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In case you missed it, in: California:  Even before potentially taking office, Whitman has unselfishly injected over $150 million of her own money into California’s fledgling campaign industry.  It is anticipated that this money will trickle down until it eventually reaches gardeners and housekeepers. Delaware:  In her latest gaffe, O’Donnell says she could not name a current Senator on the other side of the aisle that she could work with if she were elected to office.  But, according to candi

On July 1, the federal government and dozens of states set up temporary “high-risk” health insurance pools for people denied health insurance due to so-called pre-existing conditions. These pools were one of the major provisions included in federal health care reform signed into law early this year. However, this is only a temporary fix intended to provide health insurance to individuals without coverage until the law goes fully into effect in 2014, when insurance companies will no longer be ab

Fusion voting was once ubiquitous in the United States, legal in every state of the union.  With the rise of relatively powerful third party and independent political movements in the late nineteenth century, state legislatures dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties began banning the practice, and today it is prohibited in all but eight states. Fusion voting allows a candidate for public office to obtain the nomination of more than one political party.  This article will provide a s

After losing in the first round, Governor Schwarzenegger has again applied for federal dollars through the “Race to the Top” initiative hoping to secure $700 million for California’s public school system. The Governor staged a public signing of the application in Long Beach, California. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka federal stimulus package), the Obama Administration allotted $4.3 billion in federal aid, designed as a competitive program intended to make education r

In January 2002, detentions at Bagram Air Force base in Afghanistan began.  With a reputation worse than Guantanamo Bay, President Obama continues to oversee its operations.  Today, the number of detainees at Bagram has climbed to 800, a number greater than its better known Cuba counterpart at its height.  The fact is, while the number at Guantanamo diminishes slowly, the number of detainees held at other “black sites” increases, most notably at Bagram. In 2005, the Washington Post reported th

According to two University of Delaware economists, the $300 million rebate and energy-saving program will likely waste money and potentially even increase energy usage.  Focusing their analysis on refrigerators, Abrams and Parsons calculated that the $50-$200 appliance rebates will produce a net loss for taxpayers. And in some cases, consumers will expend even more energy utilizing older models for extra capacity, since they do not have to be salvaged, unlike the 'Cash for Clunkers' program, wh

Two pieces of legislation designed to strengthen thestate's governmental sunshine laws were recently approved by the stateSenate Judiciary Committee and will now go to the full Senate forconsideration. State Sen. Leland Yee authored both SB 786 and SB 218,which if ultimately signed into law, would patch an important loopholein so-called "anti-SLAPP" (strategic lawsuits against publicparticipation) lawsuits and broaden the California Public Records Act,respectively. Lee said SB 786 would prohib

Stungby a unanimous stream of criticism from the state's top three press andconstitutional rights organizations, lawyers for the state AttorneyGeneral's office said they have placed a bill aimed at addressingabusers of the state's Public Records Act on a legislative "slow track"while they give the issue further study. The bill, AB 520, was authored by Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto)and had been officially sponsored by Attorney General Jerry Brown. Ifenacted as written, the legislat

A state lawmaker from San Bernardino County and Attorney General Jerry Brownhave teamed to support a bill that newspaper industry officials and FirstAmendment lawyers say could damage the state's Public Records Act. The bill, AB 520,  was authored by Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter(D-Rialto) and has been officially sponsored by the attorney general.If enacted as written, the legislation would allow governmentinstitutions and agencies to seek out court orders against individualswhom they have

Inan action that will no doubt have a chilling effect on those seeking tokeep California government and school districts operating in thesunshine, an Orange County school district board has successfullyconvinced a California appeals court that it not only has the right toshut down and cover-up dissent but also financially punish thoseseeking to expose the illegal actions. Californians Aware,a Carmichael-based non-profit dedicated to helping Californians andCalifornia journalists keep their gove