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SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new …
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SACRAMENTO — With its bank balance careening toward zero, California began sending tens of thousands of IOUs to its creditors on Thursday, the latest black eye for the state and its broken budget system. Nearly 30000 IOUs began rolling …
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By SOLOMON MOORE LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an unusual request Friday, asking President Obama to declare Fresno County a federal disaster area because of a three-year drought that is straining California's agricultural industry and …
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Unsuccessfully ran for US Senate in 1992 and 2000. Personal life: Currently a visiting fellow at Chapman University School of Law in Orange County. Married 30 years to wife, Susanne. They live in Irvine with their cat, Pud, named for Tweety Bird"s …
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Much of that increase is thanks to a growing number of pockets of recovery in the housing market. In Northern California, the median price has risen for four straight months in Santa Clara and for three months in Contra Costa County, according to …
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On Monday, when he announced the decision to halt the nerd-bird flights — so named because they cater heavily to technology company employees — American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith insisted the airlines' parent, AMR, wasn't planning to cut other San …
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Bloomberg
By Michael B. Marois June 16 (Bloomberg) — Democrats who control California's Legislature said tax increases are needed to help close a $24 billion deficit, setting up a battle with Republicans that may leave the state short of cash next month.
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A Stanford University study of charter schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia found, nationally, only 17% of charter schools do better academically than their public counterparts.
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The Supreme Court's ruling last week in the case of a grandiosely unethical West Virginia justice opened a new field of constitutional review — the high court may now consider when an elected state court jurist has been so tainted by politics that due …
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Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, facing a state budget gap of $24.3 billion, issued an executive order on Monday that eliminates funding for contracts that state agencies and departments entered after March 1.
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