The much maligned Blackwater International (rebranded as Xe Services after earning public scorn and several lawsuits from its deeds in Iraq) is back in the news. The Pentagon has hired
Several major renewable energy projects are planned for California, including a grid-scale concentrated solar plant (CSP). They are part of the big push towards meeting California’s ambitious goal
Unelected partisans came face-to-face with a genuine independent voice this week in the form of American icon, Warren Buffett. In Monday’s New York Times, Buffett – CEO of
The debt ceiling deal reached late last month might have temporarily reassured foreign debt holders, but the same can't be said of American farmers who anxiously await some
Protests throughout The Golden State have erupted over a recent string of police violence against unruly homeless men loitering in public areas, with demonstrations last weekend and more scheduled for
The fate of the California Democratic Party's Progressive Caucus remains uncertain following its passage of a resolution calling for a primary challenge to President Obama late last month.
Here are some items of interest in this month's California agricultural report:
Judge blocks highway project pending further research on its agricultural impact
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Recently, a bipartisan group in Arizona has gone public with its intention to promote a constitutional amendment for a non-partisan primary modeled after California's Proposition 14, which
The California legislature has done it yet again. It passed a budget based on hugely optimistic estimates of revenue only to have the reality pie of revenue shortfall hit it
Could the CEO of Starbucks have just injected a bit of caffeine into the traditional two-party system, caffeine which could give its members the jitters? That just might have
It's Sunday morning, the day after the closely-watched Ames, Iowa Presidential Straw Poll. On MSNBC's Meet The Press, panelist Chuck Todd opines:
"We have
There’s a new level of political theater that’s premiered in America, and it’s not primary season – it’s recall season. While the national focus has been on
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