Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
By IE Business Daily
June 7, 2014
Democrat Pete Aguilar survived the race for second place to make the runoff against Republican Paul Chabot in the 31st Congressional Race.
Published: June 6, 2014 Updated: 10:46 p.m.
Two of the tightest Inland races from Tuesday’s primary election could be headed for recounts, as candidates hoping for a coveted November ballot spot have yet to concede.
To read story by Jeff Horseman in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
Published: June 6, 2014 Updated: 10:39 p.m.
Union-backed candidates and ballot measures don’t win every time in Riverside County, but this week’s district attorney race was a lesson in what drives unions to a candidate, and candidates to unions.
To read story by Richard K. De Atley in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 06/06/14, 7:50 PM PDT | Updated: 1 min ago
Another batch of votes added to the total Friday made it less likely though still statistically possible that Republican Lesli Gooch will knock Democrat Pete Aguilar out of the 31st Congressional District race, but already the campaigns are moving to the next stage.
June 6, 2014
A state agency has cleared Inland state Senate candidate Bonnie Garcia of any wrongdoing after a complaint alleged a phony nonprofit funneled about $100,000 to her from a police union.
To read post by Jeff Horseman in the P-E Political Empire Blog, click here.
By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 06/06/14, 11:22 PM PDT | Updated: 47 secs ago
UPLAND >> City leaders are hoping the third time’s the charm in its search to replace – on an interim basis – retiring City Manager Stephen Dunn. A third special closed session meeting will be held Monday afternoon to discuss the possible hiring of an interim city manager.
Seema Mehta, Phil Willon
June 6, 2014
GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari, who struggled to raise money in his primary bid, said Friday he would need to raise at least $20 million to compete with Gov. Jerry Brown in the fall.
Tiffany Hsu
June 6, 2014
Southern California fell harder in the recession than the rest of the country and took longer to recover, but now the region’s job gains are outpacing the national employment upswing.
By JONATHAN TOPAZ | 6/6/14 1:32 PM EDT
Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said she has not seen any evidence that the Taliban would have killed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl if details of an agreement had leaked, contrary to what Obama administration officials have said.