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California lawmaker proposes to limit out-of-state freshmen at UC
PolitiCalSen. Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) wants to limit out-of-state freshman admissions to UC campuses.... -
JPMorgan CEO may lose chairman post amid trading loss fallout
NEW YORK — Jamie Dimon faces his toughest personal challenge yet in the aftermath of the bank's $2-billion trading loss — JPMorgan Chase & Co. shareholders might strip the charismatic chief executive of his post as board chairman.
With the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Christopher Dodd, Shareholders
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A 'war on women' at L.A. City Hall?
In a twist on a theme that has flared up on the national political stage, labor unions representing Los Angeles city workers are accusing Democratic Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of waging war against women, saying most of his proposed layoffs would hit jobs...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Public Employees, Career and Workplace, Jan Perry
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Drug testing of state employees: Federal judge says no to Florida
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s attempt to force drug testing on state workers has been blocked by a federal judge, the latest development in a case seen as a bellwether for similar efforts involving employees and those receiving social service or welfare...Tags: Republican Party, Civil and Public Service, American Civil Liberties Union, Labor Markets, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Police plan would take officers from parks, libraries
A plan to expand the Los Angeles Police Department by adding public safety officers from another city agency would leave 37 fewer officers to patrol the city's libraries, parks, buildings and zoo, officials said Friday. Under the proposal, which drew...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Police Department, Budgets and Budgeting
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Healthcare-law supporters, protesters gather outside Supreme Court
The twin Vermont marble statues Contemplation of Justice and Guardian of Law stood watch over a makeshift encampment at the bottom of the Supreme Court steps today, as the sun rose on the first day of arguments in a historic case on the Obama...
Tags: Laws, Lymphoma, Healthcare Laws, Career and Workplace, Judges
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Pete Wilson endorses in area congressional race
PolitiCalFormer Gov. Pete Wilson endorses former Rep. Steven T. Kuykendall. Rep. Janice Hahn gets more labor endorsements.... -
Lawyers, labor, leaders rally for court funding
Opinion L.A.A campaign by attorneys and labor and business leaders to restore funding to state courts is beginning to get some attention, and it's about time. As The Times notes in an editorial Tuesday, courts stand apart because of their essential...... -
Jerry Brown takes in more cash for his initiative to hike taxes
PolitiCalCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has reported another $485,000 for his tax-raising measure, bringing the total amount in his campaign account to more than $2.2 million. Brown is seeking to place a measure on the ballot that would raise taxes on...... -
'Super PACs' report donors for 2011
The new role that the super-rich play in electoral politics began to emerge with greater clarity Tuesday as recently formed "super PACs" publicly reported their donors and expenses for 2011.
Restore Our Future, the super PAC backing Mitt Romney's...Tags: Republican Party, Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements, Newt Gingrich, Charity
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UC and its largest union ratify labor agreement
L.A. NOWUniversity of California and its largest labor union reach agreement on a new labor contract. The union, AFSCME, represents some of the lowest-wage workers at the university system.... -
Firings at L.A. building department are up sharply, G.M. says
L.A. NOWThe L.A. Department of Building and Safety has fired 10 employees for wrongdoing so far this year -- five times the number who lost their jobs for such reasons over the past decade, the agency’s top executive said....
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