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A public employees union has won a major financial settlement against Riverside County. Member of the Service Employees International Union Local 721 will receive $16 million in raises and other benefits from the county during the next two years, after an arbitrator ruled for the union in three of its …

A report says many of those regulations are keeping people poor by killing blue-collar jobs, especially in the Inland region. The study’s author says the AQMD is largely responsible for the trend, but an official with the agency says that’s not the case. It’s been repeated so often that it …

The national unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in April, a year-over-year drop of 1.2 percent. Forty seven states and the District of Columbia had drops in unemployment last month compared with April 2013, while one state had an increase and two experienced no change, according to data released last …

Citizens Business Bank’s merger with American Security Bank is now official. The acquisition, which was first announced in February, was concluded last Thursday after all regulatory approvals were completed, according to a Citizens Business Bank statement. “The merger with American Security Bank is an exciting opportunity for Citizens Business Bank …

Pastor Todd Rettberg of Sierra Vista Community Church in Upland has won the Christian Small Publishers Book of the Year Award. Rettberg was recognized for his work “Life’s A Pain: Journeying by Faith When Every Step Hurts,” which was released in 2013, according to a report published in the Inland …

Joe Tavaglione, president of Tavaglione Construction & Development Inc. in Riverside, will be honored by the Mission Inn Foundation. Tavaglione is scheduled to receive the 2014 Frank Miller Achievement Award, which is presented to a person who shows outstanding civic leadership, according to a report first published in The Press-Enterprise. …