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The politics of pension plans

Sen. Barbara Boxer says she wanted to save taxpayers money when she selected her congressional pension option in the 1980s.
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Pérez gets $71K in last two months — none from individuals

Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez raised $71,350 during the latest fundraising period, and not a single dollar of it came from an average voter.
- May. 27, 2012
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Lawyer challenging probate judge in election

Michael Kennedy, an 25-year Inland Empire defense lawyer, said seeing judges “playing games” and treating the public unfairly prompted him to challenge longtime Riverside County probate judge James “Jim” Cox , a man who said he stands by his record as a jurist and insists he is only interested in fairly “applying the law.”
- May. 26, 2012
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Gay former Romney aide regroups in valley

Richard Grenell, the openly gay former national security spokesman for Mitt Romney's campaign, denies he was forced out, while acknowledging in an interview with The Desert Sun that he took heat from both the political left and the right.
- May. 26, 2012
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2012 presidential race shaping up to be most expensive ever

The battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever — by a long shot.
- May. 25, 2012
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House race big draw for donors

Clearly responding to her challenger's increased campaign efforts, Rep. Mary Bono Mack raised almost twice as much as Democrat Raul Ruiz did in the latest fundraising period.
- May. 24, 2012
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Indian Wells to have $1 million surplus next fiscal year

Indian Wells is expecting a $1 million surplus in the upcoming fiscal year, the mayor told a packed house tonight during at his State of The City address.
- May. 24, 2012
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Romney inches closer to GOP nomination

Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
- May. 22, 2012
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Voters divided between Obama, Romney

With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger.
- May. 22, 2012
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Bono Mack to lead GOP women's caucus

Rep. Mary Bono Mack will serve as chairwoman for the House's new Women's Policy Committee, a caucus the Palm Springs Republican has been working to form since last year, it was announced Monday.
- May. 22, 2012
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- Local Elections
Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez appointed to reorganization panel

Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez was recently appointed to a special Assembly committee assessing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed governmental reorganization.
- May. 22, 2012
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- Political Insider
A peek ahead at political week in Palm Springs area

The Political Insider is on hiatus, but the Coachella Valley's political scene is not. Here's a look at what's on tap this week.
- May. 19, 2012
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Election 2012: Candidate videos

Videos of Riverside County judicial and Board of Education candidates running in the June 2012 election.
- May. 19, 2012

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