Smuin Ballet, a long local treasure, begins its 2012-13 season with the kind of innovative pieces for which it is known: Along with the West Coast premiere of “Cold Virtues” by choreographer Adam Hougland, Trey McIntyre’s popular “Oh, Inverted World” is back on the troupe’s fall program, which opens Friday in The City.
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Another way in which the federal budget vote and the state-level battle over public-sector unions are related:
Illinois, which plans to sell $3.7bn of pension bonds next week, may seek a federal guarantee on retirement-system debts if its unfunded liabilities can’t be eliminated, according to budget documents.
Illinois's pension plans have an unfund
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Outside groups have been vilified by the White House in this campaign, but they’ve played an essential role in some House races. The ones below have been the most expensive in terms of independent expenditures, which in each case far exceeded combined candidate spending.
In all five, Democrats have benefited more — sometimes way more — from outside money.
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IA-GOV: Former Gov. Terry Branstad should easily reclaim his old office, possibly by a 20-point margin. Democratic Gov. Chet Culver, D, is one of the most hated governors in America, which is saying a lot. The top-ticket blowout could be big enough to endanger one or two House Democrats currently believed safe. Iowa voters even appear poised to toss out a couple of Supreme Court justices after their 2009 decision on gay marriage.
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Today, the DSCC made some pretty unsurprising expenditures. They cut ads against Republicans John Raese, W.Va., Linda McMahon, Conn., Ken Buck, Colo., and Rand Paul, Ky. They also made a $576,000 ad buy against Dino Rossi.
The DCCC’s most notable ad buys, on the other hand, go to a handful of districts which, with a few exceptions, probably no one would have expected a month ago:
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American Crossroads announced this week that it will be jumping into House races in a $50 million effort with two other Republican groups. Its first victims:
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Mike Flynn at Big Goverment has posted a story on Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, whose ex-wife accused him of domestic violence in her divorce complaint:
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Mike Flynn at Big Goverment has posted a story on Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, whose ex-wife accused him of domestic violence in her divorce complaint:
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The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List has purchased $50,000 in airtime against Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., a dogged champion of legalized abortion on demand.The ad appears to be this Spanish language spot, which attacks Boxer on abortion, gay marriage and for voting against immigration reform.
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Democratic candidates have not been eager to boast about the record of Obama and the current Congress, nor can they point to economic successes. And so they’ve had to stretch quite a bit to develop their campaign talking points. One of the most common says that Republicans have given tax breaks to companies that do so — usually referring to tax cuts that applied to everyone. (You could just as easily say they support tax cuts for child molesters, and it would be just as true.)
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