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An August 9 California State Auditor report found millions in wasted public funds spent over the last decade on outdated or unusable voting systems
A new marijuana legalization initiative, pending review by California’s Attorney General, is seeking access to the 2014 ballot. The California Cannabis Hemp Initiative of 2014 hopes to be the
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California is the only state that does not have an official oil severance tax, but an initiative cleared for circulation could create the tax. Revenues
According to a study conducted by graduate students at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, the city boasts one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any metropolis in
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Not more than two weeks after he tried to defund the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance programs of Americans, US Rep. Justin Amash claims documents
Community colleges are increasingly emerging as a feasible alternative to getting a degree. A survey of students at community colleges nationwide found that 60 percent of students who transfer go
California's correctional system has received a federal order to release 9,600 prisoners by December. Administrators are no longer able to avoid releasing inmates early and the governor
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While President Barack Obama held a one-hour news conference last Friday to discuss, among other topics, the NSA's surveillance of Americans' e-mails
Dramatic change in the area of the Great Salt Lake over the past 25 years. Left: August 1985. Right: September 2010. The lake was filled to near capacity in 1985
Welcome to the 2013 Crony Capitalist Awards: Senate Edition. For these awards we define crony capitalism as the disproportionate influence by special interests (non-individuals) on elected officials. One of
The Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Wetlands June 2010 // Credit U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery
Global Climate Change Part 2 of a 4 part series
Discussions about global climate
