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Arroyo Seco Junior High Teacher Launches Campaign For U.S. Senate

Von Hougo

An Arroyo Seco Junior High School teacher has launched a campaign to take the retiring Barbara Boxer’s seat in the U.S. Senate, despite having never run for office before. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Von Hougo, an eighth grade science teacher at the middle school, is running as a Republican and is ...

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Knight Votes For Trillion-Dollar Spending Package, Congress Passes

Steve Knight

The following article is by SCV News. The House and Senate quickly passed a $1.8 trillion spending package on Friday after the government was set to run out of money on Wednesday. President Obama immediately signed it into law. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The bill passed 316-113 in the House where Santa ...

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Sen. Barbara Boxer Says She Won’t Run For Reelection

Sen. Barbara Boxer announced Thursday that she will not run for reelection in 2016, setting up a big money political battle for her seat in the nation's most populous state.

Story courtesy of CNN News Sen. Barbara Boxer announced Thursday that she will not run for reelection in 2016, setting up a big money political battle for her seat in the nation’s most populous state. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Boxer, the 74-year-old Democratic junior Senator from California, said that she is ...

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Santa Clarita Awaits Senate Vote On Cemex Bill

After years of meetings in D.C. conference rooms, a seven-year partnership and about $12 million in lobbying efforts, the city of Santa Clarita’s hopes of stopping a 56 million-ton sand-and-gravel mine from opening next door are in jeopardy due to a New Mexico senator’s legislative hold, officials said Saturday. Photo courtesy of SCVnews.com

Photo courtesy of SCVNews.com While the House’s passage of the Soledad Canyon Settlement Act, also known as H.R. 5472, was a big win for Santa Clarita and others opposed to SCV mining, those in support of the move aren’t in the clear, yet. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The next few days ...

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McKeon Reintroduces Cemex Bill To House

Former Santa Clarita Valley Congressman Buck McKeon

Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, re-introduced a Cemex bill to help stop a longterm sand and gravel mine just outside of the eastern border of Santa Clarita. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. H.R. 5742, introduced Wednesday, is expected to have similar language to one already introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., ...

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Boxer Reintroduces Cemex Bill To Stop Santa Clarita Valley Mine

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a report of a body found in the Santa Clara River wash in Canyon Country, officials said Friday.

United States Senator Barbara Boxer reintroduced the Soledad Canyon Settlement Act that would resolve the 15-year-long mining dispute between the city of Santa Clarita and Cemex USA, officials said Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The legislation would require the Bureau of Land Management to cancel current mining contracts in Soledad Canyon ...

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