Monday, December 22, 2014 – 10:45 a.m.
The recent killings of peace officers, two in New York City and one in Florida, have spurred the issuance of officer safety bulletins across the nation.
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Archive for December 22nd, 2014
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 12/21/14, 3:58 PM PST |
Combined, San Bernardino County Assessor Dennis Draeger and Assistant Assessor Dan Harp have put in nearly 75 years of public service to the county.
And now, they are retiring.
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By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 12/21/14, 7:35 PM PST |
The Inland Empire’s housing market — dormant for the better part of the past decade — appears to be stirring, with new construction sites sprouting throughout the region, and sales are underway in the first post-recession development in Ontario’s ambitious New Model Colony, where as many as 50,000 new homes are expected to be built over the next 20 years.
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By Bob Egelko
Monday, December 22, 2014
The furor over the non-indictments of white police officers for killing unarmed black men in Missouri and New York has led to widespread calls for states to take such cases away from local district attorneys, who work with police every day and often depend on their support for re-election.
By Ed Mendel
December 22, 2014
The debt or “unfunded liability” state Controller John Chiang reported last week for state worker retiree health care, $72 billion, is larger than the unfunded liability for state worker pensions reported by CalPERS in April, $50 billion.
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Filed under: Budget, CalPERS, CalSTRS, Cities, Counties, Finance, In the News, Local Government, Pension Funds, Pensions, State of California
By David Knowles
Dec 21, 2014 – 3:50 PM PST
If not for President Obama signing 61 bills into law late last week, a new heir to the title of “Do-Nothing Congress” would have been named.
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Filed under: Democrats, In the News, Politics, Republicans, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times
Monday, December 22, 2014
Republicans say they have the will to bring down Obamacare — and many are eyeing a little-known, little-used budget too called “reconciliation” to do so.
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Filed under: Healthcare, In the News, Politics, Republicans, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate