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California's strong opposition to new Arizona immigration law could lead to influx of illegal aliens
With California facing fallout from Arizona's new, highly controversial illegal immigration law, local California officials seem to be laying the foundation for a mass influx of illegals.This comes by...
Mitt Romney buys home in California as he stumps for Whitman and eyes potential 2012 presidential bid
30 years after his first landslide win, President Ronald Reagan remains an electrifying source of inspiration for many leading Republicans. Governor Mitt Romney often cited Reagan as a political hero,...
Arizona's controversial illegal immigration legislation puts California in the crosshairs
Laws have consequences. With the new hard line immigration crackdown passed in Arizona, its impact will be felt on that particular state and others with similarly high concentrations of illegal immigr...
Will Arizona's illegal immigration crackdown spur California into action?
California’s legislature seems to be lagging behind on illegal immigration enforcement, putting politics above public safety. The notion that California is in the stone age in immigration matters is u...
Good-bye Republicans and Democrats, the Independent Revolution is underway
Republicans and Democrats are beginning to exit the two-party system in significant numbers. According to USA today, there has been a veritable explosion of voters registering as unaffiliated si...
Attack of the clones: Mexican drug smugglers using counterfeit border patrol vehicles
Illegal drug traffickers and alien smugglers from Mexico are never running out of innovative ways to accomplish their goals. Concerning illegal operations taking place across the border, these i...
Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve...
Fiorina's balancing act in US Senate race
With the California Senate race getting closer and closer to Election Day, and with the candidates still stuck in a philosophical back-and-forth, different candidates are beginning to place their trum...
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...
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...