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Michael Bloomberg donates $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the Los Angeles school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge the already sizable war chest of the Coalition for School Reform,...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Michelle Rhee, Michael Bloomberg, Elections, Human Interest
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg gives $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the L.A. school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge an already sizable warchest of the Coalition for School Reform, a political...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Michelle Rhee, Michael Bloomberg, Elections, Human Interest
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Rival marijuana measures thrown into the electoral pot
Dozens of medical marijuana activists rallied outside Los Angeles City Hall last week, declaring war on an enemy. Their target was not the federal government, whose agents raided several local dispensaries in recent days, or neighborhood groups trying...
Tags: Bill Rosendahl, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Justice System, Paul Koretz
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L.A.'s million trees, more or less
Nearly seven years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa launched a program to plant 1 million trees. Since then, the city has planted more than 400,000 trees — in fact, 407,000 and counting. So is the program a success or a failure? As...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving
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With memorials and silent moments, Boston victims are honored
MEDFORD, Mass. — She was remembered for her smile. Outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Krystle Campbell's second-grade teacher reached into her black purse Monday and pulled out a class picture from April 1991 — 21 sweet, gawky children,...
Tags: Rituals, Stock Market, Lu Lingzi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, James Rainey
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Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...
Tags: Harry Reid, Corporate Crime, Anti Trust Crime, Ron Wyden, Amazon.com Inc.
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In final budget, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for reversing cuts to city services
Ten weeks before he leaves office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday offered a $7.7-billion budget that would begin reversing years of cuts to basic city services such as tree trimming and sidewalk repairs while avoiding employee layoffs...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Public Employees, Government, Job Layoffs
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Jim DeMint: Still wrong on online sales taxes
When he was a senator representing South Carolina, Jim DeMint argued that collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases was an impermissible form of taxation without representation. He's continuing this meme in his new role as head of the Heritage...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Heritage Foundation, Mike Enzi, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Walmart
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Wendy Greuel's support of insiders runs counter to her outsider message
Since retooling her campaign message last month, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel has gone on the offensive against City Hall, telling audiences that the place is mired in mediocrity and needs to "return to a time of strong leadership." "We must change...
Tags: Kevin James, Political Fundraising, Antonio Villaraigosa, Paul Koretz, Wendy Greuel
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Ex-Mayor Bradley, Aja Brown leading in Compton race
Initial election results in Compton's hotly contested race for mayor showed former Mayor Omar Bradley — whose 2004 conviction on corruption charges was overturned by an appeals court last year — heading into a runoff with political newcomer...Tags: Political Corruption, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Voting, Elections, Politics
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L.A. County says proposed budget marks emergence from austerity
Los Angeles County officials overseeing the nation's largest local government unveiled a budget proposal Monday that they said marks the beginning of an emergence from years of austerity. The $24.7-billion spending plan calls for no major cuts and...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, Lee Baca, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Job Layoffs
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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: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer
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