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California budget surplus turns into shortfall
Feb 22, 2012
The Golden State didn't collect as much income tax from wealthy residents as it had predicted.
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What California hopes to get from China
Feb 14, 2012
Los Angeles is on the agenda for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's U.S. visit. California and China have multiple ties, and this visit could set a standard for future negotiations.
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California prisons crack down on social media
Aug 9, 2011
Yesterday California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation administrators announced that they've had enough of the whole mess. Officials are...
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Amazon wants to take tax gripe to California voters
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...
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No pay for California lawmakers until budget passed
Jun 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...
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MIDDAY UPDATE: Illinois raises income tax, California's budget, and Haiti -- One year later
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...
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Midday Update: Job numbers, calorie counts, and Romanian witches
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...
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Feel-good news for the day
Dec 16, 2010
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...
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California sunshine to blame for budget crisis?
Sep 14, 2010
Conor Friedersdorf points to the weather for the dicey financial situation the state of California is in, on Esquire's politics blog....
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Can I compost my paper shopping bags?
Aug 9, 2010
Easy Answer: Yes....
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