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Kingsley Guy: Florida still needs election changes
This year, the Legislature enacted "ethics reform" in an effort to improve Florida's political climate. That's all well and good, but it's time now for lawmakers and the electorate to consider far-reaching structural reforms to upgrade Sunshine State...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Crime, Law and Justice, Bob Graham, New Hampshire Primary, Executive Branch
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Two Franklin County townships to vote on referendum questions in upcoming election
waynesboro@herald-mail.comMost Franklin County, Pa., voters headed to the polls Tuesday will be making choices in local races, but voters from Montgomery and Warren townships also have referendum questions about allowing activities in their municipalities. In Warren Township,...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Elections, Primaries, Referenda, Politics
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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Alex Martins, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Human Interest, Justice System
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Area woman becomes United Way manager
Daily American Staff Writer"I love United Way," Lladel Lichty said. "It is such a quality organization. I'm amazed at what we do and how we're threaded throughout the community." Lichty has been working at United Way of the Laurel Highlands for just seven months, but she's already...Tags: American Cancer Society, United Way , AMC (tv network), Leukemia, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Barbs fly over campaign spending in Lower Macungie
Republican candidates battling for seats on Lower Macungie's Board of Commissioners are trading last-minute barbs over campaign contributions and how those donations have been reported leading up to Tuesday's primary. Challengers Ron Beitler and Brian...Tags: Voting, Elections, Brian Higgins, Services and Shopping, Primaries
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Parties and Movements, Justice System
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L.A. Votes: Villaraigosa weighs in; final vote tally may take weeks
The election to select Los Angeles' next mayor is Tuesday. But a combination of factors – the large number of Angelenos voting by mail, the apparent tightness of the race and the city clerk’s ballot-counting process – means that the...
Tags: Voting, Dennis P. Zine, Elections, Eric Garcetti, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
Tags: Theft, Parties and Movements, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Executive Branch, Government
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More to a candidate than campaign money or being a professional politician
Michael Dresser's recent article, "Brown to launch run for governor" (May 10), was very troubling. For example, an implication is made that the only credible candidates in the election are those who have big, fat finance accounts. In addition, Mr. Dresser...
Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, Politics, Government
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: PTA, Cruise Ship Jobs, Colleges and Universities, Eric Garcetti, Port of Los Angeles
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The real IRS scandal
It's strange how "scandal" gets defined these days in Washington. At the moment, everyone is screaming about the "scandal" of the Internal Revenue Service scrutinizing conservative nonprofits before granting them tax-exempt status. Here are the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Parties and Movements, Human Interest
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With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
May 19, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 18, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 18, 2013
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May 12, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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