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Back to homepageBusinesses protest Gov. Brown’s fee hike
March 15, 2013 By Dave Roberts “Constantly expanding the coercive power of government by adding each year so many minute prescriptions to our already detailed and turgid legal system overshadows other aspects of public service.” — Gov. Jerry Brown, State
Read MoreAnother Sacramento business bites the dust
March 14, 2013 By Katy Grimes Coke — it’s the real thing. But not for 60 Sacramento area Coca-Cola employees who are about to lose their jobs. Only two months after Coca-Cola, Inc. purchased the locally-owned Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Company,
Read MoreObamacare will add 7 million insured in CA
March 14, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — With Obamacare implementation looming, and California’s open-arms embrace of what’s officially called the Affordable Care Act, as many as 7 million new people will access healthcare in the state by 2014. The
Read MoreHow not to help domestic workers
March 14, 2013 By Joseph Perkins Rosa Sanchez marched outside the State Building in Los Angeles last week, banging her pots and pans. She was one of a hundred or so domestic workers voicing their support for the so-called Domestic
Read MorePathetic media never report Obama’s support for fracking
March 12, 2013 By Chris Reed It’s bad enough that the media consistently depict hydraulic fracturing as new when it’s been around for 60-plus years. But what’s also amazing is that the California media covering the state government’s ongoing attempts
Read MoreMetLife: And another CA company bites the dust
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler California’s high-tax, excessive regulation climate has killed another state business and the jobs that go with it: “Insurance giant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. said Thursday it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in five
Read MoreWhy not a $100 minimum wage?
March 7, 2013 By John Seiler The Daily Kos liberal Web site is running a $10.10 national minimum wage campaign: “To the 113th Congress: “The minimum wage needs to keep up with the times, but today, it’s fallen behind, leaving
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Train agency ‘raids’ CalPERS for exec talent: Oy vey!
March 6, 2013 By Chris Reed When the press release came out Monday that the California High-Speed Rail Authority had recruited a top executive away from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, a Tweet from former Los Angeles Times journo
Read MoreGreat Recession short-circuits CARB’s Cap and Trade auction
March 5, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Recessions are painful, especially for those who lost their jobs. But there is one upside to less economic activity: lower levels of pollution. Ironically, the Great Recession short-circuited the California Air Resources Board’s auctions
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