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Grassley asks Penny Pritzker pointed questions about off-shore holdings
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, nominated to lead the Commerce Department, was on the receiving end Monday of pointed questions from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who wrote to her seeking more details about subjects including the $53.6...Tags: Gaming, Entertainment, U.S. Senate, Chuck Grassley, Politics
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Israeli politician says two-state solution is at a 'dead end'
JERUSALEM — The idea of a Palestinian state is at a "dead end," the Mideast conflict is an intractable problem and Israel has "to live with it," Israel's economy minister said Monday in some of the bluntest comments yet by a member of the country'...
Tags: Israel, Peace Negotiations, Government, Religion and Belief, Politics
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Jesse Jackson Jr.: If we both go to prison, I want to go first
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Lawyers for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who will be sentenced July 3 for looting his campaign treasury of about $750,000, said Monday that if both Jackson and his wife, Sandi Jackson, are sent to prison, he’d like to serve...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Prosecution, Punishment, Prisons, Chicago City Council
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Common Cause leader announces run for Secretary of State
The newest candidate for California Secretary of State said Tuesday that the FBI investigation of state Sen. Ronald Calderon (D-Montebello) might be a wake-up call for the need to tighten campaign-finance and gift laws. Derek Cressman, former regional...
Tags: Justice System, Ron Calderon, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, FBI
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Preckwinkle to announce re-election campaign
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will launch her re-election bid Tuesday, saying she wants another four years to try to reform the way the county locks up adult and juvenile criminal defendants and to get more people out to the forest...
Tags: Finance, Chicago Elections, Rahm Emanuel, Juvenile Delinquency, Local Elections
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Sheriff hires ex-aides to Ken Jenne and Roger Stone
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel plucked two more people from the world of politics and hired them at Broward Sheriff's Office. One of the new hires, Todd Wilder, is a political consultant who was chief of staff to disgraced former Sheriff Ken Jenne. The...
Tags: Miami Beach, Israel, Broward County, Pembroke Pines, Government
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Emanuel's 2 campaign funds have raked in a total of $557,600 since April 1
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has raised more than half a million dollars in campaign contributions since April 1, a display of fundraising prowess that demonstrates his focus on a re-election date nearly two years away. A significant chunk of the new money came...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Finance, Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Child's death makes no sense
Another child died in northern Indiana, a child who was supposed to have been protected by the system that recognized the danger she was in but couldn't deliver. All the well-intentioned speeches, fundraisers, donation drives, brochures and the pleas from...Tags: ABC (tv network), Pension and Welfare, Politics, International Military Interventions, Television Industry
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Three questions for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Sun SentinelU.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, which brought in President Barack Obama to raise money Wednesday night in Miami Beach. Florida Democrats have their big fundraising dinner Saturday night in...Tags: Conservation, Government, Environmental Issues, Politics, Executive Branch
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Our Laguna: Getting the people behind the canyon
Many people in town take for granted the greenbelt that surrounds Laguna. But it almost wasn't. The Laguna Beach Historical Society hosted an informative panel discussion in May at City Hall on the history of the negotiations and the historic election...
Tags: Local Elections, Tom Osborne, Paul Freeman, Politics, Elections
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Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...
Tags: Gun Control, Edward J Markey, Personal Weapon Control, Scott P. Brown, Politics
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We can swallow small tuition hike
Give Gov. Rick Scott credit for reining in runaway tuition hikes at Florida's public universities, increases that averaged 15 percent per year even during the Great Recession. Sensitive to the Sunshine State's ever-increasing cost of living, the...Tags: Government, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Inflation and Deflation, The Miami Herald
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