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Apr 2010
In the wake of fatal police shootings in Washington, Gov. Chris Gregoire has approved new laws that increase state benefits for the survivors of slain police officers.
According to the Associated Press, Gregoire signed the package of bills...
31
Mar 2010
Inmates convicted of violent crimes are among those being freed early from California jails to save money, despite lawmakers' promises that they would exclude most dangerous prisoners and sex offenders.
An Associated Press review of inmate...
31
Mar 2010
A coalition of immigrant rights groups Tuesday demanded the ouster of the nation's top immigration official, charging that underlings at Immigration and Customs Enforcement were thwarting Obama administration policy by setting a quota on...
31
Mar 2010
As California cities and counties struggle to fulfill the generous pay and pension commitments that they made to public employees during flush economic times, some politicians have taken comfort in a usually forbidding word: bankruptcy....
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