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NOV. 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The recent passage of Proposition 25, which allows legislators to pass a budget with only a simple majority vote, could have an impact on the future of property tax increases, according to Jon Coupal,
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John Seiler: California’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that illegal immigrants can get in-state tuition at state universities and colleges. But your legal relative who’s a citizen and lives in Parker, Ariz., just across the border, doesn’t get that goodie. It’s
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Katy Grimes: Who knew that a write-in candidate could influence the outcome of some tight political races in California? Karen England, Executive Director of the Capitol Resource Institute, ran as a write-in candidate against Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado. Using “Bag
Read MoreRail Firms Lack Accountability
NOV. 15, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The California High-Speed Rail Authority really loves its contractors. It easily employs more than a hundred of them, though the rail authority doesn’t seem to know that. In fact, the authority literally has no
Read MoreLocals Excluded From Klamath Dam Plan
NOV. 15, 2010 Will Siskiyou Residents Lose Property Rights To Environmental Interests? By WAYNE LUSVARDI The last eruption of Mount Mazama in the Klamath Basin in southern Oregon occurred over 7,700 years ago and scattered mineral ash as far as
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