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The PE: STATE LEGISLATURE: Area lawmakers given gifts, trips in 2012

Norma Torres+Bill Emmerson

Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Pomona, and state Sen. Bill Emmerson, R-Redlands. (Contributed Image)

March 06, 2013; 03:55 PM

SACRAMENTO – Inland Southern California lawmakers received more than $50,000 in gifts and travel from businesses, unions, and other groups in 2012, according to recently filed economic disclosure documents.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

The PE: POLITICAL EMPIRE: House website whizzes botch Ruiz’s name

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THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
January 06, 2013; 06:33 PM

You’ve spent more than a year running for Congress, endured millions of dollars in attacks from your opponent and shadowy Super PACs, and yet still prevailed.

To read column by Jeff Horseman, Imran Ghori and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

The PE: ASSEMBLY: Melissa Melendez prepares for first term

Melissa Melendez

“We’ll see … who’s sincere about improving the business climate,” the assemblywoman from Lake Elsinore says /CONTRIBUTED IMAGE

January 02, 2013; 05:55 PM

SACRAMENTO — Riverside County’s 67th Assembly District has the fifth-highest Republican registration in the state, an oasis of friendly territory for a party that, after November’s elections, is all but irrelevant in the state Capitol.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.