Jim Brulte

Monday, January 21, 2013 – 10:45 a.m.

The California Republican Party is in shambles.

Let’s face it. It’s true!

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Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/20/2013 05:32:15 PM PST

The unions representing San Bernardino’s police and firefighters have agreed to nonbinding mediation with the city as part of its bankruptcy process, after months of stalled contract negotiations.

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Staff Reports
Posted: 01/20/2013 03:47:15 PM PST
Updated: 01/20/2013 06:23:26 PM PST

The Inland Empire’s legislative delegation is well-represented in committee assignments announced earlier this month. Several local members have been chosen for leadership positions on key panels.

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Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/20/2013 06:06:03 AM PST
Updated: 01/20/2013 05:47:34 PM PST

UPLAND – The city is on its way to hiring a finance manager to help keep track of city finances.

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By DON THOMPSON and JUDY LIN – Associated Press
Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 | 12:33 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers adjourned Friday for the long holiday weekend, but they will keep getting daily expense payments even while they’re not in Sacramento.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

Mention “tax reform” to a liberal Democrat, and the talk immediately turns to raising more revenues. Mention it to a conservative Republican, and he or she sees it as a way to cut taxes.

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By Rosalind S. Helderman,
Published: January 20

As President Obama begins his second term, he faces a difficult, if familiar, conundrum: Much of the ambitious agenda he has laid out for the next four years requires action from a sometimes hostile Congress.

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