Few Election Dollars Devoted to South Los Angeles in 44th District Race

The campaigns for Congresswomen Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson have spent more than $1.9 million in the last year. Little of that money has been spent in neighborhoods like Lynwood and South Gate.

The two candidates in the 44th Congressional District race, Congresswomen Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson, have less than a month before the non-partisan primary on June 5. Yet among the millions of dollars spent by the two campaigns so far, few of those dollars have reached communities in South Los Angeles since the new congressional map for the region was finalized in August of last year. Overall since Jan. 1, 2011, Hahn's campaign has spent more than $1.7 million on her special election to the previous 36th District and in the current election for the 44th, which covers South Los Angeles and stretches down to Carson and Long Beach. Richardson's campaign has spent significantly less, just a little over $277,000. Despite the big totals …

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Howard Dean: Republicans 'Don't Like Latinos,' Serve Only Their 'Corporate Masters'

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) lit into the GOP Tuesday night, attacking what he described as the party's willingness to abandon Latino voters.

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) lit into the GOP Tuesday night, attacking what he described as the party's willingness to abandon Latino voters and instead express concern only for corporate interests. "[Republicans] don’t care what anybody says except for themselves and their corporate masters, like the Koch brothers. They have one master, and that's money," Dean told MSNBC's Ed Schultz. "They don't care about the average working American, all they care about is the corporations who are giving them all that money to put them into office. ... So who are they going to serve?" Dean took issue with the recent Senate GOP move to block a bill to extend lower student loan interest rates, saying that it was telling show of priorities that the…

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Romney Still Deciding Immigration Position

It doesn't have a message on what Republicans would do on the issue themselves, and specifically the plans of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

A Latino-vote outreach program on Tuesday plans to stress to voters that the president has failed on immigration reform and deported a record number of people, said the Republican National Committee's top Hispanic outreach coordinator. But so far, it doesn't have a message on what Republicans would do on the issue themselves, and specifically the plans of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. In fact, coordinator Bettina Inclan told reporters, Romney didn't have his immigration policy mapped out and the RNC would not yet be able to talk about it to Latino voters. The RNC quickly tried to take back the statement, telling reporters who tweeted it that Inclan's words were misunderstood -- or that she was misquoted. Kirsten Kukowski, a …

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Obama lucha por el voto hispano

La campaña del presidente Barack Obama inicia este miércoles una campaña nacional para captar el voto hispano, la cual incluirá anuncios de radio y televisión, participación de personalidades y eventos en universidades y comunidades hispanas.

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - La campaña del presidente Barack Obama inicia este miércoles una campaña nacional para captar el voto hispano, la cual incluirá anuncios de radio y televisión, participación de personalidades y eventos en universidades y comunidades hispanas. Gabriela Domenzain, directora de comunicaciones con la prensa hispana de la campaña Obama For America, dijo a AP que el mensaje "Latinos por Obama" arrancará hoy con la transmisión de avisos televisivos en Colorado, Nevada y Florida, de gran importancia para las aspiraciones de Obama para reelegirse el 7 de noviembre. Los anuncios, cuya versión radial salió al aire al comienzo de esta semana, muestran a voluntarios y activistas de la campaña demócrata argumentando en cámara que …

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Janice Hahn adds another African American endorsement

Rep. Janice Hahn has received an endorsement from Alice Harris.

What the Health Reform Law Does for Medicare

A column written by David Sayen, a Medicare regional administrator, about how the Affordable Care Act affects people with Medicare.

Presione aquí para leer la nota en español. By David Sayen We hear a lot of back and forth these days about the Affordable Care Act – aka the federal health reform law – but not much about how it affects people with Medicare. When you sort through all the rhetoric, one thing is clear: the 2-year-old reform law contains some real benefits for those who get their coverage through Medicare. Take the so-called “donut hole” in the Medicare prescription drug program, Part D. The donut hole is a gap where you don’t have coverage even though you’re still paying premiums. After you’ve paid a certain amount out of pocket, your coverage resumes. Congress intended the hole to hold down costs in the drug program, the biggest expansion of Medicare …

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New Chamber of Commerce Grand Opening

Last Thursday marked the grand opening of the new Greater Lynwood Chamber of Commerce. The new chamber of commerce aims to create a stronger, healthier business community in Lynwood.

City officials, dignitaries and even Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials were all on hand Thursday afternoon as the Greater Lynwood Chamber of Commerce celebrated its official grand opening. About 150 persons were in attendance at the event, which took place at the chamber's new offices, located in a historic railway building in Lynwood City Park. For more information about the Greater Lynwood Chamber of Commerce, contact Chamber Secretary Irma Lopez at info@interdrivingschool.com

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Saleh decide no postularse por la Asamblea

Según un comunicado de prensa de la oficina de Ali Saleh, el actual alcalde de Bell, Saleh ha decidido no postularse para la asamblea estatal, indicando que él quiere centrarse en el logro de sus objetivos a nivel local.

Read the English version. Viernes, el alcalde de Bell, Ali Saleh anunció su decisión de retirarse de la campaña para representar el distrito 63 en la Asamblea del Estado de California. Según Saleh, la decisión-que fue anunciada a través de un comunicado de prensa-se apoya en el hecho de que él tiene mucho más que él quiere lograr a nivel local mediante la reforma del gobierno de la ciudad de Bell "Estoy intrigado por la idea de tomar las reformas del gobierno local que estamos creando en Bell e instituirlo a nivel estatal. Pero hay simplemente demasiados objetivos que aún deben realizarse a nivel local, así que he decidido renunciar a una campaña por la asamblea estatal, " dijo el demócrata Saleh en el comunicado. El Distrito 63 de la …

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