Women In Politics

How financial reform will really work
Almost two years after the near collapse of the U.S. financial system, a sweeping reform package has finally been signed into law. Now the real work begins.

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California still hiring, but work force number stays flat
California state government’s “Help Wanted” sign drew nearly 23,000 new employees in the past year and a half, although the overall size of the state work force remained relatively flat.

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Murray tours Percival Landing work
OLYMPIA – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray joined local leaders Friday in celebrating the upcoming $10.5 million revamp of Percival Landing, which is scheduled to begin in August and last a year. It’s the first phase of the planned work and involves replacing boardwalk – from State Avenue to Thurston Avenue, some 725 feet.

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Haley failed to disclose consulting work
Republican gubernatorial front-runner Nikki Haley earned $2,000 consulting for an engineering firm, according to her 2009 federal tax returns, but did not disclose the income on state ethics reports. Haley, a Republican state lawmaker from Lexington County, has campaigned on increasing government transparency, including requiring elected officials to disclose any business done with the state …

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Haley plans to work with legislators
State Rep. Nikki Haley of Lexington County says she is not as close with Gov. Mark Sanford as many think. She adds she will govern better than Sanford, leading a conservative revolution to shake up the State House establishment. Don’t think of her as a Republican, she asks, because she is a conservative. Raised in rural South Carolina by immigrant parents, Haley quickly has risen through the …

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Scientists defend global warming work
Six months after “climategate” called into question the science underpinning claims of global warming, the National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday the science is sound, human-caused warming is already occurring, and the U.S. must take urgent action. Trying to end the scientific debate and set the stage for action, the National Research Council, an arm of the Academy, took the unusual step of …

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Lawmakers Visit Gulf, Work To Keep Md. Safe
Maryland U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin toured the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico this past weekend and returned to Maryland Monday to offer their thoughts on what’s going wrong with oil spill cleanup and how to move forward.

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WSJ/NBC Poll: Does the Two-Party System Work?
More Americans believe it is time for a third party than at any other point in the previous 15 years, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll coming out later today.

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Obama says Boxer could lose if Dems don’t work
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered Democrat-friendly California a stark message Monday: Liberal Sen. Barbara Boxer might lose her re-election race if her supporters don’t work hard.

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