A powerful legislator, he became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in 2005 but faced scrutiny from the Justice Department for his ties to a lobbyist. By Richard Sandomir Once a Labor Day ...

Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon fundraiser in Los Angeles in 1990. (Julie Markes, File / AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm ...

Family, friends, and former colleagues on Friday remembered longtime Inland Empire legislator Rep. Jerry Lewis as a kind-hearted man who worked across the aisle, both in Sacramento and Washington.

Jerry Lewis — the longtime Southern California Republican who served the High Desert and other locales for more than four decades in increasingly influential roles, and who chaired the House ...