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Expressway vendors can raise campaign cash, memo says
Attorneys with a firm that does business at the region's toll-road agency have been given a green light to raise contributions for Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs' 2014 re-election campaign, according to a memo obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. Jacobs...
Tags: Finance, Rick Scott, Buddy Dyer, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court
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Santa Monica High seniors campaigning to get Obama to graduation
Students at Santa Monica High School are on a mission to get President Obama to come to their graduation. A group of seniors posted a video on YouTube in hopes that the president would see it. The video highlights the school’s accomplishments...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, White House
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NEWSMAKER-Ed Balls, UK's anti-austerity finance chief in waiting
ReutersBy Andrew Osborn LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Critic-in-chief of the government's strategy to revive the weak British economy, on the face of it Ed Balls looks like he may be winning the argument ahead of elections due in 2015. His opposition Labour party...Tags: Gordon Brown, Finance, Polls, Tony Blair, Elections
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School bond campaign reform sought
When the Garden Grove Unified School District was preparing to seek voter approval for a $250-million bond measure, it hired a securities broker to play a key role in the campaign. State law bars school districts from spending money to influence the...
Tags: Bill Lockyer, Finance, National Government, Voting, Local Government
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INSIGHT-Nordic nations grapple with 'austerity lite'
ReutersBy Alistair Scrutton and Patrick Lannin STOCKHOLM, June 2 (Reuters) - When Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt celebrated his 45th birthday, his finance minister gave him a framed graph showing the tax burden falling to 45 percent of GDP for the...Tags: Marketing, Michelin Group, Elections, Immigration, Unemployment Benefits
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UK's Labour vows iron discipline on budget, spells out some cuts
Reuters* Labour seeks to convince voters it can run the economy * Would-be finance minister, Ed Balls, to speak on spending * Balls to promise 'iron discipline' if Labour wins power * To scrap winter fuel subsidies for rich pensioners By William Schomberg...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Public Finance, National Government, Tony Blair
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Romney donors to get a first look at potential 2016 contenders
An early morning skeet-shooting excursion with Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin. A golf game with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. A chance to mingle over breakfast with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Those are just a few of the offerings available to the...Tags: Paul Ryan, The Wall Street Journal, Finance, Executive Branch, Mitt Romney
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The real IRS scandal
Should you need a license from the government to exercise free speech? The real scandal at the Internal Revenue Service should be seen not as a left-versus-right issue but instead as infringement on the 1st Amendment. The people targeted were political...
Tags: George W. Bush, Finance, IBM, Internal Revenue Service, Social Issues
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The right way to investigate the IRS
The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of tax-exempt groups based on their political leanings has prompted investigations by at least four congressional committees and the Justice Department. The acting head of the IRS has been...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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California Senate seeks to shed more light on campaign cash
A package of three bills aimed at requiring greater disclosure of political campaign finances in California has been approved by the state Senate. One of the measures passed Wednesday would give the state Fair Political Practices Commission the...
Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology, Politics, Norma J. Torres, Elections
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Best-selling author, outspoken Rev. Greeley dies
The Rev. Andrew Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling author and longtime Chicago newspaper columnist who even criticized the hierarchy of his own church over the child sex abuse scandal, has died. He was 85. His longtime publicist,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Social Sciences, Literature, Abusive Behavior, Authors
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New Barry L. Miller Foundation helps Fringe Festival in big way
The Orlando Fringe Festival is a big beneficiary of the new Barry L. Miller Foundation for Arts and Education — to the tune of $10,000. Miller, an Orlando attorney for 30 years, established his foundation through the Community Foundation of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Orlando, Finance, Music, Entertainment Events
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