Wednesday, August 17, 2016 – 09:00 a.m.
We said it more than a year ago and it’s coming true.
Obamacare is melting down right in the middle of the U.S. presidential election.
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Archive for August 17th, 2016
A U.S Airways plane arrives at Ontario International Airport in this 2014 file photo. The airport’s transfer to local authority has been pushed back a month to Nov. 1. (File Photo)
By Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 08/16/16 – 8:26 PM PDT |
ONTARIO >> Local ownership of the beleaguered LA/Ontario International Airport will have to wait another month until Nov. 1.
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By Suzanne Hurt, The Press-Enterprise
Posted: 08/16/16 – 10:14 PM PDT |
California water suppliers have painted a glowing picture of their ability to supply customers even if they get three more dry years — and state water officials said Tuesday they have no plans to investigate those claims.
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Former San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney Mary Izadi has been hired by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as an adviser on constitutional issues. (Leonard Ortiz / Staff Photographer)
Published: Aug. 16, 2016
Updated: Aug. 17, 2016 – 7:50 a.m.
Amid an ongoing jailhouse informants scandal that suggests Orange County sheriff’s deputies may have violated defendants’ civil liberties, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has hired a full-time adviser to review her department’s practices to ensure they are constitutionally sound.
The debate has drawn scrutiny from a former Justice Department official concerned that details might leak out. | Getty
By Rachael Bade and Josh Gerstein
Published: 08/16/16 – 02:59 PM EDT
Updated: 08/16/16 – 08:10 PM EDT
- Reports of the planned release to Congress drew complaints from some former Justice Department officials that doing so would set a bad precedent.
The FBI on Tuesday handed over to Congress classified records from its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, the latest development in the scandal that the Democratic nominee just can’t shake.
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Filed under: Campaigns, Elections, Federal Bureau of Investigation, In the News, Politics, U.S. Government
Capitol Alert
By Alexei Koseff
akoseff@sacbee.com
August 16, 2016 – 12:44 PM
California could soon restore voting rights for tens of thousands of felons who are not serving their sentences in the state prison system.
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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can’t prosecute medical marijuana groups if they are following state law.
Maura Dolan
August 17, 2016
A U.S. appeals court decided unanimously Tuesday that the federal government may not prosecute people who grow and distribute medical marijuana if they are complying with state laws.
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