Obama Plans Change in Immigration Rule on Waivers
Amy Taxin | Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration proposed a rule change Friday to reduce the time that undocumented immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States. Currently, many undocumented immigrants must leave the country before they can ask…
Calif. Schools Lead the Way Preparing Next Generation of Workers: Latinos
Kathy Mulady | Equal Voice News
In 2011, for the first time, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University’s 23 campuses. The numbers reflect not only the state’s growing Latino population, but also the impact of early education programs that are paying off with more Latinos graduating from high…
SF Becomes First US City to Top $10 Minimum Wage
Beth Duff-Brown | Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. Come New Year’s Day, he’ll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to scale…
Obama Decries Rising Cost of College Education
Jim Kuhnenn | Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition…
Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes
Jesse Washington | AP National Writer
Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have…
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On December 29, 2011 the State Supreme Court dealt California’s 400 redevelopment agencies an unanticipated death blow. [...] Read More
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