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Seniors spend years waiting for apartment
As Susana Cruciana strolls down Second Street, she recounts details of a past Laguna. "There was a roller skating rink on the corner," said Cruciana, 63. Then she turns slightly and points to another site where sits a pale green, two-story Laguna...
Tags: Section 8 (housing), eBay Inc., Interior Policy, Personal Income, Politics
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Harlan: Stop focusing on boosting homeownership
There are visible signs in Costa Mesa that the housing market is recovering. After a few years of virtually no new residential construction (between 2009 and 2012, Costa Mesa added only 56 new housing units, with zero in 2011), it's heartening to see...Tags: Rentals, Condos and Houses, Services and Shopping, Realty, Home Improvement
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Mickelson laid cornerstone for economic development
To understand how much George Speaker Mickelson meant to South Dakota requires an appreciation of how tough times were in the mid-1980s as he campaigned for governor. Hundreds of agricultural producers lost their operations. Farms dropped from about 41,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Tim Johnson, Republican Party, Primaries, Politics
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Minorities often face pressure to fit in
Every Sunday morning, the Rev. Paula White stands in front of her congregation at New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka and looks out on thousands of brown faces. "When people say things like, 'She is a white girl that preaches black' is when I...
Tags: University of South Florida, NAACP, FBI, Culture, U.S. Supreme Court
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Westmont repeals cost up to $2.3 million in annual revenue
Since Westmont voters nixed home rule status in November, the village has repealed three taxes or fees worth up to $2.3 million annually in revenue that no longer are permitted. The Village Board unanimously repealed a gas tax of 2.5 cents per gallon; a...Tags: Local Government
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Newton considers bilingual school
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsNewton parents are discussing the idea of bringing a bilingual school to town, after members of the school district visit Wichita's Dual Language Magnet school, Horace Mann. But how many would support it? The Newton district says support is key to... -
What's a fair salary for city managers?
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsTempers boiled at Tuesday night's City Commission meeting in Herington. "Are you being surly?" Bart Hinkle, one of the leading protestors, asked at one point during the meeting as City Attorney Brad Jantz was explaining points of City Manager Ron...Tags: Career and Workplace, Demographics, Population and Census, Labor Legislation
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Few Hispanics elected locally despite growth in population
More than one in five residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties is Hispanic, but that hasn't translated into power at city halls, county commissions or in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. Only a few of the two counties' elected officials are Hispanic...
Tags: Social Issues, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Lake Worth, Politics
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Population growth doesn't translate into Hispanic political clout
Sun SentinelMore than one in five residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties is Hispanic, but that hasn’t translated into power at city halls, county commissions or in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. Only a handful of the two counties’ elected...Tags: Social Issues, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami-Dade County, Lake Worth, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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That screaming you hear? It's writers applying for NEA grants
All across America, a panic is spreading. But you won’t hear the terrified multitudes and their pleas for help, their expletives shouted at the sky. Why? Because these suffering people are mostly fiction writers. And fiction writers almost...
Tags: International Organizations, Politics
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Wheaton, Glen Ellyn look at how state income tax freeze would impact communities
Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed that the state bolster its own troubled finances by freezing the amount of state income taxes shared with local governments at 2012 levels, which could cost some towns hundreds of thousands of dollars. Quinn estimates the...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Local Government, Finance, Politics, Demographics
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Lipinski opens Orland Park office
Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., has opened a local office in Orland Park's Frederick T. Owens Village Hall to assist constituents with Social Security, Medicare and veterans' benefits and to help arrange visits to Washington, D.C. The space is across from...Tags: Rentals, Orland Park, Local Government, Judy Biggert, Daniel Lipinski
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