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By | 03/26/2013 | Health Care | 20 Comments

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken up another public health initiative: smoking. This time, he wishes to target cigarette displays in stores…

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By | 06/08/2012 | Drugs, Health Care, Issues, Legislation | 28 Comments

New York City Mayor Bloomberg is concerned about obesity in America. So concerned is the health conscious mayor that he has recently proposed a city-wide ban on the sale of.

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By | 02/29/2012 | California, Drugs, Issues, Legislation | 7 Comments

The entire experience left me wondering just how many other government officials wish they could tell their story without it being distorted, misreported, or spun by the time it got to a media source’s audience.

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By | 08/10/2011 | California, Immigration

Opponents of a recently proposed House bill that cracks down on undocumented workers say that if it becomes law, it threatens to topple the agricultural economy of California – the nation’s new breadbasket – risking the food and financial security of millions of Americans.

 

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By | 03/29/2011 | California, Immigration

This month, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to complaints from “immigrant rights groups” by revising its policy of impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers at DUI checkpoints.  The California Watch blog has released some pretty compelling statistics demonstrating tha

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By | 03/25/2011 | Activism, California, Immigration, Legislators

One freshman assemblyman in California who has emerged in recent months as a leading immigration hawk is forcing the state’s legislators to confront a chronic problem.

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By | 03/22/2011 | California, Immigration

Vitriolic rhetoric is nothing new to the illegal immigration conversation, but every now and then there’s an event that takes place in the public square that reminds moderate sides of the issue to guard their message from proceeding down the path of divisive dialogue.

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