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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Letters: A perfect storm in politics

    Re "501(c)(4)s are the real IRS scandal," Column, May 15 Michael Hiltzik is right. The IRS should put every tax-exempt 501(c)(4) organization under a microscope. Vague tax rules, the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and the absurd cost of...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Taxation, Politics, Elections, Internal Revenue Service

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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.
    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: Legal Services, Taxation, U.S. Congress, Politics, Tea Party Movement

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| AP Missouri

  3. Latest Missouri news, sports, business and entertainment

    CONCEALED WEAPONS Mo. bill would let sheriffs print gun permits JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers want county sheriffs rather than the state Revenue Department to print concealed weapons permits. The Senate passed legislation 24-5...

    Tags: Agriculture, Anheuser-Busch, Taxation, Laws, Politics

    4. May 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs

    — House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition rates continue to rise.
    — House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...

    Tags: John J Cullerton, Politics, Northbrook, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    5. May 13, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  5. They're not booing, they're saying "Loooooou." Or maybe they are booing.

    Change of Subject
    Sunday we published a muscular attack on our own editorial board penned by Democratic State Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie: For years the editorial page has loudly bellowed for and against Illinois pension proposals and petulantly insulted and denigrated...
    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a confused staff and lax oversight.
    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...

    Tags: Taxation, U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Politics

    7. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Jerry Brown urges UC to stress graduating students in 4 years

    SACRAMENTO — The graduation rates of UC students came under more scrutiny Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown urged administrators and faculty to prod more undergraduates to earn a degree in four years, not six.
    SACRAMENTO — The graduation rates of UC students came under more scrutiny Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown urged administrators and faculty to prod more undergraduates to earn a degree in four years, not six. Brown recently proposed giving UC and Cal...

    Tags: Politics, Students, Career and Workplace, Jerry Brown, Government

    8. May 15, 2013 |Story| Burbank Leader

  8. Burbank employee raises to save city money via higher pension contributions

    Roughly 100 Burbank employees are slated to receive raises this coming fiscal year after a city-commissioned survey showed their salaries were well below average when compared to those in a dozen other local cities, officials said. Officials say the move...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Google Inc., Health and Safety at Work

    9. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers

    About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers.
    About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...

    Tags: Employees, AFL-CIO, Politics, Newspapers, California Public Employees' Retirement System

    10. May 14, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  10. Washington Co. Commissioners agree to amend employee pensions, hire deputies

    Prior to passing its proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budgets Tuesday, the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved two measures to amend its employee pension program and institute a funding mechanism to allow the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to hire four additional deputies.
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    Prior to passing its proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budgets Tuesday, the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved two measures to amend its employee pension program and institute a funding mechanism to allow the Washington County Sheriff’s...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Job Layoffs

    11. May 14, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Don't demonize teachers

    As the Illinois pension crisis has heated up, harsh and vitriolic blame for the mess has often been directed at Illinois’ public workers—especially teachers. The teachers have been labeled as intractable, lazy fat cats who manipulated...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Teachers, Politics, Earnings, Teaching and Learning

    12. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Taxation, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Tea Party Movement, Politics

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