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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Government, Prisons, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Jerry Brown, Finance
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'Dell Tax Maneuver' could galvanize efforts to tweak Prop. 13
Stephanie Nordlinger, who lives in a modest Baldwin Hills tract home, has been reading with interest the news stories about computer magnate Michael Dell and his low, low property taxes. Last week, the Times reported that Dell has saved more than a...
Tags: Elections, Miramar, Tom Ammiano, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Appeals panel revives former inmate's suit against L.A. County
SAN FRANCISCO — A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of a jailhouse informant's perjured testimony may attempt to hold Los Angeles County liable for his 24 years in prison, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel...
Tags: Heroin, Prisons, Justice and Rights, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Home builders struggling to find enough construction workers
The real estate bust idled hundreds of thousands of construction workers. Now, with housing on the mend, builders are hiring again. Trouble is, many workers aren't coming back. Years of sporadic employment drove many from the industry. Incomes aren'...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Labor Legislation, Immigration, Career and Workplace, Realty
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9th Circuit allows wrongly convicted man to sue L.A. County
A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of a jailhouse informant’s perjured testimony  may attempt to hold Los Angeles County liable for his 24 years in prison, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...
Tags: Prosecution, Murder, Lawyers, Trials, Judges
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Lawsuit targets union fees collected from nonmember teachers
A conservative organization has joined with a group of California teachers in an effort to overturn laws that allow teacher unions to collect fees from those who don't want to be members. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Santa Ana, targets...Tags: Labor Legislation, Freedom of the Press, Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles International Airport, Trials
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Another way on California's prisons
Gov. Jerry Brown has made it clear how unhappy he is about having to produce a plan to reduce the inmate population of California's prisons by another 9,000. Under the 2011 realignment law, the state has already lowered the prisoner count by 43,000 by...
Tags: Government, Prisons, Conservation, Safety of Citizens, Jerry Brown
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Man convicted of spying in the U.S. is allowed to return to Cuba
MEXICO CITY -- A man convicted of spying in the U.S. for the Castro regime has been allowed to return to Cuba after more than a decade in an American prison, and on Monday he began the paperwork to make his homecoming permanent (link in Spanish). Rene...
Tags: Prisons, Cuba, U.S. Military, Crimes, Trials
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Basketball, Sports Illustrated, Discrimination, Football, Jason Collins
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'I'm gay': Jason Collins, L.A. native, hopes for best, plans for worst
NBA center and Harvard-Westlake School graduate Jason Collins came out Monday as the first active gay athlete in a major professional sport. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native who helped lead Harvard-Westlake to two state championships in the 1990s with...
Tags: National Football League, Chris Kluwe, Minnesota Vikings, Brendon Ayanbadejo, National Basketball Association
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Tribes' payday loans under scrutiny
A growing number of Indian tribes are getting into the payday loan business, saying they just want to raise revenue for their reservations while helping cash-strapped consumers nationwide. But federal officials suspect that, at least in some cases,...
Tags: Jeff Merkley, Financial and Business Services, Lifestyle and Leisure, Laws, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Sonia Sotomayor, Drug Trafficking, Misdemeanors, Prescription Drugs
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