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CA tests 4-year community college plan
On the heels of a high-profile presidential push for free community college, California has committed to an expansion program for the typically two-year schools. In what could be a model for advocates who support President Obama’s agenda for free community college
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Will severe school lunch policies eventually cost Dems? Maybe
The news this week that UC San Francisco had “unveiled a repository of sugar science, designed to collect the evidence against sweetened foods and disseminate that information to the public — and persuade people to boot fructose and most other
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De Leon ‘green jobs’ vow didn’t pan out for Obama, Brown
New Senate President Kevin De Leon’s announcement Friday that creating a broad swath of “green jobs” would be a priority will be greeted with applause by greens in West L.A. and the Bay Area and on campus, but it will
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Biden due in L.A. to tout minimum-wage hike — commuters, beware
Monday, Joe Biden was in Nevada touting a hike in the minimum wage as the key to fighting income inequality. Today, the vice president will be in Los Angeles with Mayor Eric Garcetti offering the same spiel before heading to
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VIDEO: How Sen. Obama and Big Labor Killed Immigration Reform
Illegal immigration is once again a top issue for California. But in D.C., is there anybody working to reform the system? Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, provides his insights to CalWatchdog.com’s Brian Calle.
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Immigration: Feinstein acts like Chicago Dem, not CA Dem
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein won’t put up with the CIA spying on lawmakers. Her repeated denunciations of the agency this year have been remarkable, considering her decades as a leading figure in the national security establishment. But Feinstein isn’t so
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CA, US green-job campaign promises fall far short
In 2008, Barack Obama ran for president on the promise that he would get the economy out of the Great Recession with a recovery plan built on green jobs. He promised 5 million such jobs would be created across the
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Green flack thinks <2% annual growth in CA 'cleantech' is impressive
The fallout from the news that 16 Assembly Democrats were willing to go on the record with their concerns that AB 32 will drive up gas prices and cause economic pain to struggling folks in their home districts continues to grow.
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Mixed GOP reaction to Donnelly: Dumb-de-dumb-dumb
The California Republican Party is now very, very down on its luck. But I think state party chair Jim Brulte isn’t just blathering when he suggests the party can make at the least a modest comeback. The main reason for
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CA history lesson on Obama: Any doubt it will be slanted?
The conventional way to look at this bill is still ultimately the correct way — yes, what happened in 2008 was so powerful and historic that it makes sense: “SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that passed the Assembly with
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