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Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative tops list of ballot measures
PolitiCalLet the campaigning begin. Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Monday assigned numbers to the 11 propositions that will appear on the November ballot, hours after a Sacramento Superior Court judge lifted a restraining order that had prevented her from...... -
It's time to reform our initiative system
Hiram Johnson, the revered reformer and father of the California "citizens" initiative, must be either crying or laughing. Maybe both. It was 101 years ago that Gov. Johnson, a former San Francisco graft prosecutor, teamed with other do-gooder...
Tags: Voting, Politics, Jerry Brown, Justice System, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Wisconsin governor beats recall: Republican Scott Walker retains office
Wisconsin’s embattled Republican governor, Scott Walker, has defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, according to early results and exit polls. The state has been a center of political controversy for...
Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Scott Walker, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Goldberg: The folly of recall elections
It should surprise no one that I'm opposed to the recall of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor whose fate will be decided Tuesday. But that's only in part because I support what he's been trying to do in the Badger State. I'm also against recalls as a...
Tags: Democratic Party, Scott Walker, Politics, Jerry Brown, Elections
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Billionaires buy Wisconsin recall election for Scott Walker
Surrounded by dozens of supporters at an evening campaign rally in Madison on May 30, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic candidate for governor in Wisconsin’s tumultuous recall election, had something encouraging to tell the crowd: The fact...
Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Scott Walker, Tea Party Movement, Banking
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Vote remains close on Prop. 29 tobacco tax ballot initiative
PolitiCalThe vote count for the June 5 tobacco tax ballot initiative remained tight Tuesday as elections officials across California continued tallying hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots. The measure, Proposition 29, was losing by 17,534 votes – or... -
Backers of Prop. 29 tobacco tax concede defeat
PolitiCalProponents of the tobacco tax initiative Proposition 29 conceded defeat Friday after weeks holding out hope that the measure would eke out a victory as elections officials across California tallied an estimated 1 million uncounted ballots.... -
Jerry Brown's tax measure faces legal challenge
PolitiCalA challenge to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposal by Pasadena attorney Molly Munger is set to be heard in Sacramento Superior Court.... -
L.A. County voters to decide on requiring condoms in porn
L.A. NOWA ballot measure asking Los Angeles County voters if porn actors should be required to wear condoms during filming has received enough signatures to qualify for the November 2012 election.... -
Campaign for part-time lawmakers continues to stall
PolitiCalThe campaign to make serving in California's Legislature a part-time job will probably have to completely reboot as its effort to gather support stumbles.... -
Labor groups express concern about California budget initiative
PolitiCalLabor groups are mounting a last-ditch effort to dissuade the group California Forward from placing on the November ballot a constitutional amendment to change the way California assembles its budget.... -
SEIU drops initiatives as part of California hospital accord
PolitiCalA labor union that pushed a pair of ballot measures to rein in excessive hospital billing and expand healthcare for the poor has dropped them -- in exchange for an agreement that, among other things, enlists the hospital industry in......
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