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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Politics, Amway Center, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Teresa Jacobs
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Little attention paid to race in huge community college district
An incumbent who styles herself as an outsider and a reform-minded community activist and political aide will face each other in a runoff election Tuesday for the final seat on the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. Unlike the...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown
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Kingsley Guy: Florida still needs election changes
This year, the Legislature enacted "ethics reform" in an effort to improve Florida's political climate. That's all well and good, but it's time now for lawmakers and the electorate to consider far-reaching structural reforms to upgrade Sunshine State...Tags: Voting, Politics, New Hampshire Primary, Regional Authority, U.S. Senate
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Federal Election Commission, Taxation, Politics, Judges
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L.A. Votes: Villaraigosa weighs in; final vote tally may take weeks
The election to select Los Angeles' next mayor is Tuesday. But a combination of factors – the large number of Angelenos voting by mail, the apparent tightness of the race and the city clerk’s ballot-counting process – means that the...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Voting, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections
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Barbs fly over campaign spending in Lower Macungie
Republican candidates battling for seats on Lower Macungie's Board of Commissioners are trading last-minute barbs over campaign contributions and how those donations have been reported leading up to Tuesday's primary. Challengers Ron Beitler and Brian...Tags: Voting, Politics, Brian Higgins, Housing Industry, Elections
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Latest Missouri news, sports, business and entertainment
PLANT-ELECTROCUTION Man electrocuted at St. Louis Co. plant FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A worker is dead after being electrocuted at a manufacturing plant in St. Louis County. An employee of St. Louis Cold Drawn Incorporated arrived shortly after 4 a....Tags: Rape, Fines, Politics, Punishment, Central Intelligence Agency
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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
Tags: Voting, Punishment, Gun Control, Politics, Laws
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Facebook, Hampton sheriff case to be heard Thursday in court
When a wrongful termination lawsuit involving six former employees of Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts goes before a federal appellate court on Thursday, those employees will have a prominent backer in their corner: Facebook. Aaron M. Panner, an attorney...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Judges, Lawyers, Laws
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More to a candidate than campaign money or being a professional politician
Michael Dresser's recent article, "Brown to launch run for governor" (May 10), was very troubling. For example, an implication is made that the only credible candidates in the election are those who have big, fat finance accounts. In addition, Mr. Dresser...
Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch, Elections
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Voting, Politics, University of California, Los Angeles
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The real IRS scandal
It's strange how "scandal" gets defined these days in Washington. At the moment, everyone is screaming about the "scandal" of the Internal Revenue Service scrutinizing conservative nonprofits before granting them tax-exempt status. Here are the...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Gun Control, Taxation, Sheldon Adelson
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May 19, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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|Story| Los Angeles Times
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|Story| Los Angeles Times
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|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 16, 2013
|Story| AP Missouri
May 15, 2013
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|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 16, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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