OCT. 11, 2011 By KATY GRIMES A special legislative hearing last week exposed the dramatic impact that proposed storm water permitting requirements would have on the state’s businesses, local governments and even public schools. But even more enlightening was the revelation that the pr...

OCT. 11, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The municipal funding crisis is accelerating in California. Fresno -- "The Best Little City in the USA" -- may be California’s fifth largest city with a population of 510,000. And it may be the Raisin Capital of the United States. But as of October 2, its c...

OCT. 10, 2011 By JOHN SEILER By signing into law AB 499 on Oct. 9, Gov. Jerry Brown declared war on California families. He took away the sacred right of mothers and fathers to raise their children as they see fit, seriously endangering the kids' health -- while enriching Merck, the Big Pharma...

OCT. 10, 2011 By KATY GRIMES While tuition costs have dramatically increased for most California college students, tuition for undocumented college students illegally in the state is about to drop significantly. Gov. Jerry Brown just signed AB 131, part two of the California Dream Act o...