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The state of California faces the same major issues today as it did 25 years ago, Assemblyman Jim Nielsen stated last Wednesday at a Siskiyou County Republican Central Committee fundraiser dinner at Strings Italian Restaurant in Mount Shasta. Those issues...
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With Millerton Lake as a backdrop, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an $11.1 billion water bond Monday that proponents acknowledged will be a tough sell with voters. Schwarzenegger was flanked by legislators, local elected officials, farmers, and members...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, water bond, schwarzenegger signs, Californians, California Latino Water Coalition, California Legislature
The state Legislature is quietly seeking to block a steep cut in lawmakers' salary and perks. Executives of the Assembly and Senate have asked the state attorney general to determine whether the scheduled 18% pay reduction and additional 18% cuts to living...
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Lawmakers capped months of discussions, weeks of tedious negotiations and years of chasing a water deal with approval of major legislation in a marathon session that ended Wednesday as the sun rose. The package, which includes an $11.1-billion bond that...
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After weeks of negotiations, the state Senate started voting on a broad water package Monday night, passing three measures before adjourning shortly after midnight. The Senate plans to take up the remaining two parts of the package today, when the Assembly...
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California has until week's end to come up with a plan to reduce by nearly a quarter its population of 154,000 prison inmates. A federal three-judge court mandated the plan last month after finding that California had not done enough to remedy severe...
But veteran tattoo artist Courtney McIntyre says more authority may be what's needed to better protect customers of the expanding body-art industry. He's in favor of a bill approved last week by the California Legislature that imposes stricter training,...
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The California Legislature passed a measure Tuesday that would curtail the ability of insurance companies to cancel coverage for patients diagnosed with serious illnesses. The bill addresses a practice known as rescission, which was the subject of a series...
Tags: Los Angeles City Attorney, California Medical Assn., California Legislature
Secondary markets for California IOUs have been inactive as the Golden state makes progress toward resolving its $26.3 billion budget deficit. SecondMarket, which already runs secondary markets for assets that are hard to trade, launched an IOU market...
Schwarzenegger says he will sign the plan even though it doesn't quite close the state's $26.3-billion deficit, using a cash reserve and his veto pen to make up the difference...The potential raid of local funds almost scuttled the entire budget deal...
Tags: California State Legislature, California Legislature, budget deficit, Arnold Schwarzenegger