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Transient Business

Katy Grimes: The hilarious story in today’s Sacramento Bee about the transient fellow who showed his entrepreneurial spirit over the weekend, brings up a more serious issue in the state. Travis Lloyd Kevie was apparently squatting in an abandoned bar

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Canada vs. California

John Seiler: Dan Walters had a good column comparing California to Canada. Both have similar-sized populations and economies. Yet, Canada has mostly avoided the economic calamity of recent years, whereas California has suffered heavily. Dan: Canadian bankers eschewed massive involvement

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The greening of the state

JULY 21, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Sacramento’s Mayor Kevin Johnson hopes that the controversial former “Green Czar” Van Jones can bring a different sort of green with him to the Sacramento region. As part of a statewide push on climate

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Do tax hikes fix budgets?

JULY 21, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The U.S. and California economies continue to struggle to push up from the Great Recession. Even as revenues at all levels of government have been hit hard, businesses and citizens complain that, even if

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