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May 24, 2013
By Katy Grimes
A bill to make it nearly impossible for local ballot initiatives to reform generous labor pensions was passed by the Assembly Thursday by a 50-18 vote.
AB 822 by Assemblyman Isadore Hall, D-Los Angeles, would require all local ballot proposals seeking refor...
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May 24, 2013
By Chris Reed
One of the most befuddling things about being a public-policy watcher in California in recent years has been the durability of the argument that the higher energy costs forced by 2006's passage of AB 32 won't be a drag on the state economy. Instead, the claim goes, t...
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May 23, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Earthquake! Tonight in Sacramento, we felt the rumblings of a 5.7 earthquake centered in in Greenville, CA, in Plumas County -- 300 miles from Sacramento.
This is considered a moderate earthquake. So far, there have been 13 small aftershocks reported.
This...
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May 23, 2013
By Katy Grimes
There is yet one more snafu in the Obamacare health care law -- paying for it.
The new federal health law, going into effect January 1, 2014, requires most Americans to carry health insurance. But this presents a challenge for the large number of "unbankable"...
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May 23, 2013
By John Seiler
How low did the IRS go in assaulting free Americans? About as low as it gets.
New Mexico Watchdog reports on the IRS hounding of Marianne Chiffelle, an 83-year-old grandmother who was interned in Indonesia by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Thes...
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