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In California, double the cuts, double the misery

May 15, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

More misery loomed for Californians May 14 as Governor Jerry Brown delivered a revised 2012-13 budget projection doubling the already-deep cuts he called for in January.

Immigrants protest harsh deportation policy

May 15, 2012 By Rick Nagin

Immigrant workers and their families from across northern Ohio rallied May 11 to protest rising deportations of parents of U.S. citizen children.

Taxi! Taxi! Cabbies form unlikely union

May 14, 2012 By Robert Struckman

If you ask a cab driver, there's a good chance he or she will tell you, "I'm a member of the National Taxi Workers Alliance."

Irrigation Festival crowd greets Obama marchers

May 14, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

Members of Clallam County for Obama marched in the 117th Irrigation Festival parade, May 12, carrying their banner and chanting "Four More Years!"

$Study exposes fracking’s poisonous effects$

Study exposes fracking’s poisonous effects

May 11, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Now, concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale have skyrocketed, in light of a recent scientific study.