Bob Huff

How long does it take to recognize whether a newly hired teacher is a long-term asset? That is the debate currently moving through five local school districts where board members are considering resolutions in support of increasing the teacher...

Glendale Unified officials on Tuesday voiced support for increasing the teacher probationary period from two years to three, a move teachers unions argue would besiege a profession already under attack. The conversation mirrored those taking place at...

California lawmakers may have thousands of reasons to pass a state budget on time, something they have done only four times in the last 21 years. Proposition 25, approved by the voters in 2010, docks the pay of state legislators for every day the...

Local representatives turned in a lot of paperwork leading up to the Feb. 18 deadline for California lawmakers to submit legislation for the 2011-12 session. The four lawmakers who represent all or parts of Glendale, Burbank and La Cañada Flintridge...

Last time a California governor asked voters for a tax increase, Sen. Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) offered his support. That won’t be the case this time. Huff, whose district includes the Montrose Shopping Park and parts of La Crescenta, said this week...

Gov. Jerry Brown's announcement that the state's deficit has swelled to $16 billion (from a $9.2-billion estimate in January) means that a new array of budget cuts are likely. But where to cut?...

ov. Jerry Brown warned of more painful spending cuts after the state's projected budget deficit jumped to $16 billion, much larger than the $9.2 billion estimated in January....

A new effort to save dozens of California's parks begins in the Legislature on Wednesday. Sens. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) and Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) are pushing a plan to fund the parks by shifting more than $40 million within the budget and...

SACRAMENTO — California's projected budget deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, much larger than the $9.2 billion estimated in January, Gov. Jerry Brown said, and he warned of more painful spending cuts. "We will have to go much further, and...

Republicans want to be known as the "party of yes" in Sacramento. And one of the first things they want to do is convince Californians to vote no on Gov. Jerry Browns' proposed tax hikes....

The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have opened the door to advertising on the sides of school buses, prompting outrage from the legislation's author: GOP leader Bob Huff. The Diamond Bar Republican said his bill,......

The war for the political loyalties of California college students is heating up, with Republicans making a bid for campus support in a letter to student leaders. The letter, released Thursday, tells students that Democrats aren’t looking out for...