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Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...
Tags: Local Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Oaktree Capital Management, Career and Workplace, California Public Employees' Retirement System
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Jindal, Walker urge Obama to appoint special prosecutor in IRS targeting of conservatives
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican governors are urging President Barack Obama to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's admission that it targeted conservative political groups. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and...Tags: Republican Governors Association, Lawyers, Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Strike pits new Democrats against old friends
"If you can't make it here," many Chicagoans have told me over the years, "you can't make it anywhere." That's why educators, politicians and labor organizers across the nation are keeping a close eye on the city's teachers strike. For public workers'...
Tags: Unions, Parties and Movements, Government, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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Rosenthal: Perry tries to rustle Illinois business
Selling the grass as greener in his dusty, drought-plagued state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came to Chicago this week to paint his state as a commercial paradise and Illinois into a corner. Perry is out to poach Illinois businesses and jobs. He says it's...
Tags: The New York Times, Susana Martinez, Mary Fallin, Springfield, Illinois Governor
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Letters: The GOP's fresh faces
Re "The GOP's fantasy lineup," Opinion, April 7 It is hard to understand why political pundits talk about the demise of the Republican Party when it has such a strong group of future young leaders, as mentioned in Doyle McManus' column. To wit: Kentucky...Tags: Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Executive Branch, Joe Biden, Regional Authority
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Fiscal tug-of-war stalls Indiana voucher expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The timing would seem perfect for an expansion of school vouchers in Indiana, where the state's high court recently upheld the nation's broadest voucher law and the initiative enjoys broad support in one of the country's most...Tags: Students, Republican Party, Luke Kenley, Justice System, Government
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Obama advisor David Axelrod to publish Washington memoir
David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, is joining the list of one-time Obama administration officials who will be penning memoirs next year, Penguin Press has announced. Other Obama administration officials with books on the way...
Tags: Literature, David Axelrod, John F. Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, Barack Obama
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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Political Candidates, Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan, Government
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Can Jeb Bush save the GOP?
Amid the wreckage of the Mitt Romney presidential debacle and the Republican scramble to find a new savior, now comes ... yet another Bush! The ruminations of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, son of one former president and younger brother of another, on...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Republican Party, Government
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An odd push to privatize marriage
Should government get out of the business of defining marriage? That's not a new question. But as conservatives appear to be losing ground in the same-sex marriage debate, some are showing new interest in changing the rules. Wisconsin's Republican Gov....
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Marriage, Government
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Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan
Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan ALANNA DURKIN,Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan Republicans are pushing to ban local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave as cities in other...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Local Government, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Republican Party
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