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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Bush backs highway fund rescue
National |
12:00AM, September 6
With the nation’s highway fund running out of money faster than expected, the Bush administration on Friday pulled a political U-turn and urged Congress to approve an $8-billion rescue plan that the White House had previously opposed. Read more
California governor’s veto threat creates logjam of nearly 1,000 bills
California | Local |
12:00AM, September 6
More than California’s budget is up in the air. Read more
Thursday, September 4, 2008
California Legislature enacts no major healthcare overhaul but OKs some key changes
California | Local |
September 4, 2008
California lawmakers acted to curb some of the most extreme practices of the state’s healthcare industry this session, even as they failed to fix some of its most widespread problems, such as high costs and uneven quality. Read more
Monday, September 1, 2008
There’s not enough green in the budget for California parks
California | Local |
September 1, 2008
Labor Day means picnics in parks. Read more
Legislators get bills off their plate
California | Local |
September 1, 2008
Insurance companies could no longer cancel with impunity the health coverage of sick people under a measure passed Sunday in the last hour of the Legislature’s session. Read more
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Republicans offer a budget plan
California | Local |
August 31, 2008
Republican lawmakers, who are blocking plans by the governor and Democrats to raise taxes, proposed Saturday to balance the state budget instead with borrowing and deeper spending cuts. Read more
Saturday, August 30, 2008
GOP fails to block plan to upgrade courthouses
California | Local |
August 30, 2008
Assembly Republicans, criticizing the state’s top judge for rulings on same-sex marriage and parole for murderers, tried Friday to block a $5-billion plan to upgrade California courthouses. Read more
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tribes seek to protect casino turf
California | Local |
August 28, 2008
Rich, politically powerful Indian tribes are pushing California legislators to outlaw some casino competition: slot-like bingo machines that generate millions of dollars for high school sports teams, the blind and disabled. Read more
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bill targets health record spying
California | Local |
August 27, 2008
Alarmed by breaches in which UCLA Medical Center employees snooped in the confidential records of celebrities including Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and California First Lady Maria Shriver, state lawmakers moved Tuesday to clamp hospital files shut with new oversight and stiffer penalties. Read more
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Utility fees sought for environmental research center
Business |
August 26, 2008
With this year’s legislative session in its final days, lawmakers Monday unveiled a bill mandating new fees from electricity ratepayers to fund a University of California-run global warming research center. Read more
Biden’s son was bank consultant while senator backed tougher bankruptcy law
National |
August 26, 2008
A son of presumed Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden was paid an undisclosed amount of money as a consultant by MBNA, the largest employer in Delaware, during the years the senator supported bankruptcy legislation promoted by the credit card industry and opposed by consumer groups. Read more
Friday, August 22, 2008
Texting while driving? California Senate says ‘GTG’
California | Local |
August 22, 2008
Everyone knows not to get caught DWI, but tech-savvy drivers may soon be outlawed from engaging in DWT – driving while texting. Read more
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl
California | Local |
August 21, 2008
Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Read more
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Purchase plan may shut doors
Business |
August 20, 2008
To Congress, it looked like a way to both ease blight and provide affordable housing: give local governments $4 billion to buy, repair and resell homes lost to foreclosure. Read more
Monday, August 18, 2008
GOP kills budget plan
California | Local |
August 18, 2008
- Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed spending plan that would have closed the state’s $15.2-billion shortfall with the help of tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations. Read more
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Amid pressure, Pelosi shifts on offshore drilling
National |
August 14, 2008
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering legislation that would permit new offshore drilling as part of a broad energy bill, a response to growing anxiety within her party that Republicans are gaining traction with election-year attacks that Democrats aren’t doing enough to address high gasoline prices. Read more
Port funds could be diverted
California | Local |
August 14, 2008
Money collected in Los Angeles County to clean up its polluted ports would be shared with the Central Valley under a proposal by the Schwarzenegger administration that is drawing opposition from Southern California leaders. Read more
Amid flood of bills, some crucial issues
California | Local |
August 14, 2008
It’s not all about budget brawling. Read more
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Law narrows home sellers’ use of tax-free exclusion
Business |
August 10, 2008
– Deep in the nearly 700 pages of the new housing bill just signed into law is a complicated tax code change that could affect substantial numbers of people who purchase second homes or rental investment real estate in the coming decade with an eye to occupying them as their main residence later. Read more
