Power struggles in the state Capitol can be messy. This one was unusually smooth.
Democrats are attempting to give Republicans a dose of their own medicine, writes columnist George Skelton. It involves the latest battle in the perpetual war between business interests and organized labor over taxes. Specifically, the question is how hard — or easy — should it be to raise state and local taxes. Republicans are trying to make it much tougher. Democrats essentially want to keep the current rules.
It may be easier to picture the former House speaker, still one of America’s most influential women, surrounded by suits and wingtips than beads and sandals, writes columnist Mark Z. Barabak. But, who grew up listening to opera wafting through the streets of Baltimore’s Little Italy, is a genuine tie-dyed in the wool Deadhead, as cultists and aficionados of the group are known.
for sending busloads of migrants to Los Angeles, and to investigate whether Abbott’s actions violated any criminal laws., once a towering figure in Los Angeles politics, to 42 months in prison, marking a devastating coda to his long career as a local power broker and advocate for civil rights and racial equity. In addition to the 3½-year prison term, the former politician was fined $30,000 and will be subject to three years of supervised release.
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