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Gov. Jerry Brown's cap-and-trade plans face opposition
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to borrow $500 million from cap-and-trade proceeds to cover general fund expenses has not been warmly welcomed in the Legislature. "It doesn’t really make sense," said Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose) at a budget...Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Elections, Jim Beall, Jr., Government
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Budgets and Budgeting, Hospitals and Clinics, Unemployment Benefits, Darrell Steinberg
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Jerry Brown dismisses 'kerfuffle' over tax forecasts
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday it would be a mistake to count on the extra tax revenue that was projected by the legislative analyst last week. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says the state will receive $3.2 billion more...
Tags: Weather Reports, Jerry Brown, Weather, Stock Market, Politics
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Jerry Brown talks about his past, drops hints about his future
Gov. Jerry Brown, who is known to break out the occasional Latin phrase during stump speeches and news conferences, said he liked the language because “it’s obscure and makes you smarter than everybody.” The quip came during a free-...Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Business Enterprises, Government
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Gov. Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian & Co. about Rich Soil logo
It's not every day that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian about anything. But the governor's administration sent out a "pro forma" letter to Rich Soil, Kardashian's husband Lamar Odom's clothing line, warning that the logo used on one of...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Andrew Cuomo, Khloe Kardashian, New Products, Lamar Odom
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'Our hearts are broken,' Oklahoma governor says of trapped kids
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spoke directly to citizens in her devastated state Monday night, saying, 'We are looking under every single piece of debris” for the missing after a massive tornado ripped apart the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. “...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tornadoes, Health and Safety at School, Natural Disasters, Politics
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Skelton: Maldonado off to a bad start
Back in February, George Skelton examined the Republican field of potential candidates for governor and said Abel Maldonado seemed like a pretty good idea. Maldonado is a moderate in a party that has drifted to the right and a former mayor, lawmaker and...
Tags: Politics, Abel Maldonado, Elections, Government
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Breast Cancer, Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court
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Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld
TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Extradition, International Law, Barack Obama, Court Preliminary
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Jerry Brown says new Bay Bridge won't open 'unless it's ready'
BERKELEY -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday he was "digging deeply into" the questions surrounding the safety of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and said he could not commit to a scheduled Labor Day opening for the new span. "I take it very...Tags: Arts and Culture, Labor Day, Culture, University of California, Berkeley, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Petroleum Industry
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jerry Brown, Prisons, Abusive Behavior, Republican Party
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