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The 550,000 students enrolled at the University of California and the California State University system have been served a steady diet of tuition and fee increases over the past few years.  In part to cope with a $350 million net cut in state support to both systems this year, a 32 percent increase for UC students -- $1,929 -- is scheduled to take effect in September – on the heels of a 9.3 percent increase in 2009. CSU increased tuition 30 percent in 2009. In September, tuition climbs another

Progressive Democrat, Marcy Winograd, is offering a novel solution for jump-starting job creation.  Her ideas can be more closely examined in her campaign's latest press release, which we have copied here for readers: Marina del Rey, CA, February 4, 2010  --  Marcy Winograd, Congressional Candidate in the 36th CD, announces her support for Congressman Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) proposal for new jobs legislation, which would offer seniors incentives to retire early with social security benefits

Theyended the lockdown too soon in Sacramento. For a few insane reasons, the Legislature worked late Sunday night after marathonweekend sessions led to missed Valentine's Day dates and naps at desks, butstill no state budget agreement. TheAssembly's ready to pass it. The holdup: The endless "Where's Waldo?"hunt for one senator who will  join Republican leader Dave Cogdill ofModesto and Roy Ashburn of Bakersfield in voting "yes" on theagreement. Except in this case, it's starting to appear that

WASHINGTON – Calling for a new course for the GOP, Rep. Dan Lungren said Friday that he is running to become the House minority leader in the new Congress. Lungren, 62, of Gold River said he will challenge the current leader, Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio. Boehner has come under fire after the House GOP suffered big losses in the 2006 and 2008 elections. "It is my belief that it is neither in the interest of our party or the advancement of our conservative principles to simply affirm th