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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
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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4 min read
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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4 min read
Possible political danger for CA Democrats
In a bizarre series of recent events within the political world, Massachusetts citizens elected themselves a moderate Republican senator in a liberal fortress, thus ending the Democratic supermajority ...
22 Jan, 2010
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2 min read
Independents are dictating the pace
Independent voters continue to set the tone across America. In last night's upset GOP victory in the Massachusetts special election, independents made their presence felt as they shocked the Dem ...
20 Jan, 2010
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1 min read
AMT Hitting the Middle Class
The percapita income in Californiawas $33,749 in 2005, according to U.S. Census Bureau Data.If thealternative minimum tax fix that expired in December isn't renewed, taxpayersmaking as little as $30,0 ...
12 Feb, 2009
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3 min read
Our Wild West Politics
Welcome to the latest episode of "Wild West Politics, California-Style," a show where everyone would rather fight than switch. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger comes out ahead in this installment, after ...
03 Feb, 2009
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3 min read