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A to-do list for L.A.'s next mayor
Tackle real problems By Austin Beutner Only 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the recent primary elections. And convenience didn't seem to be the issue, since only about a third of those who were sent vote-by-mail ballots bothered to fill in...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Realty, Social Issues, Business, Environmental Issues
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Oakland Mills principal inspires students by example
The class at Oakland Mills High School was English for Speakers of Other Languages, which meant the students were accustomed to hearty doses of vocabulary. Even so, they appeared taken aback when Principal Frank Eastham laced his motivational speech...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Howard County, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Ellicott City
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Prices, Elections, Washington, DC, Altria Group, Inc., Career and Workplace
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Michgan lawmakers far apart on cutting caseworkers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday approved vastly different plans to fund public assistance for the poor and protect children from abuse and neglect, with a House panel voting to cut more than 1,000 state jobs, or nearly 9...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Judges, Republican Party
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Mental Health, Biofuels, Prisons, Manufacturing and Engineering, Renewable Energy
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Mail Call - April 10
“I’d like to make a comment about HCC naming the court for Coach Jim Brown. I was fortunate and blessed and privileged to be a player for him in basketball, and he not only showed me the best way to play basketball, but he also taught me...Tags: American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, The Herald-Mail, Easter
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Don't believe media: Sequester already causing real pain
Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception. Among reporters inside the Beltway, the latest narrative,...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Hampton Roads, Government Debt, Budget Control Act of 2011, Palm Beach County
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Mail Call - April 8
“Here’s a question for all the Mail Call readers. Why does our country, being $16.5 trillion in the hole, keep giving all these other countries money? And they’re giving Egypt tanks, planes and $1.5 billion this year. It doesn’t...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Executive Branch, Anthony G. Brown
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Obama offers up a meaningless gesture
The president is voluntarily giving 5 percent of his yearly salary back to the U.S. Treasury in order to show solidarity with government workers forced to take unpaid leaves due to what he calls the catastrophic effects of the sequestration ("President'...Tags: Perry Hall, Section 8 (housing)
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Senate Democrats, GOP to stage votes on rival cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any resulting inconvenience or disruption in government services....Tags: NASA, Elections, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011
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GOP primary voters not opposed to immigration reform
WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early...
Tags: Immigration, Elections, John McLaughlin, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Migration
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Shoppers may buy more fruit, veggies when prices dip
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cut fruit and vegetable prices in half and people will load up on them, according to a new study that suggests price regulation may play an important role in future public policy. "Many people argue that we should educate...Tags: Prices, Medical Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Pennsylvania, Weight
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