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New York Mayor Weiner? Most women say no thanks, poll finds

2013-05-22 12:44:00

NEW YORK -- Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who enjoyed online relationships with several women before he resigned his congressional seat amid a sexting scandal, might have a harder time winning female fans in his run to be New York City's next mayor. Hours...

Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill

2013-05-20 20:46:00

WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...

Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws

2013-05-12 17:17:00

In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...

L.A. worries about immigration reform's cost to taxpayers

2013-05-12 08:37:00

As Congress takes up immigration reform, Los Angeles County officials are voicing concerns that local taxpayers will be "left holding the bag" to pay for the brunt of healthcare and other services for the multitudes of immigrants who apply for...

L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul

2013-05-11 17:05:00

WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Marco Rubio's task: selling immigration reform to GOP faithful

2013-05-07 03:30:00

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul. An...

California adds jobs; unemployment falls to 9.4%

2013-04-19 18:30:00

California's economic recovery continued to outpace the nation's in March as its unemployment rate fell to 9.4%, the lowest in more than four years for the Golden State. The state increased its payrolls by 25,500 jobs and pushed down the jobless rate...

Sen. Rubio defends immigration bill emerging from bipartisan group

2013-04-14 09:50:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) blitzed the airwaves Sunday to defend the immigration bill being written by four Republican and four Democratic senators. Speaking on seven news shows -- including two Spanish-language broadcasts -- Rubio said the...

A to-do list for L.A.'s next mayor

2013-04-14 00:00:00

Tackle real problems By Austin Beutner Only 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the recent primary elections. And convenience didn't seem to be the issue, since only about a third of those who were sent vote-by-mail ballots bothered to fill in...

GOP primary voters not opposed to immigration reform

2013-03-28 09:33:00

WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early...

Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?

2013-04-02 15:10:00

Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...

The 1% aren't like the rest of us

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Over the last two years, President Obama and Congress have put the country on track to reduce projected federal budget deficits by nearly $4 trillion. Yet when that process began, in early 2011, only about 12% of Americans in Gallup polls cited federal...

Kelley was born in Ellington, Conn. She was raised in Simsbury, Conn., and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in agricultural economics, as stated by the Hartford Courant. During Kelley's 33-year career with the U.S.

2013-02-26 00:00:00

In his first State of the Union address, Lyndon Baines Johnson introduced legislation that would come to be known as the "War on Poverty." This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate around nineteen percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

Peace is burning through her savings and getting public assistance -- including food stamps -- to take care of the children. She hopes to return to work part time in the new year.

2012-11-21 15:51:33