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Back to homepageCA unemployment record 12.6%
Yes, it can get worse. California’s unemployment rate now has risen to 12.6%, the highest on record. Breitbart reports: “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he is encouraged but said in a statement that the state needs to focus on training employees
Read MoreFired official slams state 'fire sale'
APRIL 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A complex administration plan to sell state-owned properties and then lease them back from the new owners is being compared to a short-term money raising gimmick by a recently terminited member of the commission
Read MoreDems' cheap shot at scouting
This week I read an op-ed written by Assemblyman Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills, about how Assembly Democrats defeated Assembly Resolution 119 to honor the Boy Scouts on their 100th Anniversary. Hagman, an Eagle Scout, correctly identified that the Boy Scouts
Read MoreGreenlining series: Another ACORN-like menace?
This is the fourth part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. By TORI RICHARDS Both use
Read MoreThe Polite Sacramento Tea Party
The tax day Tea Party held at the state capitol in Sacramento was a bustling event, attended by colorful, patriotic and well-mannered people from all walks of life. No angry outbursts… no fights… just thousands and thousands of very polite
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