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Mar 2010

Research demonstrates quantifiable benefits from police personnel investments

Existing high-quality research demonstrates that public investment in police can generate substantial social returns, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation. The study shows how research on the costs of crime and the...

24

Mar 2010

California, in financial crisis, opens prison doors

The California budget crisis has forced the state to address a problem that expert panels and judges have wrangled over for decades: how to reduce prison overcrowding. The prison in Lancaster, Calif., has 4,600 inmates, twice the...

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Mar 2010

Steamed at Villaraigosa, L.A. City Council to review his electric rate hikes

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to review Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's proposed package of electric rate hikes, taking the mayor to task for suggesting that defeat of the plan would plunge the city into bankruptcy...

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Mar 2010

2010 Census: Get Counted!

By now you have probably received the 2010 U.S. Census forms in the mail. The census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. Participation is mandatory.The information...