aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Robert Pear and David M. HerszenhornThe New York TimesWASHINGTON Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and remake the nation's health care system al...

topics: bart, budget, business, campaign, congress

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

John York, Jed York, Sen. Dianne FeinsteinThe owners of the San Francisco 49ers selected Santa Clara over San Francisco because public money was pledged by the City of Santa Clara and no such offer was made by the City of San Francisco, according to ...

topics: business, developer, election, oakland, san-francisco

aggregated from: LWVSF Blog

No. This blog is not about Tiger's or Jesse James' text messages or the romantic back and forth between John Edwards and his person. It is about slime campaign messaging. Democratic interest groups are branching out into the avatar realm to attack...

topics: campaign, candidate, conservative, elected, election

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Peter HendersonReutersThe California governor s race is on track to be the most expensive nonpresidential election in U.S. history, sparking a debate over money and influence that could become the campaign s defining issue.Republican front-runner ...

topics: attorney-general, business, camp, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

A copy of Pope Benedict XVI s pastoral letter to Irish Catholicsis displayed in St Peters Square, VaticanBy Simon Alford The London TimesThe Pope has said he is truly sorry to the Irish Catholics who suffered years of sinful and criminal sexual a...

topics: charity, election, environment, government, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

A copy of Pope Benedict XVI s pastoral letter to Irish Catholicsis displayed in St Peters Square, VaticanBy Simon Alford The London TimesThe Pope has said he is truly sorry to the Irish Catholics who suffered years of sinful and criminal sexual a...

topics: charity, election, environment, government, san-francisco

aggregated from: Political Blotter

For those with inquiring minds, here is the list of candidates for Contra Costa County-based races in the June 8 primary election. (The county clerk s office has not completely finalized it but it is very close.)In the countywide races, any candidate...

topics: candidate, contra-costa, district-4, election, primary

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Those internal memos leaked by campaigns, ostensibly to give a glimpse of strategic discussions among top operatives, are beginning to take on the look of glorified press releases. Take the one that Meg Whitman s campaign sent to Jon Fleischman o...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, conservative, democrats

aggregated from: SF FYI Net

March 20, 2010 - SaturdayFirst day of spring*Labor's Stake in ending the warsWhen: March 20, 3010 - Saturday10 a.m. to noonWhere: Plumbers Hall, 1621 Market Street (near Franklin Street) San FranciscoWhat: Why are we in Afghanistan? US. involvement i...

topics: aaron-peskin, attorney-general, bayview, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold a crucial vote on Sunday on sweeping health care reform legislation. President Barack Obama has postponed his planned Asia-Pacific trip to Indonesia and Australia for a second time to be in Washington,...

topics: budget, congress, conservative, democrats, economy