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Oakland mayoral candidates make final push ahead of special election
In the final days on the campaign trail for Oakland City Mayor, former Congresswoman Barbara Lee and former Oakland City ...
The biggest questions heading into Oakland’s mayoral election
Voters will also decide on a sales tax measure city leaders say is crucial to helping stave off a budget crisis. And voters ...
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Who’s endorsed Oakland mayoral candidates Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor?
It’s the final weekend leading up to Oakland’s April 15 mayoral election. Turnout is expected to be low and results will ...
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Barbara Lee encourages ranked-choice voting strategy in Oakland mayor’s race
Barabara Lee wants you to vote for her — as well as four other Oakland mayoral hopefuls. Lee released a video outlining her ...
Months after federal indictments, Oakland land deal for new recycling plant in limbo
David Duong, the embattled CEO of California Waste Solutions, recently missed a key filing deadline for his company’s ...
Opinion: America’s conscience means more than slavish obedience to a leader
Words of a German theologian during World War II echo today as U.S. president aggressively expands his executive power.
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Campaign notebook: last-minute attack ads, comedic relief, and the registrar readies for Election Night
Meanwhile, PACs backing Lee and Taylor are continuing the frenzy of spending on ads, mailers, canvassing, and lots more. Have ...
RFK Jr. pledges an answer to the 'autism epidemic' by September
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at Thursday's Cabinet meeting that, by September, his agency will "know what has caused the autism epidemic." ...