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Obama's gift to pay-frozen federal workers: Take Christmas Eve off
WASHINGTON -- 'Twas the day before Christmas and all across the federal government, workers were enjoying an extra day off after President Obama issued an executive order closing offices Monday and excusing all but postal service employees from duty....
Tags: Government, Politics, White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Letters: Pension reform without the politics
Re "Riordan drops plan for pensions," Nov. 27 Los Angeles desperately needs to reform its public employee retirement system, with or without former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan's ballot measure. Riordan and the public employee union leaders who trashed...
Tags: Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Local Elections
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Ex-Cudahy official gets probation, not prison, in pot bribe case
L.A. NOWA former official in the southeast Los Angeles County city of Cudahy was sentenced to five years probation Monday -- far less than the prison term prosecutors recommended -- for his part in taking $17,000 in bribes from a man...... -
California state workers committed bribery, mail fraud, auditor says
PolitiCalCalifornia state workers cited by auditor for misconduct... -
Unions hail demise of Riordan pension-reform ballot measure effort
L.A. NOWRepresentatives of Los Angeles city labor unions on Monday hailed the announcement that former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan had pulled the plug on his ballot measure to roll back pension benefits for city employees, calling it an expensive and poorly... -
Are state workers overpaid?
PolitiCalThe high salaries earned by California state workers have long rankled voters, who are again being asked to raise their taxes in November. The average California government employee earned $70,777 in 2011. That’s nearly $16,000 more than the... -
Gov. Brown to share details on public employee pension deal
L.A. NOWGov. Jerry Brown will fly to Los Angeles Tuesday to spell out the terms of a deal to cut costs to the state’s pension system that was brokered this week by Democrats and the state’s elected officials.... -
Public employees loud in criticism of pension overhaul by Democratic allies
PolitiCalPublic employee unions dislike some of the pension overhaul plan.... -
L.A. Now Live: Discuss Jerry Brown's new pension plan
L.A. NOWThe Times' Sacramento Bureau reporter Anthony York will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to discuss details of Gov. Jerry Brown's new pension plan. The plan, announced Tuesday, would rein in public pension costs by raising the retirement age, capping benefits... -
California unions assail public pension changes
PolitiCalAs Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday aimed at overhauling the state's overburdened public pension system, he acknowledged that further action may be needed in the future, saying "government, like a battleship in the ocean, turns slowly." Labor... -
Pension rollback passed by Los Angeles City Council
L.A. NOWLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to roll back retirement benefits of newly hired employees won fina approval Friday, despite opposition from an array of labor leaders across Southern California. The City Council cast its second and final vote... -
Seven sentenced in bribery scheme at Navy base
L.A. NOWFour former government workers and three defense contractors were sentenced in San Diego federal court Tuesday for their roles in a bribery scheme involving Navy warplanes being repaired at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado....
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