Bob Huff

The war for the political loyalties of California college students is heating up, with Republicans making a bid for campus support in a letter to student leaders. The letter, released Thursday, tells students that Democrats aren’t looking out for...

Two bills dealing with teacher sexual misconduct are making their way through the state Legislature, with each passing a key hurdle Wednesday. One bill passed the state Senate Education Committee, and separate legislation moved through state Assembly...

Two bills intended to streamline teacher discipline got a mixed response in the California Legislature on Wednesday. One of the bills, sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), cleared the Senate Education Committee, while the other, from Senate...

Glendale Unified officials on Tuesday voiced support for increasing the teacher probationary period from two years to three, a move teachers unions argue would besiege a profession already under attack. The conversation mirrored those taking place at...

How long does it take to recognize whether a newly hired teacher is a long-term asset? That is the debate currently moving through five local school districts where board members are considering resolutions in support of increasing the teacher...

The four things Republicans want from the California budget....

Thumbs up  - To efforts by some dedicated local physicians to end the shortage of doctors in the Imperial Valley. Area doctors work long and hard to provide patients with quality care, but there simply aren’t enough of them, particularly for...

Last time a California governor asked voters for a tax increase, Sen. Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) offered his support. That won’t be the case this time. Huff, whose district includes the Montrose Shopping Park and parts of La Crescenta, said this week...

Local representatives turned in a lot of paperwork leading up to the Feb. 18 deadline for California lawmakers to submit legislation for the 2011-12 session. The four lawmakers who represent all or parts of Glendale, Burbank and La Cañada Flintridge...

Foothills residents want their legislative districts to make more sense. That’s the message the California Citizens Redistricting Commission heard at meetings last month in San Gabriel and San Fernando. The 14-member commission is traveling the...

California lawmakers may have thousands of reasons to pass a state budget on time, something they have done only four times in the last 21 years. Proposition 25, approved by the voters in 2010, docks the pay of state legislators for every day the...