Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 – 10:30 a.m.
The bankrupt city of San Bernardino has placed the dormant Carousel Mall up for sale.
By Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 01/13/15, 6:51 PM PST |
Colton officials have approved the hiring of a finance manager as part of the city’s effort to improve overseeing its finances.
By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 01/12/15, 10:25 PM PST | Updated: 40 secs ago
UPLAND >> The City Council on Monday night gave City Manager Rod Butler the approval to go forward with considering 15 remaining task force recommendations and a goal-setting workshop.
By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
01/13/2015 5:42 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown has reappointed Jodi Remke chairwoman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, his office said Tuesday.
dsiders@sacbee.com
01/14/2015 7:50 AM
The Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analyst on Tuesday called Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget a “prudent” spending plan, while noting that the proposal might underestimate state revenue by up to billions of dollars through June.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
01/13/2015 7:59 PM
As California’s economy continues its slow but steady recovery from the Great Recession, it will make balancing the state budget relatively easy, at least for another couple of years.
By Marc Lifsher
January 14, 2015
Amid concern over soaring retiree costs, the state’s nearly $300-billion public pension fund issued an annual report that showed solid investment gains.
Or the way Republicans could find themselves shut out of the general election altogether.
By Scott Bland
January 13, 2015
Democrats are far-and-away favored to keep Sen. Barbara Boxer’s California Senate seat when she retires in 2016. They may even be able to shut Republicans out of the general election altogether. But, with both parties still feeling their way through recent and radical changes to the state’s rules for primary races, Democratic insiders see a nightmare scenario in which they fumble away the seat before the general election even begins.
By Associated Press
January 13, 2015
WASHINGTON — The rapid hiring that made 2014 a stellar year for job gains is showing no sign of slowing down.
By Maura Dolan
January 14, 2015
A Sacramento federal judge prepares to decide whether to downgrade marijuana, but ruling’s reach is limited
By Michael Smolens
Jan. 13, 2015
Mitt Romney, who recently said he’s strongly considering a third run for president, plans to speak at the Republican National Committee winter meetings in San Diego this week.
By Robert Costa
January 13, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced the hiring of a campaign manager for his likely 2016 presidential bid, part of an aggressive effort to build a national political team as the race for the White House heats up.
By Alan Cowell
January 14, 2015
PARIS — The French authorities moved on Wednesday to reinforce a clampdown on hate speech and anti-Semitism, as the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo returned defiantly to the newsstands with a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, just one week after Islamist gunmen slaughtered 12 people in an attack on its offices.