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MIDDAY UPDATE: Illinois raises income tax, California's budget, and Haiti -- One year later
Katharine Crnko Jan 12, 2011
Illinois state legislators raised the state income tax from 3 percent to 5 percent, a 66 percent hike. In plain terms, if you owed the Illinois...
Midday Update: Job numbers, calorie counts, and Romanian witches
Katharine Crnko Jan 7, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department's jobs report threw us for a loop today. The nation's unemployment rate fell from 9.8 to 9.4 percent today -- the lowest...
Feel-good news for the day
Kai Ryssdal Sep 21, 2011
This final note today, a story to warm the heart. Forty-five years ago, Dennis Ferguson was living in Southern California, working for the Douglass...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Google gives more and the G20 "bad guys"
Shelly Moulton Nov 10, 2010
Good news -- new people filing for unemployment dropped to the lowest level since July. In judicial news, before the U.S. Supreme Court is a case...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Wells Fargo re-files, Nissan recalls and high speed rails
Shelly Moulton Oct 28, 2010
Wells Fargo will re-file 55,000 problematic foreclosure documents, but will not issue a blanket moratorium. Today, we learned that the number of...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Another Toyota recall
Shelly Moulton Oct 21, 2010
Toyota is in the news again with another recall, this time mechanical problems with 1.5 million vechicles. And keeping on track with transportation...
California sunshine to blame for budget crisis?
Christina Huh Sep 15, 2010
Conor Friedersdorf points to the weather for the dicey financial situation the state of California is in, on Esquire's politics blog....
Which states have the most farmers markets? Where's my nearest market?
Adriene Hill Aug 4, 2010
Easy Answer: California is #1, with 580 farmers markets. To find a market near you, check out the USDA's farmers market database here....
Do hybrid owners deserve access to carpool lanes and other perks?
Adriene Hill Jul 12, 2010
Easy Answer: California says no....
