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California places 48th in national freedom index
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has published an update and a revision of a 2007 study entitled “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom”. The report analyze ...
15 Jun, 2011
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Birthers lose the battle, but will they admit it?
It's doubtful that "birthers" are wallowing in embarassment today over the president's release of his long-form birth certificate. They never really cared about the piece of paper. It was ...
28 Apr, 2011
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3 min read
Small-scale solar power presents challenges for California power grid
California's antiquated electrical grid was never designed to handle large amounts of decentralized power. But that's precisely what it's getting now from tens of thousands of small-scale solar instal ...
31 Mar, 2011
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2 min read
Minorities becoming a potent voting force as whites decline in California
Over the past decade, the Golden State has experienced significant growth in the number of its minority residents. Led by Hispanics, minorities now comprise about three out of every five Califor ...
11 Mar, 2011
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3 min read
Saving the Salton Sea, one field of algae at a time
The ever-saltier Salton Sea could be saved by a simple one word solution -- algae. At least that's what a trio of scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego believe.&nb ...
27 Nov, 2010
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5 min read
Temporary, high-risk health insurance option coming soon to California
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 ...
05 Jul, 2010
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2 min read
President Obama proposes cutting border security in 2011 federal budget
Possibly indicating what direction the president might lean on comprehensive immigration reform, the Washington Examiner reports that President Obama has proposed cutting U.S. border security as part ...
05 May, 2010
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2 min read
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t ...
22 Apr, 2010
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7 min read
Over half of state unemployment insurance funds face insolvency
A significant – and often overlooked -- result of what’s been dubbed the Great Recession is that in just over half of the 50 states, the programs that pay unemployment insurance to workers who’ve lost ...
08 Apr, 2010
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6 min read
California legislature takes aim at budget reform
“Reform” is in the eye of the beholder. One policymaker’s idea of improvement is another’s disaster. Those differences in viewpoint have become apparent as California’s Legislature begins debati ...
26 Mar, 2010
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5 min read