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Green Party candidate: 'It's time to bail out the students'
Offering what she called a “green New Deal,” Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein delivered a speech Thursday at Woodbury University in Burbank that focused on jobs, education and the economy. While President Franklin D....
Tags: Politics, Small Businesses, Child Development, Teaching and Learning, Elections
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Green Party candidate offers "green New Deal" during speech in Burbank
Offering what she called a “green New Deal,” Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein delivered a speech at Woodbury University in Burbank on Thursday that focused on jobs, education and the economy. While President Franklin D....
Tags: Politics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Democrats Berman, Sherman step up fight over GOP supporters
If the spectacle of two career Democratsgoing at it over bragging rights to Republican support seems odd to you, blame it on California’s new elections system, which sent some candidates from the same party to duke it out in the fall. Those...
Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Los Angeles Times, Elections, Jean Merl
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Democratic activist dies of lung cancer
Roz Teller, a local Democratic activist, died Aug. 31 after a short battle with lung cancer. She was a member of the Los Angeles Democratic Party Central Committee, serving on the resolutions and judicial interview committees. She was also a member of...Tags: Lung Cancer, Politics, Lungs and Airways, Democratic Party
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Howard Berman campaign to gain two GOP senators' support
Rep. Howard Berman, gripped in a tough reelection battle with fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman for the same San Fernando Valley congressional district seat, is expected to get endorsements Monday from two prominent Republican U.S. senators. Sens. John...
Tags: Politics, Brad Sherman, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Democratic Party
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Think Again: California incumbents face a new challenge
It’s going to be a fun-filled year ahead as we try to figure out where we are going as a country, as a state and as local communities. If we’ve seen any lesson thus far, even with the early Iowa Republican Caucus, every vote counts. In Iowa,...Tags: Politics, Rick Santorum, Mike Gatto, Government, Elections
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Political Landscape: Locals win Truman Awards
Three recipients of this year’s Truman Awards presented last weekend by the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley have local ties. The party is an umbrella organization made up of 27 area Democratic clubs, which names a top volunteer each...Tags: Politics, Barbara Boxer, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party
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GOP says 'L.A. is in play'
Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman and even Sen. Scott Brown — the Republican who shocked the political world in January by winning the Massachusetts Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy — have walked into a Magnolia Boulevard headquarters for the...Tags: Politics, Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan, Carly Fiorina, Elections
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Lawmakers have a week left — and much unsettled
— State lawmakers went home to march in holiday parades this weekend, leaving behind a full dance card that looks a lot like the one they put together when they started in January: pension reform, gun control, gambling expansion and a budget....
Tags: Politics, John J Cullerton, Michael Madigan, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Lehigh Valley low turnout thwarts democracy
I was a William F. Buckley Jr. devotee, not a hippie, as a high school student of the '60s. Still, even we young conservatives took note of the era's peace/love posters and their message, "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?" Tuesday offered us a...Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Macungie, Local Elections
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What's 'intentional' in redistricting is still being defined
TALLAHASSEE – Florida's redistricting fight may be years away from a conclusion, but there are important rules of the road that are being established. Florida's courts are in the midst of defining for decades how to implement new "Fair Districts"...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Politics, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Retired teacher to challenge Donchez for Bethlehem mayor
Valley 610The day after Bob Donchez won the Democratic nomination for Bethlehem Mayor, a retired teacher announced his intention to challenge him this fall. Bruce Sigmon alerted the media that he will be filing a petition in June to get on the November ballot as an...
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