double digits in 2014-15,following several years of smaller increases, according to key findings from the survey,which was released on Tuesday. Hiring of new bachelors -degree recipients will increaseby 16 percent, the survey projects; hiring among all degree levels will grow at the samerate." Beckie Supiano in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Cities hiring most since 2008 thanks to the economy. "More U.S. cities are hiring than atany time since the Great Recession as the reviving economy and rising property taxesallow higher spending for a second straight year, according to a report released today.One-third of cities and towns expanded their workforces this year, compared withreductions in 18 percent, according to an annual survey by the National League of Cities.This is the first year since 2008 that job additions outpaced cuts. The gains come as 80

percent of cities said their financial position is stronger than a year ago, the most in atleast 29 years." William Selway in Bloomberg.

Other economic/financial reads:

The $11 trillion advantage that shields the U.S. from turmoil. Shobhana Chandra inBloomberg.

AIG bailout architects leave questions for executives. Andrew Zajac and Christie Smythein Bloomberg.

Fed is silent on "doomsday" book, a blueprint for fighting crises. Binyamin Appelbaum inThe New York Times.

Proposal interlude: A lip-dub marriage proposal at a cafe. Wonkblog roundup


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The Supreme Court deals a fresh setback to efforts to restrict access to abortions. Wonkblog Staff.

The Ebola outbreak is not just a human tragedy. Its also an economic one. Ylan Q. Mui.

Paul Ryan has a trick up his sleeve when it comes to taxes. It wont work. Matt O'Brien.

Its not just Ebola. Health care is pretty dangerous work. Jason Millman.

Colorado marijuana revenues hit a new high. Christopher Ingraham.

Whites are more supportive of voter ID laws when shown photos of black peoplevoting. Christopher Ingraham.

The many reasons millennials are shunning cars. Emily Badger.Et Cetera

How churches are slowly becoming less segregated. Laura Meckler in The Wall StreetJournal.

Government snooping proves weak campaign issue. Erin Kelly in USA Today.

Key Obama decisions on hold until after midterms. Josh Lederman in the AssociatedPress.

Senior House Financial Services members propose bipartisan Ex-Im Bank bill. Kristina

Peterson in The Wall Street Journal.Got tips, additions, or comments? E-mail us.

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