While celebrating the end of the temporary 1% sales tax increase enacted two years ago George Runner of Fox & Hounds Daily looks back through …
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NEWS: California Controller blasts prison department’s waste of money
San Francisco Business Times reports on an audit released by Controller John Chiang's office showing that the California Department of Corrections and …
NEWS: Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs
A USA Today analysis finds that federal employees' job security is so great that workers in many agencies are more likely to die of natural causes …
OPINION: Dan Walters: Two-thirds vote still has a role in the Legislature
Dan Walters' column in the Sacramento Bee about how the two-thirds vote has remained effective in regards to California constitutional amendments even …
OPINION: Dan Walters: Legislature has made school funding even more irrational
Dan Walters column for the Sacramento Bee on how the State Legislature continues to convolute the already confusing and irrational structure of the …
NEWS: California pays more than 1400 workers in excess of $200000
The Los Angeles Times reports that more than 1400 state employees were paid in excess of $200000 last year according to compensation data made public …
OPINION: Dan Walters: Sacramento – Where the fun never stops
Dan Walters' column for the Monterey County Herald muses as to whether last week's proposed budget was a sincere effort by Democrats in the …
NEWS: Brown vetoes Democratic budget
The Sacramento Bee reports that Governor Jerry Brown vetoed his own party's budget today less than 24 hours after Democratic lawmakers sent him a …
OPINION: Chris Reed: ‘Pension Truth Squad’ is short on truth and long on delusions
Chris Reed of San Diego Union-Tribune blasts the "Pension Truth Squad" over claims that California's pension crisis is over exaggerated and …
OPINION: The Renewable Energy Myth
Robert Emery of the Energy Tribune explains the inefficiencies of renewable energy and the lack of significant impact technologies like wind and solar …