Senate Democrats complete staff
Democrats in the Oregon Senate have completed their staff choices for the session opening Jan. 14.
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On the move: Mississippi Supreme Court
• Barbara Byrd of Brandon has joined the staff as a law clerk for Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. Byrd previously worked as a legal extern for Waller during summer 2011. Byrd has a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, where she majored in political science. She has a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law.
Activists meet with Rubio's staff about immigration reform
The coalition Central Florida-based immigrant rights groups are launching a caravan and hoping to arrive in D.C. on Inauguration Day. Florida farmworkers and immigrant rights activists marched to Sen. Marco Rubio's office in Orlando Thursday to urge the passage of comprehensive immigration reform and the halting of deportations that have split their families apart.
Farmworkers, activists meet with Sen. Rubio's staff about immigration reform
The coalition Central Florida-based immigrant rights groups are launching a caravan and hoping to arrive in D.C. on Inauguration Day. Florida farmworkers and immigrant rights activists marched to Sen. Marco Rubio's office in Orlando Thursday to urge the passage of comprehensive immigration reform and the halting of deportations that have split their families apart.
State Supreme Court wants lawmakers to hire 64 judges
The Florida Supreme Court wants the Legislature to hire 64 additional judges — including four in Hillsborough County — to deal with increasing caseloads and the elimination of staff in recent years because of budget cuts.
Pet residents of the White House are the focus of a new book
DALLAS -- President George H. W. Bush had a problem so important he sent a memo to White House staff asking them to take a pledge. His dog, Ranger, was packing on the pounds.
McDonald nominated to Supreme Court
Andrew McDonald in a staff meeting with Gov. Dan Malloy at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday May 18, 2011. Photo: Kathleen O'Rourke / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo
Florida Supreme Court: Courts need 63 new judges
Foreclosures continue to clog courtrooms and judges have to take on the work that former staff used to do, leading the Supreme Court to say last week that 63 new judges and one new appeals court judge are needed in the state.
Contested UTLA panel elections signal internal fissures
Some union members fear outside groups that encouraged teachers to run for UTLA's House of Representatives, its official decision-making body, will try to influence policy. The young staff at the Alexander Science Center has been hard hit by seniority-based layoffs, the main factor behind a turnover of at least 28 teachers in the last five years — this in a school with a faculty of about 28.
Contested UTLA panel elections signal internal fissures
Some union members fear outside groups that encouraged teachers to run for UTLA's House of Representatives, its official decision-making body, will try to influence policy. The young staff at the Alexander Science Center has been hard hit by seniority-based layoffs, the main factor behind a turnover of at least 28 teachers in the last five years — this in a school with a faculty of about 28.