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Kutztown University issues degrees
Reading Eagle, Pa.Kutztown University held spring commencement for more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students Saturday at two ceremonies in O'Pake Field House. Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, university president, presided over morning and afternoon sessions streamed...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Justice System, Graduation, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts
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League of Women Voters hear speakers on immigration reform
Reading Eagle, Pa.The League of Women Voters of Berks County invited two community leaders to its annual meeting to speak on one of nation's most pressing issues: immigration reform. The league welcomed Michael Toledo, executive director of the Daniel Torres Hispanic...Tags: Politics, Migration, Berks County, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Illegal Immigrants
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EDITORIAL: Sen. Mike Crapo's campaign loan scandal calls for further disclosure
The Idaho StatesmanThe Sen. Mike Crapo public file over the past six months is certainly a mixed bag of good, bad and "say what?" After more than two decades of serving admirably loyal constituencies that elected him to the Idaho Senate, the U.S. House of...Tags: Politics, Mike Crapo, Raul Labrador, U.S. House of Representatives, Political Fundraising
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Politicians' fingerprints all over city's housing problem
I remember a time when the state and local politicians got together and raised property taxes here in St. Joseph County. Because of this action, overnight, an entire industry was obliterated. The rental industry and the landlords were forced to walk...Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, Lobbying, Richard Nixon, Iraq
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Washington Notebook: Snowe recalls offer to play Joan of Arc
Portland Press Herald, MaineFormer Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe was all over the media landscape last week promoting her new book, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress." Snowe's suggestions on congressional reforms (among them open primaries and an...Tags: Target, Sexual Assault, Kohl's, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Assault
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Damage control again
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Bill Clinton, White House, George W. Bush, Labor Markets
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Grand Forks' Sen. Holmberg leads interim Legislative Management Committee
Grand Forks HeraldDespite grumbling from some conservative Republicans, Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he didn't seek the chairmanship of the Legislative Management Committee, which acts for the North Dakota Legislature between sessions, to deny the post to House...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Rich Wardner, North Dakota Legislature, Ray Holmberg
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Immigration reform to be subject of Latino Memphis round-table discussion
Commercial AppealWith his graduation from Kingsbury High School Saturday, Dante Bonilla became closer to his dream of being the first person in his family to attend college. The 18-year-old has received a full scholarship to Victory University in Memphis, where he plans...Tags: Lamar Alexander, Politics, Bob Corker, U.S. House of Representatives, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Jackson are GOP nominees
The Virginian-PilotVirginia Republicans last nominated an African American for statewide office in June 1988, when they picked Maurice Dawkins of Arlington County to challenge former Gov. Chuck Robb for U.S. Senate. History repeated itself Saturday as GOP activists tapped...Tags: Mark D. Obenshain, Politics, Abortion, Republican Party, Ken Cuccinelli
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Kingsley Guy: Florida still needs election changes
This year, the Legislature enacted "ethics reform" in an effort to improve Florida's political climate. That's all well and good, but it's time now for lawmakers and the electorate to consider far-reaching structural reforms to upgrade Sunshine State...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Lyndon B. Johnson, Elections
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Editorial: Conservatives should lead on immigration
If President Barack Obama delivers on his promise to sign meaningful immigration legislation in his second term, it could be because he wisely stayed out of the way while Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican with his eye on the White House, did the...Tags: Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, National Security, Republican Party, Personal Data Collection
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...
Tags: Politics, Panama, Broward County, U.S. House of Representatives, Miramar
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