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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Public Finance, Government, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Small Businesses, University of California, Berkeley, Punishment, Health and Safety at Work, Fines
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Hundreds of immigrants rally in Sacramento for more rights
Hoping to build on momentum for changing the country’s immigration laws, busloads of immigrants from throughout California are descending on Sacramento on Monday to push for a half dozen bills at the state level. About 500 immigrants from as far...
Tags: Tom Ammiano, Crime, Law and Justice, Migration, Politics, Illegal Immigrants
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...Tags: Abel Maldonado, George H.W. Bush, Prisons, Government, Democratic Party
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Cal State moving to offer online science labs
California State University is moving aggressively to offer web-based science labs, a systemwide virtual campus and online advising as remedies for "bottlenecks" that impede student progress and graduation rates, officials said Tuesday. Some of these...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Education, Executive Branch, Government
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Payroll meltdown keeps costing California
SACRAMENTO -- California officials are still cleaning up the mess after halting an expensive and troubled overhaul of the payroll system for public employees earlier this year. Roughly two dozen workers are responsible for sifting through the rubble...Tags: Government, Civil and Public Service, Politics, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Gov. Jerry Brown appoints Superior Court judges
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday appointed 13 judges to Superior Court seats, including four posts in Los Angeles County. All but one of the appointees are Democrats. Brown filled the Los Angeles County Superior Court vacancies with Julie Fox Blackshaw,...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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California drops a notch in public school spending
California slipped a notch in spending per public school pupil in 2011, falling to 35th among states in a year that marked the first overall drop across the nation in nearly four decades, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The 50 states and...Tags: Students, United States Census Bureau, Teaching and Learning, Economy, Business and Finance, New York City
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State dairymen seek bigger share of whey windfall
SACRAMENTO — California dairy farmers and cheese processors are fighting again over milk prices. It's not Grade A, homogenized, pasteurized milk that's at issue in the state Capitol. Rather, agriculture lobbyists are focused on the price of whey,...
Tags: Lobbying, Al Capone, Executive Branch, Government, Sales
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California boosts school funds, aims to help poorest districts
ReutersBy Sharon Bernstein May 14 (Reuters) - California will spend an extra $2.9 billion on public education over the next two years thanks to higher-than-expected revenue, money that could help Governor Jerry Brown win support for his plan to funnel funds...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, John A. Perez, Politics, Parties and Movements, Finance
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California Governor Brown stands by 2014 budget surplus
ReutersSACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California remains on track to post its first budget surplus in more than a decade, Governor Jerry Brown said on Tuesday as he warned lawmakers against loosening the purse strings in a state he called "a big spending...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Government, John A. Perez, Financial Markets, Credit and Debt
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Gov. Jerry Brown pitches education budget at East L.A. school
This post has been corrected. Please see note below. California Gov. Jerry Brown visited an East L.A. campus Friday to tout his proposed state budget, which would shift more money to students with greater needs. Brown said Humphreys Avenue...
Tags: Students, Lotteries, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning, Education
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