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Gov. Jerry Brown visited Riverside County this week and pledged to take a second look at the state’s diversion of vehicle license fees away from cities, a move that has hurt four new cities in the county. Brown told local government officials that he has heard numerous pleas for help …

The Press-Enterprise in Riverside has announced another round of layoffs. Thirty nine workers will be laid off as part of general restructuring at the Inland Empire’s largest daily newspaper, according to a report originally published in The Press-Enterprise. Those workers are employed in the newsroom, information technology and production departments …

Temecula wants more affordable housing. The city wants to create a special zoning designation called an “Affordable Housing Overlay” that would encourage the development of roughly 2,000 affordable housing units on various properties throughout the city, according to a report that originally appeared in The Press-Enterprise. Such a designation would …

A local Native American tribe is suing Riverside County regarding a tax that tribal official believe is illegal. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to prevent the county from collecting a “possessory interest tax”, which the tribe maintains is illegal, according …

Members of the Teamsters Union at YRC Worldwide, the global logistics firm, have declined a company proposal that would have required them to give up wage increases and pension payments. Sixty one percent of those workers voted against the proposal, which would have required the union members to extend their …

Two Inland boat retailers will be among the exhibitors at the 2014 Progressive Insurance Los Angeles Boat Show, scheduled to be held Feb. 6-9 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Essex Boats and Sun County Marine, both in Ontario, are signed up for the three-day event, which is being produced …