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In the latest aftershock from President Obama’s move to bar the deportation of some young illegal immigrants, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has apparently abandoned his plan to offer a conservative alternative to the Dream Act. Rubio, a Cuban American often mentioned as a potential running mate for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said Obama’s announcement last … Read more

Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry has raised more money from California than any candidate has ever collected in one state in any election. Fueled by a fierce sentiment against President Bush, California donors have given nearly $3 million more to Kerry’s presidential bid than Bush has raised from his home state of Texas, traditionally … Read more

PTA mom Michelle Petersen was targeted in a disinformation campaign that may have cost her a school board seat. One expert said it was “only a matter of time” before the tactic was used in local races. (Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times) Michelle Petersen was sitting in her home office a few days … Read more

Proposition 13, a simply worded initiative that shook the California government bureaucracy to its core, was born of the political marriage of folksy Paul Gann and fiery-tempered Howard Jarvis. Jarvis, an apartment house landlord, had tried–and failed–for years to put a measure on the ballot to slash soaring property taxes. Gann, a retired car and … Read more