ktvu.com Article Reprint SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown is sprinting into the final year of his third term as governor with a series of policy successes and powerful financial backers boosting his all-but-certain run
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BART union approves new labor contract
ktvu.com Article Reprint OAKLAND, Calif. — Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represents 945 station agents, train operators and foreworkers, approved a tentative four-year BART agreement on Friday night, according to union
Read moreNSA Spying: Rand Paul Plans Obama Lawsuit
Republican Rand Paul says he hopes hundreds of thousands of Americans will join a class-action suit challenging the snooping. sky.com Article Reprint A Republican Senator says he will take legal action against President Obama for
Read moreRahm creates a process to endorse his plan for more charter schools
Advisory council signs off on two more nonunion schools on the northwest side. By Ben Joravsky Article Reprint Combatants in the great charter school debate went toe-to-toe a couple of weeks ago in a bout
Read moreJustice Sotomayor blocks Obamacare contraception mandate
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor late Tuesday issued a temporary injunction preventing the government from requiring a group of nuns to comply with the contraceptive mandate included in ‘Obamacare.’ The mandate took effect at
Read moreJohn Kerry tries to revive Middle East peace talks
Israel will postpone announcing settlement expansions until after Kerry leaves the region, but the continued growth is but one of many major sticking points in peace negotiations. By Ariel Zirulnick Article Reprint US Secretary of
Read moreJudge Rules Rick Ross Entitled To Use Stage Name
An appeals court judge has denied a lawsuit from “Freeway” Ricky Ross against the rapper and his home label for the use of his name. by Jay Balfour Article Reprint A Billboard article reports that
Read moreRussian Blast: Second Terrorist Attack Threatens Sochi Olympics
By Clyde Hughes Article Reprint Two terrorist blasts in two days in the Russian city of Volgograd have raised security concerns, just six weeks before the Sochi Olympics.
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