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Katy Grimes: More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward
Read MoreWimpy pension deal
Steven Greenhut: We got the heads up earlier that the governor had negotiated a blockbuster pension deal with four public employee unions, but now we see that this is no sort of deal. As the Bee reported, “Newly hired patrol
Read MoreCalPERS does the right thing?
Anthony Pignataro: So CalPERS just voted to spend a bit more General Fund money on our state’s Mount Everest-like public employee pension debt, which is estimated to run about half a trillion dollars. Almost immediately, David Crane, the Governor’s Special
Read MoreDems damn dams
JUNE 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES With a win for PG&E but a loss for hydroelectric power plants in the state, the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications committee today killed part of a bill that would have added all hydroelectric
Read MoreAB32's echoes failed policy
JUNE 16, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Industrial policy is defined as government “policies that stimulate specific activities and promote structural change.” It’s intended to create businesses and jobs by government favoring one or more sectors of the economy through tax
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