Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Monday, June 17th, 2013
June 17, 2013
By Evelyn B. Stacey
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- Obamacare -- isn't just hitting private businesses. Governments also must comply.
Starting January 1, 2014, California school districts with 50 or more full time employees must provide complete health care co...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
May 21, 2013
By Sagar Jethani
After being threatened with contempt by a panel of federal judges for failing to sufficiently reduce the number of prisoners in California's jails, Gov. Jerry Brown reluctantly unveiled a plan this month to further reduce the Golden State's overcrowded prisons ...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
May 14, 2013
By Chris Reed
The debate over hydraulic fracturing -- using high-powered water cannons to reach natural gas and oil reserves deep underground -- is heating up in California, driven by the vast economic potential of the Monterey shale formation under vast swaths of the state.
La...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
May 10, 2013
By Dave Roberts
If you’re curious what health care insurance might be like when the government takes it over, a preview was provided on Tuesday at an informational hearing of the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care. State Capitol Room 127 was packed with seniors angry...
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
March 20, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- While the California Air Resources Board continues to forge ahead like a blind bull in a china shop with its far-reaching climate change plan, the extent of the destruction that could result is beginning to become evident.
At a legislative hearing...
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
March 5, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- SB 391 is the California Stamp Act.
The original Stamp Act was imposed in 1765 and helped spark the American Revolution against British tyranny. According to History.org, "The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a...
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Jan. 11, 2013
By Katy Grimes
In what strange world do janitors get paid $45 per hour? In California, the land of the prevailing wage.
The dirty secret is that janitors often are not really getting paid $45 per hour, but the taxpayers are being charged this amount on public works projects.
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Jan. 3, 2013
By Troy Anderson
In the early morning hours of Dec. 2, 2012, four people were found brutally shot and killed just outside an unlicensed boarding home in Northridge.
Not long afterward, four suspects allegedly involved in the crime were arrested at the Silverton Hotel and Casino...
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Dec. 27, 2012
By John Hrabe
The world didn’t end in 2012, but several municipalities did.
Four California cities, Stockton, Atwater, San Bernardino and Mammoth Lakes, declared bankruptcy this year. One financial expert described the problem as “spreading like a disease.” Of course, th...
Monday, July 11th, 2011
JULY 11, 2011
By WAYNE LUSVARDI
People are upset.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the new chairman California stem cell research center, Jonathan Thomas -- an investment banker -- will draw a salary of more than $400,000 per year. Current Chairman Alan Trounson also makes a salary o...
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