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    May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state

    SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable.
    SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...

    Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System

    2. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Gov. Jerry Brown sticks to hard line in revised budget proposal

    SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown took a hard line Tuesday as he unveiled his latest budget plan, seeking to tighten general-fund spending and holding firm on his push to redistribute money for schools.
    SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown took a hard line Tuesday as he unveiled his latest budget plan, seeking to tighten general-fund spending and holding firm on his push to redistribute money for schools. He proposed general-fund expenditures of $96.4...

    Tags: Personal Income, Jerry Brown, Government, Regional Authority, Budgets and Budgeting

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Assembly speaker outlines budget plans

    Gov. Jerry Brown won't unveil his revised budget plan until next week, but Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez detailed some of his own ideas Wednesday.
    Gov. Jerry Brown won't unveil his revised budget plan until next week, but Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez detailed some of his own ideas Wednesday. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) wants to increase state-subsidized employment for welfare recipients to put more...

    Tags: Jerry Brown, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance

    4. May 6, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Pérez vows fiscal discipline from Democrats

    SACRAMENTO — Speaker John Pérez wants voters to know something: Cash may be cascading into state coffers as it hasn't for years. Democrats may totally control the Assembly with a new supermajority. But they're not going to be drunken sailors.
    SACRAMENTO — Speaker John Pérez wants voters to know something: Cash may be cascading into state coffers as it hasn't for years. Democrats may totally control the Assembly with a new supermajority. But they're not going to be drunken sailors....

    Tags: Personal Income, Awards and Prizes, Education, Government, Budgets and Budgeting

    5. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela presidency, council says

    CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro, who served as Venezuela's interim president in the weeks after the death of his mentor, President Hugo Chavez, won a narrow victory over Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles to become the country's elected leader, officials said.
    CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro, who served as Venezuela's interim president in the weeks after the death of his mentor, President Hugo Chavez, won a narrow victory over Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles to become the country's elected...

    Tags: Poverty, Venezuela, U.S. Military, Voting, Elections

    6. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. In working-class neighborhoods, activist seeks to give away guns

    In a city still reeling from a shooting rampage that killed six and severely injured a congresswoman, contrasting giveaways are being proposed for a handful of its working-class neighborhoods.
    In a city still reeling from a shooting rampage that killed six and severely injured a congresswoman, contrasting giveaways are being proposed for a handful of its working-class neighborhoods. One would dole out free shotguns to poor adults. Another...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. GOP primary voters not opposed to immigration reform

    WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early presidential contests.
    WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early...

    Tags: John McCain, Primaries, Migration, Republican Party, Elections

    8. Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?

    Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario.
    Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...

    Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Osteoporosis, Social Security, Media Industry, Physical Disabilities

    9. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Why 'chained CPI' works for Social Security [Blowback]

    In his March 22 <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-chained-cpi-20130322,0,3050353.story">blog post</a> criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and other items in the federal budget, Michael Hiltzik claimed that there were "no grounds" for the statement made in a recent paper from the <a href="http://www.momentoftruthproject.org/">Moment of Truth Project</a> ("<a href="http://www.momentoftruthproject.org/news/moment-truth-project-releases-updated-policy-paper-chained-cpi">Measuring Up, The Case for Chained CPI"</a>) that the chained CPI provides a more accurate measure of inflation than the measure currently used.&nbsp;
    In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and other items in the federal budget, Michael Hiltzik claimed that there...

    Tags: Market and Exchange, Personal Income, Social Security, Public Finance, John Boehner

    10. Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?

    The government in Britain recently did something interesting.
    The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...

    Tags: American Enterprise Institute, NPR, Social Security, United Kingdom, Interior Policy

    11. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Interview: Why the world is losing faith in democracy

    In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of&nbsp;activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at&nbsp;Tiananmen Square.
    In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at ...

    Tags: Political Systems, Democracy, Burma, Philippines, China

    12. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. GOP approves Paul Ryan's austere, balanced budget

    WASHINGTON &ndash; The austere House budget drafted by Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) that has come to define the Republican Party was approved Thursday on a strict party-line vote, as the GOP argues that a balanced budget should now be Washington&rsquo;s top goal.
    WASHINGTON – The austere House budget drafted by Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) that has come to define the Republican Party was approved Thursday on a strict party-line vote, as the GOP argues that a balanced budget should now be Washington’s top...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Personal Income, Nursing Homes, Republican Party, Health Insurance Cost

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