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Democrats gain big in Legislature
Democrats were within striking distance of a supermajority in the state Senate late Tuesday, and were drawing near in the Assembly as well, moving the party closer to unilateral power to raise taxes. The potential gains, a result of sweeping changes...
Tags: Politics, Richard Alarcon, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Abel Maldonado
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California Democrats Emerge More Powerful After Election
Los Angeles TimesSACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown and his fellow Democrats are on the cusp of a coveted supermajority in both the Assembly and Senate, giving them the rare power to raise taxes without any Republican support. No single party has held such a supermajority in...Tags: Brian P. Bilbray, Public Finance, Personal Income, Labor Legislation, Steve Cooley
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GOP Retains Grip on U.S. House of Representatives
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to Republicans,...Tags: Carol Shea-Porter, Prosecution, Political Candidates, Steve King, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Recapping The Times' election endorsements
President: Barack Obama. The president's accomplishments during his first four years — steadying the economy, rescuing the automobile industry and winning passage of measures to stimulate the economy, crack down on financial industry abuses and...
Tags: Personal Income, Vehicles, Labor Legislation, Julia Brownley, Safety of Citizens
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Janice Hahn in the 44th District
As the June primary for the newly created 44th Congressional District approached, Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) was already fighting for her political life. She was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly pressuring...
Tags: Politics, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Los Angeles International Airport, Democratic Party
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USS Iowa Opens as a Public Museum
KTLA NewsSAN PEDRO, Calif. (KTLA) -- After more than 50 years in service, the public can now walk aboard the decks of the USS Iowa. The ship opened as a floating museum Saturday at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. General admission ticket cost $18....Tags: Winston Churchill, U.S. Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Iran, Europe
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Lessons for California in Tuesday's vote
Ah, the smart money. It said Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich might walk away with a win in the district attorney's race Tuesday, even without a November runoff. Turns out the smart money was just big money and not all that smart after all....
Tags: Isadore Hall, III, Politics, Parties and Movements, Betsy Butler, Alan Jackson
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Battleship Iowa heads to permanent home on San Pedro waterfront
L.A. NOWJust after 3 p.m. Saturday, the battleship Iowa got underway on its final, 3.4 nautical mile journey through Los Angeles Harbor on its way to becoming a floating museum.... -
Last suspect in Cheryl Green hate-crime murder gets 238 years
L.A. NOWThe last defendant in the hate-crime killing of 14-year-old Cheryl Green was sentenced Wednesday to 238 years to life in prison.... -
Hahn-Richardson congressional primary just the first round
PolitiCalWith just two candidates on the primary ballot for a newly drawn Los Angeles County congressional seat, the only real question that Tuesday's voting would settle was how wide a margin separated Democratic Reps. Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson as they... -
Times endorsements: Janice Hahn in the 44th
The newly created 44th Congressional District sprawls from San Pedro to Watts and across to South Gate. Its many blue-collar communities have been hard hit by the economic downturn and share a need for jobs, safe and affordable housing, and a...
Tags: Elections, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Religion and Belief, Jane Harman
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Linda Parks for 26th Congressional District
California's redistricting reforms of 2008 and 2010 took crucial boundary drawing power away from political parties and gave it to an independent commission. The "top two" initiative of 2010 snatched the primaries away from the parties by awarding the...
Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Julia Brownley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Elections
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