April 16, 2013; 07:12 PM

Legislation to restore millions of dollars in 2011 budget cuts to four Riverside County cities has been pulled from its first committee hearing.

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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.

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Lawmakers have been assigned to areas that, due to a redistricting quirk, lack a senator for 2013-14

January 18, 2013; 09:58 AM

SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Richard Roth’s Riverside County constituency grew by more than 139,000 people last week, and his 31st Senate District now figuratively includes Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake and the Woodcrest community.

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January 10, 2013; 06:55 PM

Riverside County senators Richard Roth and Bill Emmerson introduced legislation this week stating their intent to restore lost funding for California cities that have incorporated since 2004.

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State Senator Richard Roth

January 04, 2013; 05:51 PM

SACRAMENTO — Richard Roth is a month into his first term as a state senator, one of a few firsts linked to the Riverside Democrat.

The 31st Senate District is Roth’s first elective office. He’s the first senator who can serve 12 years under the revised term limits law voters approved in June.

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December 30, 2012; 07:20 PM

San Bernardino County’s two newly elected supervisors have begun forming their staffs.

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December 23, 2012; 08:00 PM

It didn’t get a single hearing last time around, but no matter: Assemblyman Brian Nestande is back with legislation that would prohibit the state from postponing required payments to schools from one fiscal year to the next.

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