Investigative Reports
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NOV. 22, 2011
By WAYNE LUSVARDI
On May 4, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that the California Stem Cell Institute (aka California Institute for Regenerative Medicine - CIRM) loaned $25 million to the Geron Corp. in Menlo Park to conduct a clinical trial of embryonic stem cells to cure s...
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NOV. 16, 2011
By DAVE ROBERTS
The hammering fist of government has the nuance and delicacy of someone playing the piano while wearing boxing gloves. California’s $500 million water softening industry has been a punching bag for state politicians for several years, and it’s trying to fight ...
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This article was produced for the Hillsdale College Free Market Forum.
NOV. 11, 2011
By STEVEN GREENHUT
To say that the unions have undue influence in the California Legislature, as many critics allege, is to understate the problem. The unions – and the public sector ones in particular ...
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NOV. 7, 2011
By WAYNE LUSVARDI
Over the past three years, the approval rate of new permits for oil and gas “fracking” wells in California has fallen by 90 percent -- from 71 to 7 out of every 100 permit applications. “Fracking” involves the high-power injection of water, sand and proprieta...
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