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Allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries
Many have criticized a recent proposal to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will be 18 by the general election. A major misconception is that more “uninformed” teenagers will be voting in the elections. Regardless of...Tags: Politics, Primaries, Elections
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CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history
Tribune reportersMonths of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....Tags: Walter Burnett, Jr., Richard M. Daley, Ryerson Incorporated, Garfield Park, Separation of Church and State
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
MICHIGAN BUDGET-EDUCATION Michigan budget panel OKs fund boost for colleges LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's community colleges and universities could receive roughly 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year. Republican-led conference...Tags: Theft, Murder, Accidental Death, Arts and Culture, Rick Snyder
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House Approves Driver's Licenses For Undocumented
The Hartford CourantFollowing a debate that stretched on for more than seven and a half hours, the state House of Representatives approved a bill just after dawn on Thursday that offers undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a Connecticut driver's license. The...Tags: Migration, Waterbury, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Elections, Career and Workplace
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Garfield Park, Separation of Church and State, Francis Scott Key, Chicago Teachers Union
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Lawmaker has solution to low voter turnout in Los Angeles
A state lawmaker has a possible answer to the dismal voter turnout in Los Angeles city elections. State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) said it was frustrating that only about 19% of eligible voters in Los Angeles turned out to the polls Tuesday to...
Tags: Norma J. Torres, Local Elections, Politics, Ben Hueso, Polls
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Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Social Organizations, Barack Obama, Roman Catholicism, Boy Scouts of America
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House Approves Undocumented Immigrant Drivers License Bill After All-Night Debate
Following a Republican filibuster that stretched on for more than seven and a half hours, the state House of Representatives approved a bill just after dawn on Thursday that offers undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a Connecticut drivers...Tags: Migration, Waterbury, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Elections, Career and Workplace
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Election Day
Blogging with Bill WhiteTurnout looked dismal this morning at my Lehigh County polling place. I suspect it will be the same story all over, although Northampton County Democrats and Lehigh County Republicans have some important choices before them. It's amazing to me that...... -
L.A. election: Greuel supporters say they want a woman in City Hall
Some voters who marked Wendy Greuel's name on their ballots Tuesday said they believe a female mayor would bring more change to City Hall. After casting her ballot, Nancy Jones sat in her car outside True Everfaithful Missionary Baptist Church in...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Eric Garcetti, Polls, Wendy Greuel
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L.A. mayor's race: It's Eric Garcetti by wide margin
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Three-term City Councilman Eric Garcetti's relentless campaigning paid off early Wednesday as he decisively won a hard-fought race to become Los Angeles' next mayor, scoring well with...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Eric Garcetti, Primaries, Wendy Greuel
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New L.A. law on medical marijuana shops faces hazy future
Los Angeles voters took regulation of the city's medical marijuana shops into their own hands Tuesday, embracing a ballot measure to sharply reduce the number of dispensaries in the city. But as in all things related to pot policy, the future of the new...
Tags: Lawyers, Politics, Litigation and Regulation, Health Treatments, Litigation
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