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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: David Koch, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Unemployment, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections
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California Democrats blast efforts to overhaul schools
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday condemned efforts led by members of their own party to overhaul the nation's schools, arguing that groups such as StudentsFirst and Democrats for Education Reform are fronts for Republicans and corporate...
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Academic Progress, Teachers, Kevin Johnson, Same-Sex Marriage
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Senate pares back select committees after years of criticism
Just before the Legislature broke for its spring break this week, Senate leaders took steps to rein in the number of select committees, which in the past have been used to pad the payroll, sometimes with political cronies, but with few or no meetings....
Tags: Darrell Steinberg, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Coccidioidomycosis , Politics
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Tom Morello to rage against Prop. 32
PolitiCalTom Morello has found a new target to rage against: Proposition 32. The former guitarist for Rage Against the Machine will join veteran activist super-group Crosby, Stills & Nash in Los Angeles next week to raise awareness and money to...... -
Bid to curb union spending gets big Democratic backer
PolitiCalProposition 32 just got a big Democratic voice. Former state Sen. Gloria Romero, a Los Angeles Democrat, announced her support this week for the November ballot measure that would ban the practice of political contribution by payroll deduction, the... -
Democrat takes on teachers union in Prop. 32 ad
PolitiCalA former Democratic lawmaker takes on California's largest teachers union in a new ad for Proposition 32, the November ballot measure that promises to eliminate special-interest money in politics. In a two-minute Web video posted on YouTube this week,... -
Newton: A.J. Duffy in exile
A.J. Duffy is, at least for the moment, a man without a country. He led United Teachers Los Angeles, the union that represents teachers in the nation's second-largest school district, for six bruising years, tussling with the mayor and several...
Tags: Eli Broad, Teachers, Employment Opportunities, Jim Newton, Teaching and Learning
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Newton: A split among Democrats
Gloria Romero is a Democrat. She was elected to the California Assembly as a Democrat and later to the state Senate. She served as Democratic leader of the Senate, the first woman to do so. Ben Austin is a Democrat too. He worked in the White House...
Tags: Elections, Teachers Unions, Teachers, Unions, Teaching and Learning
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Teachers unions' clout in question
Teachers unions have a well-deserved reputation for exercising political clout. With a nearly unparalleled ability to raise cash and organize their ranks, they have elected school boards, influenced legislation and helped set the public school agenda in...Tags: Stanford University, Academic Progress, Unions, Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace
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Police union issues strong rebuttal to state Sen. Romero's remarks on Jamines shooting
L.A. NOWThe union representing Los Angeles police officers lashed out Monday with an unusually personal, strongly worded retort to comments by state Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) regarding a recent fatal shooting by an LAPD officer. In an interview over the.... -
It's a stadium, not an environmental precedent
Sometime this week or next, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign a bill allowing construction of a new, privately financed professional football stadium in the east San Gabriel Valley's City of Industry. The measure, which easily cleared the... -
Legislators back Polanski extradition, saying 'no one is above the law'
L.A. NOWFifteen California lawmakers have written a letter in support of the extradition of Roman Polanski to Los Angeles, saying the effort makes an important statement about the seriousness of domestic violence. State Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) and...
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