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Senate Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislation. And California State Senator Barbara Boxer said it's time for legislators to move forward in the process. Interview with California Senator Barbara Boxer: Health Care
With California facing another mammoth budget deficit, the state's nonpartisan legislative analyst says voters should reconsider some of the billions of dollars tied up in ballot measures they have approved in recent years. Among the suggestions from Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor is an after-school measure that costs $550 million a year and helped launch Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's political ...
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate will not try to pass a “cap-and-trade” plan that limits greenhouse gases until 2010 because lawmakers are too busy debating reforms to the nation’s health-care system, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer said.
A new California law aims to crack down on scam artists. From 2006 to 2008, the Better Business Bureau received approximately 1,000 complaints and 143,000 inquiries related to acting and modeling scams in Southern California.
During recent weeks, my administration has been looking for ways to ease the pain of students when it comes to budget cuts. Here’s what we have accomplished in the last few weeks:
College controversies, getting cash at your local high school and why Obama hearts preschool.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – As protests resounded outside, the University of California Board of Regents approved a fee 32 percent fee increase for students attending the state's premier public schools. The vote in a windowless University of California, Los Angeles, meeting room took place Thursday as hundreds of students and union members gathered nearby, waving signs, pounding drums and chanting "We're ...
Dear good people of Illinois: I understand that you will have a measure on the ballot next year for your approval that would give you...
By PATRICK McGREEVY LOS ANGELES TIMES State legislators and other elected state officials will get an unexpected 18 percent pay cut next month after lawmakers' challenge of a salary reduction backfired.
Hang onto your seats, disaster lovers! The dynamics of the 2010 race for Orange County sheriff changed this week with the candidacy of Craig Hunter, second in command at the Anaheim Poli...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As protests resounded outside, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent fee increase for students attending the state’s premier public schools. The vote in a windowless University of California, Los Angeles, meeting room took place Thursday as hundreds of students and union members gathered nearby, waving signs, pounding drums and chanting “We’re ...
