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BRIEFS: Wisconsin votes on governor recall, prompted stripping unions of power
Wisconsin holds recall targeting Gov. Scott Walker after more than a year of political turmoil MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Following a brief but bruising campaign, both sides of the recall election targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are prepared for...
Tags: Trials, Reed Krakoff, Barack Obama, The New York Times, Bill Clinton
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Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker beats back recall
Chicago TribuneGov. Scott Walker beat back a fierce recall effort Tuesday, ending a bitter campaign and gaining the upper hand in an ideological struggle over budget slashing and union power in Wisconsin. Democratic challenger Tom Barrett conceded the race shortly...Tags: Polls, Tom Barrett, Regional Authority, Government, Career and Workplace
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Wisconsin Gov. Walker Overcomes Recall Effort
Los Angeles TimesMILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, handily defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, surviving a recall contest that capped more than a year of political turmoil and deep division in...Tags: Polls, Tom Barrett, Government, Regional Authority, Los Angeles Times
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Wisconsin governor beats recall: Republican Scott Walker retains office
Wisconsin’s embattled Republican governor, Scott Walker, has defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, according to early results and exit polls. The state has been a center of political controversy for...Tags: Polls, Tom Barrett, Government, Regional Authority, Democratic Party
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Vote remains close on Prop. 29 tobacco tax ballot initiative
PolitiCalThe vote count for the June 5 tobacco tax ballot initiative remained tight Tuesday as elections officials across California continued tallying hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots. The measure, Proposition 29, was losing by 17,534 votes – or... -
Backers of Prop. 29 tobacco tax concede defeat
PolitiCalProponents of the tobacco tax initiative Proposition 29 conceded defeat Friday after weeks holding out hope that the measure would eke out a victory as elections officials across California tallied an estimated 1 million uncounted ballots.... -
Jerry Brown's tax measure faces legal challenge
PolitiCalA challenge to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposal by Pasadena attorney Molly Munger is set to be heard in Sacramento Superior Court.... -
L.A. County voters to decide on requiring condoms in porn
L.A. NOWA ballot measure asking Los Angeles County voters if porn actors should be required to wear condoms during filming has received enough signatures to qualify for the November 2012 election.... -
Campaign for part-time lawmakers continues to stall
PolitiCalThe campaign to make serving in California's Legislature a part-time job will probably have to completely reboot as its effort to gather support stumbles.... -
State board: Pension initiative is unfair to city unions
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- The California Public Employee Relations Board ruled Monday that a pension reform initiative set for the June ballot in the city of San Diego amounts to an unfair labor practice. The decision by the board will lead to a lawsuit to try to...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Laws, Government, Jerry Sanders
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Group works to prevent sex trafficking in Wichita
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIt's a world most of us know nothing about. "I've been out here since I was 14--just a bad family, you know," a homeless teenage girl says. An estimated 600 homeless 16 to 21-year-olds roam the streets of Wichita every night. And these teens on the...Tags: Emporia (Emporia, Virginia), Prostitution, Politics
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Immigrant advocates file suit to toss tuition referendum
The immigrant advocacy group Casa de Maryland asked a court Monday to toss out the referendum aimed at overturning the new law that extends in-state tuition breaks at Maryland's public colleges and universities to illegal immigrants. The widely...Tags: Trials, Laws, Referenda, American Civil Liberties Union, Career and Workplace
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