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SAG, AFTRA unions could soon join forces
Amy Scott Jan 17, 2012
A deal has been considered for years, but now it looks as though the two major industry unions may combine into one powerful force.
Theater owners' 'Mission: Impossible'
Jennifer Collins Jan 11, 2012
Boosting the box office after "Avatar"'s banner year.
California prisons crack down on social media
John Moe Aug 9, 2011
Yesterday California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation administrators announced that they've had enough of the whole mess. Officials are...
Amazon wants to take tax gripe to California voters
John Moe Jul 12, 2011
Amazon.com has filed paperwork to put a referendum on the ballot in California. It would be about overturning a recent law requiring Californians...
No pay for California lawmakers until budget passed
Kai Ryssdal Sep 21, 2011
Today, rare political and economic truths have been spoken.
California, as you may have heard, is having some budget problems. Really big budget...
'The Dude's' cardigan up for auction
Katharine Crnko Nov 24, 2011
Since its 1998 debut, The Big Lebowski has been a cult classic -- from an entire movie of quotable lines ("Obviously you are not a golfer"), to t...
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...
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....
