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California's other $20 billion budget deficit
California's other $20 billion budget deficit
Unbelievably, California is not only facing a $20 billion deficit for the 2010-2011 budget, the state Employment Development Department just forecasted a $20 billion deficit in the Unemployment Insura ...
28 Jun, 2010
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California budget crisis:  it's worse than you think
California budget crisis: it's worse than you think
Last Friday, Gov. Schwarzenegger detailed the brutal budget cuts coming, saying the state doesn’t have the money, and that the current system is broken and must be repaired. Further, he said he will n ...
17 May, 2010
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Budget deficits take toll on state parks
Budget deficits take toll on state parks
Forty-eight states face or have faced multi-billion dollar budget shortfalls and many are mirroring California, targeting state parks for savings. Supporters of the closures say parks are less es ...
01 Apr, 2010
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Independents are transforming American politics
Independents are transforming American politics
First, it was GOP victories in the gubernatorial elections of Virginia and New Jersey.  Just last month, it was the senatorial election of Scott Brown who claimed a historic Republican victory in ...
10 Feb, 2010
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Fair Elections Pilot Project
Fair Elections Pilot Project
Imagine if ANYONE could run for office, wouldn’t that be nice? When I say “ANYONE” I mean even people who do not have a million dollars. Yes, I know, it’s hard to imagine.  But what if candidates ...
12 Jun, 2009
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Business Leaders Launch Effort to Hold Rare State Constitutional Convention
Business Leaders Launch Effort to Hold Rare State Constitutional Convention
A day after an angry and frustrated Californiaelectorate trounced five of six measures on a special election ballot,an influential Bay Area business group announced their intention torestructure state ...
21 May, 2009
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A Need for Cap-and-Trade
A Need for Cap-and-Trade
Let'shear it for Pittsburgh, which Tuesday made dirtyair not just California'sproblem.The Pennsylvania city topped the American LungAssociation's annual list for the worst short-term air pollution fro ...
30 Apr, 2009
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Gotcha Politics and Its Journalistic Enablers
Gotcha Politics and Its Journalistic Enablers
After years of attack dog politics, the American people may not be able to let go of constant invectives and dueling gotchas. The latest example is the case of Illinois’s corrupt Governor Rod R ...
15 Dec, 2008
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