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Eric Garcetti's winning strategy took Wendy Greuel strongholds
Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race despite Greuel’s overwhelming support in heavily African American neighborhoods. The city controller's strength among black voters in South L.A. was too little to make up for...
Tags: Local Elections, Eric Garcetti, Kevin James, Politics, Wendy Greuel
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Snyder: Michigan could still get Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the Republican-led Legislature to expand government health insurance for low-income adults, despite the state's tentative budget...
Tags: Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Rick Snyder, Medicaid, Personal Income
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U.S. Commerce nominee faces questions on failed bank, tax havens
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Commerce faced questions on Thursday about her role in the failure of a Illinois bank in the early 2000s and her billionaire family's use of offshore tax havens to...Tags: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Finance, John Thune, Republican Party
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Patrick Leahy, Ted Cruz, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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New tankers to be assigned to McConnell Air Force Base
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Pentagon chose McConnell Air Force Base to serve as home to the Air Force's new refueling tankers. The Air Force selected McConnell as the Main Operating Base #1 for replacing KC-135R tanker aircraft with KC-46A’s beginning in 2016. The Air...Tags: Business, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, Pat Roberts, Mike Pompeo
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Taxation, Easter, Prosecution, U.S. Congress, Darrell E Issa
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Parkland area municipal race roundup
In the Upper Macungie supervisors race, Republican Jim Brunell beat incumbent Edward J. Earley for a spot on the November ballot. Brunell, 47, received 427 votes to Earley's 269, according to unofficial tallies. In the fall, he will face Democrat...Tags: South Whitehall Township, Whitehall, Macungie, Politics, Elections
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Two Lower Macungie incumbents fall in primary
Two incumbent Lower Macungie Township commissioners appeared to have lost their seats following a contentious campaign that one of the challengers called a referendum on the controversial David Jaindl land deal. Challengers Ron Beitler and Brian...Tags: Voting, Real Estate, Primaries, Services and Shopping, Macungie
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Incumbents leading Lehigh County commissioner races
Lehigh County Commissioner Michael P. Schware was fending off three challengers Tuesday in a tightly contested Republican primary to retain his District 5 seat and possibly allow the board's conservative slate to maintain control. But that slate appeared...Tags: Catasauqua, Kutztown, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Alburtis, Primaries
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Incumbents fall; Vulcano defeated, Moskaitis behind
The last of the old guard is gone. In Region II, Pat Vulcano Jr., Easton Area School District's longest tenured board member, fell to a pair of newcomers on both tickets in Tuesday's primary. Vulcano, a 12-year board member, finished third on both the...Tags: Voting, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Politics
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: John Lewis, NAACP, MSNBC (tv network), Republican Party, Politics
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For Nappier And Other Activists, Only A Moral Victory in Dimon Vote At JPMorgan Chase
Shareholder activists including state Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, who tried to force JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon to give up his chairman post, will have to be satisfied with a moral victory. Their bid fell short Tuesday at the company's...Tags: Finance, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Politics, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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