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Two departments within the city of Los Angeles have received $111 million in federal stimulus funds, yet have created only 55 jobs so far, according to a pair of reports issued Thursday by City Controller Wendy Greuel. The reports conclude......

I contend that the question of whether the state should borrow $8.75 billion is misphrased. We've already, in effect and for all practical purposes, borrowed $10.7 billion, and the only question is how and how quickly we'll repay that money.......

IBM Corp. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a civil suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission accusing its employees of showering cash, gifts and trips on Chinese and South Korean government officials to procure government contracts.......

Some may describe this as the year of the unexpected in Crystal Lake: The former Crystal Lake South High School athletic director was indicted. The …...

Google Inc. won a major victory in a lawsuit against the U.S. Interior Department this week when a federal judge ordered the federal agency to hold off on a request for a bid to upgrade its e-mail system after Google......

The Aberdeen City Council will meet Monday at 4 p.m. in in the courtroom on the third floor of the Municipal Building, 123 S. Lincoln St., for a work session for a presentation on library site selection. The council will then meet at 5:30 p.m. in...

The city of Aberdeen has likely narrowed down the future site of the new Alexander Mitchell Library to three locations. A nine-member committee made up of city officials and library board members studied 10 different sites for the library, which...

Beeline fares: The City Council on Tuesday will hold a special meeting at 2:30 p.m. to discuss a proposed fare increase and service cuts for the Glendale Beeline bus service. City transportation commissioners voted 4 to 1 last week to recommend that the...

CITY HALL — After several incarnations and debates about how complex the final version should be, the City Council today is expected send the Pacific Park Pool project out for construction bids. What was once proposed as a possible eight-lane,...

The City Council on Tuesday will vote on an $809-million city budget for the next fiscal year, including the $173.1-million General Fund, which covers the city's day-to-day operations. The proposed budget relies on $3 million in employee salary and...

Le Mesnager Barn The City Council on Tuesday approved a $779,372 contract with Thomco Construction Inc. for seismic upgrades at the 3,000-square-foot Le Mesnager stone barn at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. WHAT IT MEANS The upgrades will begin the fourth...

by Mark Silva In a town where the last vice president maintained that he didn't have to inform the National Archives about the volume of material that his office was classifying as secret -- because Vice President Dick Cheney asserted......