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Despite growing revenue, Calif. governor shrinks budget proposal
May 16, 2013Not surprisingly, Republican legislators praised Brown's budget, with Republican Assembly leader Connie Conway calling it "realistic."
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Will Texas turn blue?
May 16, 2013San Antonians might say, for certain, that Texas is "turning blue."
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Support grows for immigration reform, end to deportations
May 16, 2013In spite of efforts to play African-Americans and Latino immigrants against each other, support for immigration reform is solid within the African-American community.
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Today in labor history: Congress passes notorious Sedition Act
May 16, 2013On May 16, 1918, Congress passed the Sedition Act, leading to the arrest, imprisonment, execution and deportation of dozens of unionists, anarchists and communists.
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On minimum wage, it’s peanut butter OR jelly
May 16, 2013Minnesota is one of several states that aren't waiting for the dysfunctional U.S. Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, now $7.25 hourly.
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