Archive for the ‘california’ Category
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Eight years later, Angelides is gone, but the state's two big pension funds are still wrestling with the fallout of the initiative. A recent report from the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), revealed that the $170 billion fund, the nation's third-largest, would have been $1 billion richer if it ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Via
HuffPo
: When you're poor, it can be hard to pay the bills. When you're rich, it's hard to keep track of all the bills that need paying. It's a lesson Cindy McCain learned the hard way when NEWSWEEK raised questions about an overdue property-tax bill on a La Jolla, Calif., ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage, the justices ruled 4-3 in striking down the ban. "In view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship," Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote of marriage for the majority, "the California Constitution ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
The Wall Street Journal today writes about the economic resurgence in Hayfork, California created by companies like Jefferson Forest Products, a sustainable logging company acquired a couple of years ago by Upstream21. Upstream21 is a holding company that buys small to medium-sized businesses and operates them in a socially responsible ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
In what a leading orca researcher calls an ominous sign, a group of the killer whales that frequent Puget Sound and nearby waters has turned up feeding off the coast of California for the sixth winter in a row. L pod, one of three orca families that frequent Washington waters, ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
At the news conference itself, some FEMA employees played the role of reporter, asking questions of Johnson - queries described as soft and gratuitous.Read the full story
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
It's another Katrina-sized disaster. The Bush administration isn't ready. The National Guard isn't at full force. The Pentagon has few resources to offer. This is the cost of fighting a war overseas without investing in our own infrastructure at home. Read the full story
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