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19
Jan 2010
Brace yourself for another long year of budget talks.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency and demanded swift action to eliminate nearly half of the state's $19.9 billion deficit by March.
But the Legislature, divided...
18
Jan 2010
There are dozens of proposed measures for the 2010 elections, all of which purport to improve California's economic, social or civic well-being. Some are fairly major structural changes - and chances are high that quite a few will actually...
18
Jan 2010
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council have a double task ahead of them. They must confront a serious cash-flow problem and take decisive, sober action to ensure that the city will have the money to pay its bills over the next 18...
17
Jan 2010
The nation's police chiefs are finding an alarming increase in criminals' use of assault weapons - the high-powered battlefield rifles that used to be banned, back when the federal government showed greater concern for public safety. The...