ACWA 2006 Legislative Leadership Award Presented to Assembly Member Jackie Goldberg
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The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today presented its  2006 Legislative Leadership Award to Assembly Member Jackie Goldberg  (D-Los Angeles) for her efforts to secure legislation critical to public  water utilities.
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By Michel Nolan, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 10--THIS NETWORK'S FOR YOU: For Robbie Motter, it's all about  showing up.   You just never know what opportunities you'll find, she'll tell you.  "We put women together with mentors and opportunities," she says.
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Thirteen Los Angeles County students who have been relentless in working  to improve their communities and themselves will receive scholarships  today from the Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling & Learning Center. The  students will be honored at 5 p.m.
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A close call in Congress for America's workers and employers alike.
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By Seattle Times  Feb. 3--The three state legislators from the Eastside's 48th District will hold three town-hall meetings with residents over the next couple of months.   Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Medina; Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina; and Rep.
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 10--MONROE -- The Union County Chamber of Commerce met last week with a representative of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole and asked her to help speed up the bureaucratic process in building the Monroe bypass projects.
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Democrats rewarded organized labor Thursday for helping them retake control of Congress, passing a House bill that would make it easier for workers to start unions against companies' wishes.
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For one night only, it'll be spitballs and Swift Boats together on the same stage &#151; a who's who of Sen. John Kerry bashing. The American Conservative Union on Thursday announced it has tapped Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., to present the "Courage Under Fire" award to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth at the Conservative Political Action Conference's Feb. 16 banquet.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Andrew Stern, whose union offers one of the most sought-after endorsements for Democratic presidential candidates, said Senator Hillary Clinton will accept the group's challenge to ``walk'' in a member's shoes, perhaps as a nurse or a highway worker.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Betty Priscak has voted for veteran Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.) in every election he has been in, but now she thinks it is time for a change. Priscak, a 74-year-old in increasingly poor health, plans to vote for Ron Klein, Shaw's Democratic challenger, in November.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  May 26--The local legislators who this week assaulted local businessman Dan Moore's reappointment to the Coastal Carolina University board of trustees claim to be staunch defenders of ethics.
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H. David Nahai, an attorney specializing in corporate, real estate and environmental law, has been elected as president of the City of Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners. The Board also elected Commissioner Edith Ramirez, also an attorney, as vice president.    Mary D.
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The first virtual and most comprehensive library on the political history and legislative legacy of African-Americans in the shaping of the nation's democracy was unveiled today during the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF).
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By Don Hamilton, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 18--Ridgefield city Councilman Gary Adkins cast a vote this year that could make him millions of dollars.   It happened Jan.
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Six months before the November elections, alarms sounded throughout the labor movement. A flurry of memos from the field warned that high-level rancor from the 2005 breakup of the AFL-CIO was gumming up political mobilization on the ground, threatening to blow the Democrats' opportunity to retake Congress....
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Rep. James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.) spent last year aggressively fundraising and campaigning for what promised to be a very close election in his toss-up district in Syracuse. A 10-term House veteran and senior member on the coveted House Appropriations Committee, Walsh raised more than $780,000, almost...