Video: The May budget revision
Published 07:00 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Alan LaGuardia
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May 14, 2008
The governor's revised budget (and a Dem analysis)
Published 03:53 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Hoffenblum on Dems' shot for supermajority
Published 12:02 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Allan Hoffenblum, the publisher of the California Target Book, which handicaps political races in the state, has written up a rundown of the Democratic Party's chances for winning a supermajority in the Legislature.
He says Democrats would need a clean sweep and "two major upset wins" in the Assembly races. There's pretty much no chance in the Senate (where Dems need to pick up two seats). ... (more) | Comments
He says Democrats would need a clean sweep and "two major upset wins" in the Assembly races. There's pretty much no chance in the Senate (where Dems need to pick up two seats). ... (more) | Comments
CSU fee hike approved
Published 11:01 AM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Bracing for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget announcement later today, the trustees of the California State University approved raising tuition fees by 10 percent this fall.
Undergraduates will pay an average of $3,797 next year, twice as much as what a CSU school cost in the fall of 2000, according to the Associated Press. ... (more) | Comments
Undergraduates will pay an average of $3,797 next year, twice as much as what a CSU school cost in the fall of 2000, according to the Associated Press. ... (more) | Comments
Prison population projections headed downward
Published 09:59 AM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Andy Furillo
California's prison people put out their Spring 2008 inmate population projections, and the news is positive for those who favor putting fewer offenders behind bars. ... (more) | Comments
May 13, 2008
Price to chair GO
Published 03:37 PM Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
In her first shift of committee chairs, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass named Assemblyman Curren Price as the new chair of the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee. Price replaces Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, whom Bass has elevated to the post of majority leader. ... (more) | Comments
'I knew it's a new day when I saw that red power suit come out'
Published 02:42 PM Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
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