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Sacramento Bee - June 17, 6:13 amNow that the California Legislature's deadline for passing the state budget has come and gone, Capitol Alert takes advantage of Monday morning analysis to parse related bursts emanating from the Twitter-verse. Read more from the Bee Capitol ...
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Tim Donnelly,
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Lorena Gonzalez,
Jeff Gorell,
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Ted W. Lieu,
Melissa Melendez,
Jim Patterson,
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Mark Stone,
Dan Walters
Hagman condemns bill that would allow boys into girls' locker rooms, and vice-versa
Inland Daily Bulletin - June 17, 3:02 pmAssemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) has come out swinging at a bill being considered by the state Senate that would allow boys into girls' locker rooms at school, and vice-versa.
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In this article: Tom Ammiano,
Curt HagmanBills: AB 1266,
Sound Bites and the Law of Unintended Consequences: 'Buy America' Needs Rethinking
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 7:41 amBy Lucy Dunn -- 'Three strikes and you're out'—baseball terminology used to determine the standard for sending someone to prison, and prison overcrowding that is one of its by-products. 'No child left behind' -- a federal program on education that ...
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In this article: Lucetta Dunn,
Gerald Desmond,
No Child Left Behind
Green Greed: When Grocers Become the Willing Taxman
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 7:51 amBy Austin James -- It's been only two weeks since the statewide effort to ban plastic bags in California failed miserably in the California State Senate and already the Golden State environmentalists are at it again. A newly proposed ordinance in ...
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KCBS - June 17, 10:47 pm
A battery recycling business in Vernon has reopened after state officials shut it down for allegedly emitting unsafe levels of arsenic.
»ReadIn this article: Kevin De Leon,
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Appeal Democrat (Marysville) - June 17, 10:47 pm
North State farmers were told Monday night in Yuba City they need to be involved in the politics of statewide farming issues if they want to hold off increasing regulations and the high costs they bring. Area Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Loma Rica, ...
»ReadIn this article: Jim W. Houston,
Daniel R. Logue,
Karen Ross
San Francisco Chronicle - June 17, 9:18 pm
State budget triples refinery inspectors The state would nearly triple the number of oil refinery safety inspectors under a proposal on the governor's desk that backers say would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators found played a ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Loni Hancock,
Legislature,
state budget,
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Los Angeles Times/California - June 17, 9:07 pm
The state ordered the Exide plant to shut in April, citing arsenic emissions and calling it a public health risk. A judge rules it can restart operations, pending a hearing.A Vernon battery recycler shut by the state in April as a health risk to ...
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Jose Huizar
Los Angeles Times/California - June 17, 9:05 pm
It's 'never going back' to its heyday as the hottest entertainment neighborhood in L.A., but it hopes to be revitalized through the arts.For decades, Westwood Village was the heartbeat of Los Angeles nightlife while downtown languished in solitude. ...
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Antonio Villaraigosa
San Jose Mercury News - June 17, 8:51 pm
The Texas Rangers broke a six-game losing streak, beating up on Oakland starter Dan Straily and the A's bullpen en route to an 8-7 win in the first of a four-game series between the top two teams in the American League West.
»ReadIn this article: Chris Young,
Chris Young
Los Angeles Times/California - June 17, 8:18 pm
Ana Guerrero, a former community organizer, has been working for Garcetti since 2001, most recently as chief of staff of his City Council office.Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti on Monday named a former community organizer as the first hire of ...
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Torie Osborn,
Matt Szabo,
Antonio Villaraigosa
San Bernardino Sun - June 17, 8:16 pm
Ontario officials are amused over Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's decision to send a time-sensitive document by regular mail asking to reopen negotiations over LA/Ontario International Airport. With less than a month left in his ...
»ReadIn this article: Paul S. Leon,
Gil Navarro,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
Alan Wapner
Los Angeles Times/Business - June 17, 8:09 pm
The health insurer wins a benefits panel's support. If finalized, about 27,000 L.A. workers and their families with Anthem coverage would face a change.Blue Shield of California, already facing a Los Angeles ethics complaint over potential conflicts ...
»ReadIn this article: CalPERS,
Jerry Flanagan,
David Sander,
SEIU,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
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Los Angeles Times/California - June 17, 7:07 pm
Garcetti's made few major announcements, his transition team is short on big names and he's forgoing a black-tie inaugural ball. He's also on a city listening tour.When it comes to glitz and showmanship, L.A.'s next mayor is taking things down a ...
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Gloria Molina,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
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Press Enterprise/Politics blog - June 17, 7:04 pm
Amendments to Senate Bill 56 would add cities incorporated since 2004 to a funding swap adopted that year. The bill has its first hearing Wednesday.
»ReadIn this article: Jason A. Gonsalves,
Legislature,
Richard D. RothBills: SB 56,
Torrance Daily Breeze - June 17, 6:57 pm
Bigger vessels calling to the Port of Long Beach and a shift in business from Los Angeles to Long Beach continue to impact the amount of cargo flowing through the twin ports.
»ReadIn this article: Janice Hahn,
Antonio Villaraigosa
California's Capitol (Greg Lucas) - June 17, 6:38 pm
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8GY0hu0vCs&list=PLD999451DCEB89857&index=1 A Â Lively Chat Between Dan Jacobson of Environment California, Linda Adams, Former California EPA Secretary and now Partner with Clean Tech Advocates, & Loren ...
»ReadIn this article: Linda Adams,
Daniel Jacobson,
Loren F. Kaye
San Francisco Chronicle - June 17, 6:33 pm
State budget triples number of refinery inspectors The state would nearly triple the number of oil refinery safety inspectors under a proposal on the governor's desk that backers say would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Loni Hancock,
Legislature,
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Modesto Bee - June 17, 6:00 pm
Councilman Nascimento takes over as head of Portuguese American Citizenship Project.
»ReadIn this article: Anthony Cannella,
Dennis A. Cardoza
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 17, 5:59 pm
Brown urged not to undercut the public’s right to access government records.
»ReadIn this article: Joel Anderson,
Jerry Brown,
Mark Leno,
John A. Perez,
state budget
New York Times/Opinion - June 17, 5:55 pm
Intelligence outsourcing breeds corruption and destroys accountability.
»ReadIn this article: Dianne Feinstein,
Nancy Pelosi
Los Angeles Times/California - June 17, 5:53 pm
Spring Street Park sits on the site of a former parking lot between 4th and 5th streets. It's the 16th public space to open under the mayor's 50 Parks Initiative.Before a throng of office workers and scruffy-faced hipsters, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio ...
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
water
Sacramento Bee/Dan Walters - June 17, 5:38 pm
With the state budget behind them and three months remaining in the 2013 legislative session, do lawmakers have much left to do?
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Legislature,
minimum wage,
state budget,
Dan Walters
Ventura County Star - June 17, 5:23 pm
A state Senate committee Tuesday will look more broadly into all drilling techniques designed to stimulate oil recovery.
»ReadIn this article: Legislature,
Mark Nechodom,
Fran Pavley,
waterBills: SB 4,
San Diego Union-Tribune/Opinion - June 17, 5:21 pm
A spiteful legal challenge to a summer icon
»ReadIn this article: Bob Filner,
Jan Goldsmith
San Jose Mercury News - June 17, 5:00 pm
SAN JOSE -- The state political watchdog commission that regulates campaign finance and lobbying in California on Thursday will hold its monthly public meeting for the first time in Santa Clara County.
»ReadIn this article: Anna Caballero,
campaign finance,
Fair Political Practices Commission,
Ann Ravel,
Alberto Torrico,
Gary Winuk
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - June 17, 4:58 pm
A veteran Los Angeles Unified School District educator who allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death outside a West Hills home of friends where she had taken refuge was taken into custody without incident shortly after midnight in the Joshua ...
»ReadIn this article: David Crane,
Los Angeles Unified School District
California's Capitol (Greg Lucas) - June 17, 4:51 pm
Nothing remotely felonious about Sen. Ricardo Lara's fundraising invitation below. Although the artwork on the Los Angeles Democrat's solicitation might be a bit unappetizing to some, it's certainly no crime to host a $1,000-a-head ...
»ReadIn this article: Ricardo Lara,
Legislature
Appeal Democrat (Marysville) - June 17, 4:45 pm
SAN FRANCISCO — An attorney representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge on Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Thelton Henderson,
J. Clark Kelso
Press Enterprise - June 17, 4:39 pm
Renters Right to Recycle Act, which became law in July 2012, requires recycling bins at apartments
»ReadIn this article: DEBRA CARLTON,
Dolores Sanchez
NBC Los Angeles/Prop Zero - June 17, 3:51 pm
Convicted former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would like to serve prison time ahead of his also-convicted spouse, Sandi Jackson, court filings show. Paperwork also reveals that the former...
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Orange County Register - June 17, 3:13 pm
State Sen. Diane Harkey has been removed as defendant in a fiscal malfeasance lawsuit, a move that minimizes a potential campaign liability in her bid for the state Board of Equalization next year. Investors are suing Point Center Financial and ...
»ReadIn this article: Board of Equalization,
Diane L. Harkey
San Jose Mercury News - June 17, 3:10 pm
Today: Netflix makes yet another groundbreaking deal, lining up original children's programming from DreamWorks; stock hits highest level in nearly two years. Also: Wall Street flashes higher ahead of Fed meeting as Silicon Valley's Prism drama ...
»ReadIn this article: Brian Fitzgerald,
Steve Jobs
Fresno Bee - June 17, 3:05 pm
An attorney representing inmates at the Avenal and Pleasant Valley prisons told a federal judge on Monday that the threat of Valley fever to some inmates at the facilities is so severe that they should be transferred immediately. Read comments
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Thelton Henderson,
J. Clark Kelso
Inland Daily Bulletin - June 17, 3:02 pm
Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) has come out swinging at a bill being considered by the state Senate that would allow boys into girls' locker rooms at school, and vice-versa.
»ReadIn this article: Tom Ammiano,
Curt HagmanBills: AB 1266,
Business Journal/Sacramento - June 17, 2:49 pm
Momentum appears to be growing at the State Capitol for a new proposal that would raise California’s hourly minimum wage, but lawmakers are considering changes to a clause that would tie future increases to inflation. Assembly Bill 10 was ...
»ReadIn this article: Luis A. Alejo,
John Kabateck,
Legislature,
minimum wageBills: AB 10,
California Majority Report - June 17, 2:33 pm
Increasing America's natural gas exports to other nations may sound like benign economic policy, but it is anything but. In reality, oil and gas giants and others with a track record of savaging our natural resources for the sake of economic gain ...
»ReadIn this article: Liquefied natural gas,
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Calitics/Calitics weblog - June 17, 2:31 pm
Newspaper editorializes against Denham's anti-rail stance by Brian Leubitz California's High Speed Rail system isn't very popular among California Republicans. Or Republicans in general. But one thing you don't often see: a Congressman telling the ...
»ReadIn this article: Jeff Denham,
Brian Leubitz
KCRA 3 - June 17, 2:30 pm
California lawmakers are considering two bills this week that they say would make limousine rides safer, after two limo fires in the Bay Area in the past six weeks – one that left five women dead.
»ReadIn this article: Ellen Corbett,
Jerry HillBills: SB 109,
SB 338,
Roll Call - June 17, 2:28 pm
New Jersey Democrats selected Passaic County Democratic Chairman John Currie as their new state party chairman last week.
»ReadIn this article: Larry Grisolano,
Legislature,
Barack Obama,
Raul Ruiz
Press Enterprise/Politics blog - June 17, 2:26 pm
The 31st Congressional District’s Republican incumbent is considered vulnerable. But Democrats aren’t unified on a challenger to Gary Miller.
»ReadIn this article: Pete Aguilar,
Joe Baca,
Robert Dutton,
illegal immigration,
Jerry Lewis,
Gary G. Miller,
Gloria Negrete McLeod,
Barack Obama,
Danny Tillman
Torrance Daily Breeze/Opinion - June 17, 2:24 pm
Congress this week will consider an amendment to the federal farm bill that would negate several important food-safety and animal-rights laws passed in recent years by California voters.
»ReadIn this article: Jim Costa,
Jeff Denham,
John Garamendi,
Proposition 2,
Karen Ross
Business Journal/Sacramento - June 17, 2:15 pm
California’s lawmakers agreed last week on a state budget that tackled issues like school funding and Medi-Cal, but had little in it for business. Gov. Jerry Brown now has 12 days to sign or veto the new $96.3 billion fiscal plan that takes ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Budget Project,
Legislature,
state budgetBills: AB 78,
CalWatchdog - June 17, 1:34 pm
June 17, 2013 By Evelyn B. Stacey The implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — isn't just hitting private businesses. Governments also must comply. Starting January 1, 2014, California school districts with 50 or more full ...
»ReadIn this article: Los Angeles Unified School District,
Howard P. Mckeon
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 12:50 pm
State workers, welcome to the back of the line. Finance Director Ana Matosantos talks about Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal in Sacramento on Monday, May 14, 2012.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
CalPERS,
CalSTRS,
Gray Davis,
Brian W. Jones,
Brian W. Jones,
Ana J. Matosantos,
Steve Peace,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
SEIU,
Dan Walters
Inland Daily Bulletin - June 17, 12:48 pm
ONTARIO - Outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent city officials a letter earlier this month informing them he was ready to reopen negotiations for LA/Ontario International Airport, as long as Ontario dropped its lawsuit.
»ReadIn this article: Paul S. Leon,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
Alan Wapner
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 12:46 pm
A plan intended, at least in part, to resolve decades of water conflict in the Delta has instead spawned a flood of lawsuits, with at least five separate suits filed against the plan in recent days. Delta fog clears along the Sacramento River ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Dan Walters,
water
The Politico - June 17, 12:46 pm
Cantor's minimum personal wealth rises to $4.4 million, and Pelosi is worth at least $24.4 million.
»ReadIn this article: Kevin McCarthy,
Nancy Pelosi
Business Journal/Sacramento - June 17, 12:37 pm
Lawmakers approved legislation Friday to expand Medi-Cal coverage to more than 1 million Californians next year under federal health reform. Assembly Bill 1X-1 by Assembly Speaker John Perez and Sacramento Assemblyman Richard Pan, and Senate Bill ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Roger Hernandez,
Richard Pan,
John A. Perez,
state budget,
Darrell Steinberg
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 17, 12:35 pm
There are 3,997 pages of testimony, and we have posted 11 stories so far with highlights and excerpts. (This post makes 12.)
»ReadIn this article: Bonnie Dumanis,
Pearl Quinones
Bay Area News Group - East Bay/Opinion - June 17, 11:54 am
Tech companies want the National Security Agency to disclose how it's using online information, but they won't do the same with the consumer information they cull and sell for profit.
»ReadIn this article: Legislature,
Bonnie Lowenthal,
Bob Wieckowski
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 11:26 am
Three days and $13.37 later, Rep. Doris Matsui of Sacramento said she was struck by how challenging it was to eat properly on a food-stamp budget. From Rep. Doris Matsui's Facebook page, her dinner of pasta with broccoli, cheese toast and water.
»ReadIn this article: Sutter Brown,
Doris O. Matsui,
state budget,
Dan Walters,
water
KCRA 3 - June 17, 11:17 am
A federal judge in San Francisco is considering whether an airborne fungus that occurs naturally in the San Joaquin Valley presents enough of a public health danger that thousands of vulnerable state prison inmates should be moved to other locations.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Thelton Henderson,
J. Clark Kelso
CalWatchdog - June 17, 11:00 am
June 17, 2013 By John Hrabe When he isn’t in Sacramento, state Sen. Ed Hernandez is busy treating patients at his five-star rated optometry practice, Hernandez Optometry, in La Puente. The nearby picture is of him on the front page of his Web ...
»ReadIn this article: campaign finance,
Ed Hernandez,
Legislature,
Phillip UngBills: SB 492,
Calitics/Calitics weblog - June 17, 10:29 am
A busy few days for the Legislature as they move forward on important priorities by Brian Leubitz The Legislative leaders and the Governor agreed to a framework for the budget at the beginning of last week, but on Friday, the plan was sealed and ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Legislature,
Brian Leubitz
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 10:20 am
Assembly Bill 76 call for greater scrutiny of "additional appointments" and the policy that fueled them. Read The State Worker blog.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
CalPERS,
CalSTRS,
Jeff Gorell,
Legislature,
SEIUBills: AB 76,
California Manufacturers & Technology Association/MPowered blog - June 17, 10:09 am
Posted by Jack Stewart. Californiamanufacturers are among the best friends the state's economy can have.The sector pays an annual average of$74,000 in wages and traditionally is one of thebest providers of healthinsurance for employees. ...
»ReadIn this article: Jimmy Gomez,
Legislature,
Jack StewartBills: AB 880,
Voice of OC - June 17, 10:03 am
City leaders have portrayed the coming fiscal year's budget as focused on working-class Latino areas. But critics say a decision to spend $6.4 million on improvements to an upscale tennis center paint
»ReadIn this article: Lucille Kring,
Curt Pringle
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 9:47 am
A lawsuit has been filed in Yolo County Superior Court against Townsend Farms, the Oregon producer of a frozen berry blend that has been subject to recall. This handout image provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows the label of ...
»ReadIn this article: SEIU,
Dan Walters
KCBS - June 17, 9:37 am
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was scheduled Monday to tout what his administration considers one of his major accomplishments while in office.
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Jose Huizar,
Antonio Villaraigosa
Roll Call - June 17, 8:57 am
Five members of Congress traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, and Baku, Azerbaijan, for a free weeklong trip at the end of May. The Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians paid for the free trips of Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas, and spouse ($19,962); ...
»ReadIn this article: Jeff Miller,
Jeff Miller
Press Enterprise - June 17, 8:39 am
The Riverside County seat is one of eight held by Democrats that the Cook Political Report says either party has an equal chance to win next year
»ReadIn this article: Mary Bono Mack,
Legislature,
Gary G. Miller,
Brian Nestande,
Raul Ruiz,
Mark Takano
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 8:05 am
By Senator Mimi Walters -- Recently, Governor Jerry Brown reached a new labor agreement with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 that gives 95,000 state employees a 4.5% pay raise beginning in mid-2014. This comes on the ...
»ReadIn this article: Mimi Walters,
unemployment insurance,
state budget,
SEIU,
Legislature,
CalSTRS,
Jerry Brown
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 7:51 am
By Austin James -- It's been only two weeks since the statewide effort to ban plastic bags in California failed miserably in the California State Senate and already the Golden State environmentalists are at it again. A newly proposed ordinance in ...
»ReadIn this article: water,
greenhouse gas,
global warming
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 7:43 am
By Daniel Weintraub -- California's most valuable company -- Apple Inc. -- has been taking flak lately from the halls of Congress to the capitals of Europe over reports that the consumer electronics giant manages its business to minimize the ...
»ReadIn this article: state budget,
Daniel Weintraub
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 7:41 am
By Lucy Dunn -- 'Three strikes and you're out'—baseball terminology used to determine the standard for sending someone to prison, and prison overcrowding that is one of its by-products. 'No child left behind' -- a federal program on education that ...
»ReadIn this article: Lucetta Dunn,
Gerald Desmond,
No Child Left Behind
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 17, 7:39 am
By John Kabateck -- Originally ran in The Sacramento Business Journal on June 7, 2013 Small businesses are the lifeblood of California's economy, supporting almost 80 percent of jobs within the state. However, they are also the most vulnerable -- ...
»ReadIn this article: John Kabateck
Stockton Record - June 17, 7:24 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday is scheduled to consider whether an airborne fungus that occurs naturally in the San Joaquin Valley presents enough of a public health danger that thousands of vulnerable ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Thelton Henderson,
J. Clark Kelso
AroundTheCapitol.com/The Roundup - June 17, 7:11 am
Gov. Brown, the scourge of the locals, now is going after enterprise zones, the system in which businesses get tax breaks for hiring employees in low-income regions. One problem, though, is that it's hard to find out exactly who's getting the tax ...
»ReadIn this article: Ron Calderon,
water,
Daniel Weintraub
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 17, 7:00 am
Rare glimpse of a solemn ritual.
»ReadIn this article: ACORN,
Charles Brown,
Manuel Hernandez
San Jose Mercury News - June 17, 6:34 am
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Monday is scheduled to consider whether an airborne fungus that occurs naturally in the San Joaquin Valley presents enough of a public health danger that thousands of vulnerable state prison inmates should be ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Thelton Henderson,
J. Clark Kelso
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 6:13 am
Now that the California Legislature's deadline for passing the state budget has come and gone, Capitol Alert takes advantage of Monday morning analysis to parse related bursts emanating from the Twitter-verse. Read more from the Bee Capitol ...
»ReadIn this article: Travis Allen,
Tim Donnelly,
Mike Gatto,
Lorena Gonzalez,
Jeff Gorell,
Legislature,
Ted W. Lieu,
Melissa Melendez,
Jim Patterson,
state budget,
Mark Stone,
Dan Walters
Sacramento Bee - June 17, 6:09 am
Dan gives a history of school finance in California and says the latest budget adds another controversial chapter to that saga.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Dan Walters,
water
National Journal - June 17, 6:00 am
Wake-Up Call! is Hotline's daily morning briefing on campaigns and elections. Click here to subscribe.WHAT'S NEWSPres. Obama "arrived in Northern Ireland Monday morning" and is headed to "a lakeside golf resort in Enneskillen for ...
»ReadIn this article: Michael Honda,
Legislature,
Brian Schweitzer
KPBS San Diego public broadcasting/News radio (MP3) podcast - June 17, 6:00 am
It may feel like election season just ended, but a new round of Congressional candidates are already gearing up for the June 2014 election.
»ReadIn this article: Carl DeMaio,
Duncan Hunter
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