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Federal judge closes civil trial over prison killing

donal brown July 27, 2009

Constitutional lawyers are saying that when a Los Angeles federal judge closed a two-day trial in the 2005 prison killing of a Jewish Defense League activist, he was likely to have violated the First Amendment. -DB Los Angeles Times July 24, 2009 By Carol J. Williams A Los Angeles federal judge took the highly unusual step of closing a two-day trial this week in a case involving the 2005 prison killing of Jewish Defense League activist

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Pasadena working group pledges transparency in planning Heritage Square

donal brown July 27, 2009

Although appointed by the city staff and as an advisory group not subject to open meeting laws, the newly appointed body promises to work closely with the with the community and city council to bring much needed senior housing to the city by way of the Heritage Square development. -DB Pasadena Star-News July 24, 2009 By Janette Williams PASADENA – Pledging a fresh era of transparency in the latest effort to develop Heritage Square, a newly

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San Luis Obispo: Change in charter school admissions policy prompts challenge

donal brown July 23, 2009

Parents thought their children had been admitted to kindergarten at the Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter School only to learn that they were bumped to the back of the waiting list. One couple is filing a grievance on the grounds that the school district changed the admissions policy, possibly in violation of open government laws. -DB New Times July 22, 2008 By Colin Rigley When the new kindergartners at the Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter School take their seats this

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New laws proposed to save newspaper industry

donal brown July 23, 2009

In the face of the shrinking revenues for print journalism, some are suggesting new laws, including ones that would restrict linking and that would create a federal law enshrining the “hot news” doctrine. -DB MediaShift July 21, 2009 By Jeffrey D. Neuburger As newsroom staffs continue to shrink and newspapers go out of business at an alarming rate, the difficulty newspapers have experienced in gaining economic traction online has been blamed on blogs and websites

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White House releases logs showing visits by medical industry executives

donal brown July 23, 2009

Under pressure, the Obama administration released logs of White House visits of medical industry executives just after the inauguration, fueling speculation that the industry gained concessions in the private meetings. -DB First Amendment Center July 23, 2009 By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Administration officials began talking privately to major players in the health care industry within a few weeks of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, a newly released list of White House visitors shows. During

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