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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Solyndra layoffs larger than previously reported

June 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
On the day it closed, Solyndra said it was laying off 1,100 full-time and temporary employees. But 1,861 workers lost their jobs as the solar panel manufacturer shut its doors, according to Labor Department documents provided to The Bay Citizen under the Freedom of Information Act. ... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

White House knew of Solyndra's pre-election layoff plans

January 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
Senior White House officials knew in late October 2010 that government-backed Solyndra was planning to lay off nearly 20 percent of its workforce just prior to the congressional elections the next month, recently released e-mails show. E-mails released by the White House last... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Federal police grants will reduce layoffs, cover bare essentials

September 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
Maywood is a small industrial city east of Los Angeles that shut down most of its local government last year, including its police department. No matter: The U.S. Justice Department is giving the city $428,788 to pay for one officer. Maywood’s grant is part of $71.9 million being awarded... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Teacher layoffs out of sync with budget impasse

May 13, 2011, 12:05 AM
Thousands of California teachers will receive final layoff notices by a state-imposed deadline of May 15, even though school districts are still in the dark about their financial status in the coming school year.  The May 15 deadline follows a March 15 deadline, when school districts were... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

As pink slip deadline arrives today, thousands of teachers laid off

March 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
March 15 has become an annual ritual marked by pain and distress for thousands of California teachers who will receive pink slips by the end of the day today, or will be waiting to receive them in the mail. The last time most school districts did not have to issue layoff notices was in 2007-08... + read more
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Daily Report: K–12

Teachers union wants Supreme Court to overturn layoff ban

March 10, 2011, 12:05 AM
The biggest teachers union in Los Angeles will likely ask the state Supreme Court to overturn a recent court decision blocking teacher layoffs at 45 struggling schools. A.J. Duffy, president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles, told California Watch this week that his group is seriously... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Critics: Post-Prop. 24 layoffs make lawmakers look 'like chumps'

November 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
When biotech giant Genentech pumped more than $1.6 million to defeat Proposition 24 on the November ballot, the implication was clear: Take away our tax breaks, and people will lose their jobs. But only a few weeks after Genentech was successful in keeping those tax breaks, the company... + read more
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