Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 – 04:30 p.m.
Tonight on The Lou Desmond & Company Show, Dr. Adrian Moore, vice president of policy at the Reason Foundation, joins Lou to talk about the sudden ousting of San Bernardino’s financial director in the midst of the city’s financial woes.
By Karen Tumulty
March 10, 2015 at 3:56 PM
The circus is back in town.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has not yet even announced that she is running for president, but the spectacle of the Clinton years is unfolding again, touched off by the controversy over her practice of using a private e-mail account, rather than an official one, while she was secretary of state.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 – 10:15 a.m.
We’re back on Gas Price Watch.
The price of Crude Oil has resumed its slide. But Inland Empire gas prices haven’t.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 – 09:45 a.m.
We’re hearing it all on the Hillary Clinton e-mail debacle, which has essentially taken over the near-term national media cycle.
Let’s get up to speed.
By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 03/09/15, 6:09 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO >> The city’s finance director is on administrative leave after just months on the job, with next week projected to be his last according to City Manager Allen Parker.
By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/10/15, 12:23 AM PDT |
UPLAND >> The decision to allow three medical marijuana dispensaries in the northwest part of the city will not go to the voters until the general election in 2016.
By SHEA JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER
Posted Mar. 9, 2015 at 5:46 PM
VICTORVILLE — The accounting firm hired to audit the city’s financial statements recently offered a clean bill of health for fiscal year 2014, also noting vast improvements to how the city tracks its finances.
By Patrick McGreevy
March 9, 2015
Outraged by an attempt to ban the United States flag from a lobby at UC Irvine, Republican state legislative leaders on Monday proposed a constitutional amendment that would protect Old Glory from being banished from state-funded colleges and universities.
By Patrick McGreevy
March 10, 2015
Citing inflation, the state’s campaign finance watchdog agency is considering a proposal to raise the fundraising thresholds at which campaigns must report their financing, drawing some concerns from an advocate for fuller disclosure.
By Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno
March 10, 2015
After investing five years and $50 million in an attempt to bring an NFL team back to Los Angeles, AEG is abandoning plans for its Farmers Field football stadium downtown.
By Philip Rucker
March 9, 2015 at 9:22 PM
President Obama, in a rare move that inserted himself directly into Republican presidential politics, issued a statement Monday night sharply criticizing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for signing a right-to-work bill into law that marks a major blow to organized labor.