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Boxer in 1998Kathleen Les and A.G. Block
Perceived as vulnerable, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer will be the focus of an intense cam...

Business organizationsKathleen Les
California's business community has some powerful guardian angels watching over their i...

California's big-city mayorsKathleen Les
They govern cities whose prowess and problems rival those of many small countries. A lo...

Disappearing votersKathleen Les
For the last 50 years, the percentage of Californians shrugging off their civic duty de...

Drawing the lines around womenKathleen Les
Reapportionment is the last bastion of good-old-boy politics as several assemblywomen f...

E-taxes: Is California losing out?Kathleen Les
While other states have banded together, Governor Davis has taken a hands-off approach ...

Electronic filingKathleen Les
Legislators from both parties supported the notion of filing campaign finance data elec...

In her own imageKathleen Les
As California's First Lady, Sharon Davis is finding her political and personal niche.

Labor resurgentKathleen Les
Labor unions have seen their clout dwindle over the years as California struggled throu...

Life without a doctorKathleen Les
A look at five people living with little or no health insurance.

Making the grade at "Hertzberg U."Kathleen Les
Rookie legislators grab the ropes at Speaker Hertzberg's Assembly "boot camp."

Mentoring kidsKathleen Les
The search is on for one million volunteers to mentor young people, but can meaningful ...

The new 'Down-home' LegislatureKathleen Les
Ever wonder whatever happened to the former town mayor and county supervisors? Look no ...

No mas for bilingualKathleen Les
After yet another divisive campaign, voters passed Proposition 227, which ends bilingua...

OaklandKathleen Les
Long viewed as San Francisco's homely stepsister, Oakland has a reputation as the repos...

The 'other' OrangeKathleen Les
Circa 1960, it was all about the "new," but returning home reveals a hometown's overloo...

Putting a bounty on votersKathleen Les
Dwindling registration has both major parties on the run, chasing down new voters - for...

Ready, aim, target the votersKathleen Les
By filling out that simple registration form, voters give savvy strategists more than e...

Reed HastingsKathleen Les
Four years ago, high-tech tycoon Reed Hastings made a legislative splash with his chart...

Rookies of the YearA.G. Block and Kathleen Les
According to a regiment of lobbyists and legislative staff, Los Angeles Democrat Sheila...


School Bond ShakedownCynthia H. Craft and Kathleen Les
Since when did the California Building Industry Association get to decide such school p...

Voices of the ValleyKathleen Les
Hear the voices of a sampling of key decision-makers as they tell of the complex, often...

When candidates come callingKathleen Les
No longer an easy date, organized labor now plays hard-to-get, being choosy when it com...

Where's he headed?Kathleen Les
The governor's record on labor, transportation, local government and the environment.
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