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Katy Grimes: Has the California Legislature jumped the shark, and moved beyond relevance or even recovery? In a moment-in-time characterized by absurdity, the California budget is swiftly becoming a bad joke. There is no budget. There has been no budget. And
Read MorePoor Should Pay Their Fair Share
Steven Greenhut: I was recently on a left-leaning radio show where the host and callers echoed the standard Democratic talking point that the key to solving the state’s budget crisis is to make the rich pay their fair share of
Read MoreDems Scare Voters, Protect Unions
Steven Greenhut: Sen. Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, the vice chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement today blasting Democratic hysteria over coming budget cuts: “I’m disappointed to see Democrats resort to scaring the public by threatening to close
Read MoreCard Check Blazing Through Assembly
APRIL 7, 2011 By KATY GRIMES With a sucker punch from the Assembly Speaker’s office, the public notice rule for legislative hearings was suspended on Wednesday. That allowed an Assembly committee to push through a quick hearing about Senate President
Read MoreSouthern Cal Expelling Families
APRIL 7, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, analysis from various think tanks will be trickling out. One of the most revealing just was released by the Brookings Institution on America’s child population (boldface in
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