Umm, through this was old news. Wasnt this the guy that received anonymous bitcoin donations at first, but was required to return them unless a name was attached?
Sure that's the one. It's pretty recent news really (past couple of weeks I think) - and it's common for there to be a slight delay for media and industry rags to pick the story up.
see also:
'Announcement Regarding State Rep Mark Warden's Bitcoin Strategy'
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102022.0