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California health exchange reveals premium costs, insurers

By Jim Sanders - Updated: 8:22 am

California's newly created health exchange announced the bottom line on its insurance policies and rates Thursday, bringing sharper focus to family impacts of next year's health care overhaul.

Dan Walters: $10 billion in debt not on Jerry Brown's wall

By Dan Walters - Published: 12:00 am

When Gov. Jerry Brown talks about reducing the state's "wall of debt," he carefully limits it to about $30 billion in budget deficits, mostly money owed to schools and community colleges.

Consultants report on Nevada psychiatric hospital's busing of patients

By Phillip Reese and Cynthia Hubert - Published: 12:00 am

Nevada's largest psychiatric facility should hire more staff and shore up discharge protocols to guard against practices that resulted in some patients being bused alone out of state, with no shelter or family waiting at their destination, two consultants hired by the state concluded in a report Thursday.

Tax bills fail to advance out of California Senate committee

By Laurel Rosenhall - Published: 12:00 am

Measures aimed at creating new taxes on Californians were held by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, making it extremely unlikely that the taxes on cigarettes, soda, strip clubs, plastic bags or oil extraction will become law this year.

The Buzz: Southern California lawmakers trumpet 'strong support' for Jerry Brown's water plan

By Jon Ortiz and Jeremy B. White - Published: 12:00 am

Weather, terrain, culture – there are plenty of things to distinguish Northern California from the south state.

Gov. Jerry Brown

Dan Walters: $10 billion in debt not on Jerry Brown's wall - 12:00 am
The State Worker: The perils of government transparency - May 23
Dan Walters: Legislative analyst gives Democrats more money - May 19

$10 billion in debt not on Jerry Brown's wall

When Gov. Jerry Brown talks about reducing the state's "wall of debt," he carefully limits it to about $30 billion in budget deficits, mostly money owed to schools and community colleges.

CAPITOL ALERT

Dan Walters Daily: Lawmakers will heed budget deadline

Posted by Jeremy B. White at 6:00 AM

How do you get a budget passed on time? Threatening to take away California lawmakers' salaries helps, Dan explains. Have a question you'd like Dan to answer? Post it on ...

AM Alert: Judgment day for California Assembly suspense bills - 6:00 AM
Number of bills on Assembly suspense file vary for lawmakers - 5:05 PM
Tax bills fail to advance out of California Senate committee - 4:05 PM
Jerry Brown: News media ignoring climate change - 11:46 AM
California health exchange reveals premium costs - 9:15 AM
Disability-rights advocates flock to Capitol for day of lobbying - 2:13 PM

THE STATE WORKER

Senate subcommittee rejects CalHR request for tech funding

Posted by Jon Ortiz at 12:47 PM

A California Senate budget subcommittee delivered a setback to a planned upgrade for the state's job website today by rejecting a proposal to fund it. The California Department of Human ...