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Tiny turnout expected for San Gabriel Valley congressional race
The next member of Congress from the San Gabriel Valley will likely be decided by a tiny portion of the people that member will represent.
What Bart Stupak has to say about bottled water
NEWS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN **************************** Stupak statement on regulation of bottled water WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak , chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today held a hearing to examine the regulation of ...
Another swing state Democrat backs off EFCA
Another 2010 swing state Democrat is backtracking on a bill, coined "card check" by opponents, to make it easier for unions to organize workplaces.
Our View: Judy Chu is clear choice
JULY is an odd time for an election. And that's easy for us to observe. Imagine being a candidate in an important congressional race trying to whip up interest smack in the middle of the dog days of summer.
As Labor Secretary, Finding Influence in Her Past
Hilda L. Solis often recalls some advice her high school guidance counselor gave her mother: "Your daughter is not college material.
Texas construction safety called intolerable
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis came to San Antonio Monday to announce an enforcement initiative aimed at improving safety at construction sites in Texas, which she called the deadliest in the nation.
Key Senate Dems trim cost of health care bill
President Barack Obama speaks about health care during a town hall meeting at the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., on Wednesday.
GOP's Coleman may eye Minn. governor run
Labor secretary on rising unemployment A A July 2: MSNBC's Carlos Watson speaks with Labor Sec.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis speaks with San Antonio Mayor JuliA n Castro on Monday at the downtown campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Officials: El Monte transit project in spotlight, but still viable
State and local elected leaders have for years championed a $1.2 billion Titan Group development that would bring homes and retail shops around the city's bus terminal.
On Day Two of Clean Energy Week, Secretaries Locke and Solis Travel...
WASHINGTON D.C . Today, on the second day of Clean Energy Week, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis traveled to Michigan, Tennessee and Arkansas to discuss clean energy initiatives and highlight the President's commitment to sign comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
In March, before Cal Poly Pomona graduate Hilda Solis became secretary of labor, unemployment in her native La Puente was 12.7 percent.
Candidates for San Gabriel Valley seat aren't backing down
In the final weeks before the special election to fill the San Gabriel Valley-based 32nd Congressional District seat, Judy Chu, the heavily favored Democrat, is confident enough to have moved into smaller campaign headquarters.
Obama picket policy sets dangerous precedent
Usually sure-footed politically, the Obama administration last week erred seriously by letting a local picket line trigger the withdrawal of Vice President Biden and some 100 federal officials from the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Providence.
Local officials honored for service to the San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments honored four current and former officials Thursday for distinguished service to residents of the San Gabriel Valley.
Feds dole out $50 million for U.S. jobs lost to outsourcing
June 12, 2009, 08:15 AM - Network World - The U.S. Department of Labor Thursday announced it had released more than $450 million in assistance to be used by states for career training, employment and case management services to workers who lose their jobs due to outsourcing and foreign trade.
DNC staffer wins federal labor post
Katherine Archuleta, Mayor John Hickenlooper's former liaison to the Democratic National Convention, has been appointed chief of staff to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, a job that will put her at the center of several major battles facing the Obama administration.
The California GOP's problema grande
In an Ideas piece, South says Latinos have even more reason to solidify their already-strong Democratic predisposition.
Instant runoffs would reduce election costs
California faces a crater-size, $24 billion deficit - and we're about to throw away millions more on three elections we don't need.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis' advice for Twinsburg: "I know it's going to be hard."
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, fresh from her trip to Ohio and Michigan, sat down before C-SPAN's cameras this afternoon to discuss the latest unemployment figures and the problems faced by auto workers, auto dealers, auto-making communities, recent college graduates and too many others.