DEC. 29, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California ordered California’s Cap and Trade Law halted on Thursday Dec. 28 according to the Wall Street Journal.  The Cap and Trade rules were supposed to go into effect on January 1, 2012. Judge Lawrenc...

DEC. 28, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The following joke is posted at the Wall Street Journal: Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform plan “reminds me of a pastor of an old church I attended who upon retirement into his church-paid pension, joined another church about a mile away.” It seems the ...

DEC. 28, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Every year when the state budget talks get under way, government spending cuts are rarely a viable option. This year, as Gov. Jerry Brown met with media Tuesday at a press conference, it appears that cutting spending is not part of his plan. In fact, Brown s...

DEC. 27, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Seeking to end mandatory Project Labor Agreements on public-works projects in Sacramento, nine boxes containing more than 49,000 signed petitions were delivered Tuesday morning to the Sacramento City Clerk for a ballot measure. After spending the last several mo...