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Public Eye Team
Amy PyleAmy Pyle, Team Leader
AME/Investigations & Enterprise
916-321-1050
apyle@sacbee.com
Tom KnudsonTom Knudson, Environment & Sierra Nevada
tknudson@sacbee.com
530-582-5336
Marjie LundstromMarjie Lundstrom, Northern California & General Assignment
mlundstrom@sacbee.com
916-321-1055
Andrew McIntoshAndrew McIntosh, State Government & Political Corruption
amcintosh@sacbee.com
916-321-1215
Charles PillerCharles Piller, Financial Audits & Prisons
cpiller@sacbee.com
916-321-1113
Phillip ReesePhillip Reese, Computer-Assisted Reporting & Databases
preese@sacbee.com
916-321-1137
FEATURED INVESTIGATION:

A top Department of General Services manager resigned and a Department of Transportation employee was reassigned Tuesday as the Schwarzenegger administration reacted to an investigation by The Bee that found officials spent $5.5 million on new vehicles this year but left many idle and gathering dust for months.

OTHER INVESTIGATIONS:
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Two of the state's largest departments spent more than $5.5 million on new cars and trucks this year only to leave them idle and gathering dust for months.
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Near Mark Oldfield's desk at the California Department of Conservation sits a ream of copy paper that is more than a routine office commodity.
Sac State students -- job cuts
Up to one-fourth of the 110,000 jobs reported as saved by federal stimulus money in California probably never were in danger, a Bee review has found.
When Fred Buenrostro, then the chief executive of California's giant public employees' pension fund, was looking for a place to marry, he accepted an offer to hold the wedding at the home of good friend and former CalPERS board member Alfred J. Villalobos. Villalobos stood to gain millions by introducing clients to officials at CalPERS.
Natomas construction
Roughly 20 percent of Californians don't have health insurance. About half of the state's uninsured adults work a full-time job. Use our newest database to see the number of uninsured by occupation. You'll also find a chart showing the jobs with the most uninsured workers.
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While there's not much the state's elected leaders can do about the worldwide economic woes, they have tried for decades – mostly unsuccessfully – to wrestle with the triple threat of taxes, spending and ballot-box budgeting.

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