A Marin County center gains influence through the governor's top aide.
Marin Services for Women, a small treatment center in a San Francisco suburb, offers alcoholic and drug-addicted women a portal to better lives. Since Susan Kennedy, the domestic partner of a Marin Services executive, became chief of staff to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, it also has become a gateway to powerful people and places in state government.
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In California, a test of Democratic campaign tactics: Clinton chases big-name endorsements; Obama zeroes in on the little guy
Dana Stewart, 54, spent more than two hours Wednesday night sitting on a folding chair in a private office-park conference room here learning how to become a "HillStar" -- part of a program Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign introduced last week to build a grass-roots get-out-the-vote organization ahead of California's Feb. 5 primary.
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Leaders at holiday rallies say unions will push organizing efforts, flex political muscle.
During Labor Day rallies and marches Monday, hundreds of Southern California workers pledged unity and aggressive action to prevail in upcoming contract negotiations in what many described as one of the toughest labor climates in years.
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An estimated 2 million adjustable-rate mortgages are scheduled to 'reset' this year and next, jumping from low 'teaser' rates for the first two or three years to much steeper rates that could cost borrowers their homes.
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Sen. Larry Craig says he may still fight for his Senate seat, a spokesman says — if the lawmaker can clear his name with the Senate Ethics Committee and a Minnesota court where he pleaded guilty after his arrest in an airport men's room sex sting.
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President Bush's incoming budget director, a former U.S. Republican representative, has a lot of unfinished budget planning to wrestle over with Democrats.
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Congress' research arm has delivered a slightly better albeit still grim picture of political and security progress in Iraq after being asked to revise a draft audit that was crafted to accompany a report next week by U.S. officials in Iraq.
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Mayor Ray Nagin could be days away from announcing he will run for governor of Louisiana — a move many in New Orleans regard as preposterous.
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The Senate hears a report questioning whether Iraqi forces can sustain what the White House calls improvements by the U.S. troop buildup.
As Congress opened a monthlong showdown with President Bush over Iraq, Senate war critics on Tuesday demanded evidence that the security improvements claimed by the White House could be sustained once American forces hand off the task of maintaining order to Iraqi military units.
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The Idaho senator intends to clear his name, which leaves open a possibility that he will not leave office.
In a surprise twist, Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) has left open, albeit slightly, the possibility that he will not resign from the Senate if he succeeds in his fight to clear his name of allegations that he solicited sex in a Minnesota airport restroom in June.
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With five appearances between them in two days, Bill and Hillary Clinton have no shortage of publicity.
Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton don't have to scramble for national publicity; it flows to them.
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Three on the California congressman's staff are summoned to testify in an investigation into his ties to Abramoff.
Three aides to Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Roseville) have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury this week in an investigation into the ties the congressman and his wife had to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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It will be searchable online for a decade's worth of campaign contributions.
Hoping to improve public access to campaign finance records, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to build a searchable, online database of campaign contributions that will include a decade's worth of political donations.
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Fall campaigns kick off with talk of change
Barack Obama spoke of "hope and change" on Monday, kicking off his fall campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination at a rally where he told voters that those words are not just rhetoric but rather "the causes of my life."
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Sweeping legislation that would mark the first major overhaul of northeastern Illinois' mass transit system in nearly 25 years is scheduled to be presented to a roiled Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday.
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But governor may have overstepped on special sessions
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawsuit to force a House speaker from his own party to hold legislative special sessions may be unprecedented, controversial and somewhat embarrassing for the state's Democrats. But it's not legally frivolous, experts say.
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Speeders or impaired drivers who kill people in work or school zones will be easier to convict for reckless driving as a result of a law signed Monday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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On the eve of his official campaign kickoff, Fred Thompson's campaign strategy is shifting dramatically
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California businessman Norman Hsu failed to appear for a bail reduction hearing Wednesday, leading to speculation that he again is a fugitive from the law, FOX News has learned.
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Rep. Paul Gillmor, R-Ohio, has died. He was 68.
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Send your question to FOXnews.com -- and watch the debate Wednesday, Sept. 5, to see if your question gets asked.
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Iraq's security forces have made "uneven progress" and will be unable to take over security on their own in the next 12 to 18 months, according to an independent assessment
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The Illinois House on Tuesday rejected a regional tax package to shore up funding for Chicago-area mass-transit systems, increasing the potential for fare hikes and service cuts at the Chicago Transit Authority and the Pace suburban bus agency.
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Constituents being questioned about election, Stone says
Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) said Tuesday that the city's inspector general is investigating absentee ballots cast in the election earlier this year that returned him to the City Council for a 10th term in a probe that Stone contended "is occurring all over the city of Chicago."
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Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. (21st) on Tuesday formally announced his bid to run for Cook County state's attorney, pledging to do more to investigate allegations of police misconduct and public corruption than retiring State's Atty. Richard Devine.
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Ordinance moves on despite objections
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday advanced the Daley administration's plan to create an office to oversee compliance of revamped city-hiring rules, despite concerns the office would undermine the city's inspector general.
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Senate Democratic leaders refusing to declare any successes in Iraq as a result of the troop surge offered stinging rhetoric on Thursday over Republican refusal to commit to a timeline for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
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Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, on the run following a conviction for felony theft, was arrested on Thursday in Colorado, authorities said.
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Forget the brown bag lunch. Instead, unload some cash on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and win a chance to be lunching with the ultimate political power couple.
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The Republican presidential nominating contest took on a new shape Thursday with an additional candidate in the race and new life injected into a suffering campaign following a praiseworthy showing at a primary debate in New Hampshire.
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The town of Herndon will shut down its controversial day laborer center after a judge ruled that the center must be open to all residents, even if they are illegal immigrants.
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Jan Mickelson's top talk-radio show gives him an outsize sway over national Republican voting -- and the candidates know it.
Jan Mickelson wouldn't budge. His friendly chat with Mitt Romney had veered into a discussion of abortion and Mormonism, and the Republican presidential hopeful -- eyes wide, arms waving -- was clearly annoyed.
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The popular governor, a prodigious fundraiser, and the party, which needs money, are not inclined to work together. Social issues divide them.
SACRAMENTO -- These should be heady times for the California Republican Party, which has a resurgent, world-famous governor in place whose outsize fundraising capabilities could flood its coffers with relatively little effort.
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Director says a verbal pact to distribute his film about last year's Mexican presidential race was reneged upon. Warner Bros. says it was a business decision.
MEXICO CITY -- In 1988, filmmaker LuĂs Mandoki left his native Mexico to work in Hollywood because at that time, he says, "it was very difficult to make quality movies in Mexico." Mandoki went on to direct such Hollywood fare as "Angel Eyes" with Jennifer Lopez.
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The newest Republican presidential hopeful plays his Southern image up and his history as a lobbyist down.
-- No more winks. No more hints. No more "testing the waters."
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