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August 2, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Updates for Today

The updates made today: Updated the biographies for Laura Richardson (and John McFall, Ed Roybal, and Charlie Wilson) to reflect her becoming the fourth Californian to be officially reprimanded by the U.S. House of Representatives. Updated the biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger to reflect the creation of the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy at […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia

August 1, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Censures and Reprimands

The House Ethics Committee released a report today recommending that Congresswoman Laura Richardson be officially reprimanded by the House of Representatives for “improperly using House resources for campaign, personal, and nonofficial purposes; by requiring or compelling her official staff to perform campaign work; and by obstructing the investigation of the Committee and the ISC through […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Congress, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

July 31, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Denver and Gilbert at 160: Locating the Site of the Duel

Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of the most important duels in California history. Unlike the Terry-Broderick Duel (the cause of which was more a personal dispute), the Denver-Gilbert Duel was strictly political. The two combatants, State Senator James W. Denver and former Congressman Edward Gilbert, were two well-known figures at the time. Gilbert had been […]

Filed Under: Congress, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Deaths, JoinCalifornia, Top Stories

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