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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
Tags: Politics, Eric Garcetti, Students, Education, London School of Economics
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L.A. Votes: Mayoral candidates skip overt attacks, focus on education
After months of slashing at each other's integrity and trustworthiness, mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti largely put aside their differences with one week left before the May 21 election as they supported non-controversial education...
Tags: Politics, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Unified School District, AEG, Wendy Greuel
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Sheriff Lee Baca gets another challenger for 2014 race
Another challenger has joined the race to unseat Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca. Patrick Gomez – a newly retired sheriff’s lieutenant who has twice run for sheriff unsuccessfully – announced his candidacy this week. The three-...
Tags: Politics, Lee Baca, FBI
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jerry Brown records phone message for L.A. candidate Mike Feuer
California Gov. Jerry Brown has weighed in on the bitter battle for the Los Angeles city attorney post in next week’s election. In a recorded phone message to city voters, the governor says that City Atty. Carmen Trutanich’s attacks on...
Tags: Government, Politics, Jerry Brown, Mike Feuer, Carmen Trutanich
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Medical marijuana: Measure D still the best choice
Way at the bottom of Tuesday’s ballot are three confusing propositions -- Measures D, E and F -- that have to do with medical marijuana. Voters can’t be blamed if they feel frustrated and unsure of what to do when confronted by three...
Tags: Politics, Health Treatments, Voting, Same-Sex Marriage, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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The real IRS scandal
It's strange how "scandal" gets defined these days in Washington. At the moment, everyone is screaming about the "scandal" of the Internal Revenue Service scrutinizing conservative nonprofits before granting them tax-exempt status. Here are the...
Tags: Politics, Gun Control, Sheldon Adelson, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pro-Garcetti 'super PAC' attacks Greuel for once being Republican
A new Spanish-language television ad attacking Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel for being registered as a Republican during the Pete Wilson years is drawing push-back from her campaign. The 30-second commercial, which was produced by a...
Tags: Politics, Telemundo (tv network), Parties and Movements, Immigration, Primaries
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Q & A: Your one-stop guide to the IRS tea-party 'scandal' [video chat]
It can be hard to figure out any Washington "scandal" without a scorecard, and harder when it involves an opaque agency such as the IRS. That's the case with one of the scandals du jour, which revolves around the IRS' scrutiny of political organizations...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements
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Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....
Tags: Government, Politics, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Afghanistan, India
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry
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Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress. The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...
Tags: Government, Politics, Comedy Central (tv network), Internal Revenue Service, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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