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    District judge bars DFL House candidate from taking oath of office

    Curtis Johnson Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters at MPR News are reporting a Democratic state lawmaker-elect, Curtis Johnson, is barred from taking the oath of office after Ramsey County District Judge Leonardo Castro ruled Friday that the candidate had failed to comply with state residency requirements, putting the 67-67 tie in the Minnesota House in…

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  • Rep. Angie Craig

    Angie Craig elected top Democrat on House ag panel

    WASHINGTON — Rep. Angie Craig won her quest to become the highest-ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee as the nation’s farmers anxiously awaited negotiations in Congress concerning a massive farm bill. Craig ran against the current ranking Democrat on the agriculture panel, Rep. David Scott of Georgia, and another challenger, Rep. Jim Costa of…

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  • University unions rush to organize before Trump in White House

    University unions rush to organize before Trump in White House

    Two years after 48,000 University of California academic workers won big pay gains in a historic six-week strike, labor experts and organizers predicted that their success, along with a labor-friendly Biden administration, would spur broad union activism within higher education institutions. A flurry of recent university union activity coupled with fears of a more pro-business,…

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  • Teenager dies from burn in a house fire in Riverside County

    Teenager dies from burn in a house fire in Riverside County

    A family in Jurupa Valley is mourning the loss of their 14-year-old who died from severe burn injuries and smoke inhalation after their home was engulfed in flames earlier this month. On Dec. 5 at 1:59 p.m., firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Riverside County Fire Department responded to a…

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  • As voters shift right, Democrats flipped 3 House seats in California

    As voters shift right, Democrats flipped 3 House seats in California

    The electoral map in November was largely a sea of red, but there is a bright spot — or really, three — for Golden State Democrats. In the Central Valley, the Antelope Valley and Orange County, a trio of Democratic congressional challengers unseated Republican incumbents as the party narrowed the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the…

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    Republican candidate files formal challenge in close Minnesota House race

    Jeremiah Jacobsen at KARE 11 is reporting Republican Aaron Paul has filed a formal legal challenge to contest the results of the District 54A race, after an investigation by the Scott County attorney’s office determined 20 absentee ballots were likely thrown away due to “human error” and cannot be recovered. Anthony Bettin at WCCO News…

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  • La Habra house fire kills man, two family dogs

    La Habra house fire kills man, two family dogs

    Los Angeles County Fire Department investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire Saturday morning in La Habra that killed a 48-year-old man and two of his dogs. A neighbor told The Times that she was in her kitchen when she heard an explosion. She stepped onto the back porch and saw…

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  • Member of Rothschild family killed in L.A. house fire, neighbors say

    Member of Rothschild family killed in L.A. house fire, neighbors say

    A man found dead after his Laurel Canyon house was badly damaged in a fire Wednesday afternoon was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family, neighbors said. The body discovered at the Lookout Mountain Avenue property was that of William Rothschild, three people told The Times on Thursday. A magazine seen at the property…

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  • Candidate files lawsuit; alleges DFL winner does not live in district

    Minnesota House GOP to challenge District 54A results

    MPR reports the Minnesota House GOP will challenge the recount results in a Shakopee House race. “The recount may be over, but the investigation into the 21 missing ballots in District 54A is still ongoing,” House GOP Speaker-Designate Lisa Demuth said in a press release.” KTTC reports Byron community members are calling for the resignation…

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  • Tabke keeps Minnesota House seat after recount in Scott County

    Tabke keeps Minnesota House seat after recount in Scott County

    Election officials in Scott County found a 15-vote difference in DFL Rep. Brad Tabke’s reelection over Republican challenger Aaron Paul after a recount, reports Dana Ferguson of MPR News. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has vetoed the City Council’s measure to create a Labor Standards Board, reports Felicity Dachel of KARE 11. The state’s largest financial…

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