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Back to homepageU.S. Dems ask NFL, NBA for advice on climate change
Feb. 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes Reader warning: Only read this story if you have low blood pressure; this could make your head explode. If you were on-the-fence about man-made climate change, this should finally knock you off and bring
Read MoreStudy finds corporate tax breaks are ‘corporate welfare’
Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes A new study just released by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and the Reason Foundation found many California tax breaks given to corporations constitute corporate welfare, shows how they actually impede economic growth, and contribute
Read MoreLegislation would create school marshal program to protect kids
Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Planes have armed air marshals. How about armed school marshals? Last week Assemblyman Tim Donnelly told me about his plan to offer legislation to create a voluntary school marshal program, modeled after
Read MoreSmall biz jobs up, but not in CA
Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes While small businesses across the nation created 20,000 new jobs this month, California lost small business jobs, according to Intuit Payroll’s Small Business Index. The Intuit Small Business Employment Index is a measure of
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‘We are now Europe!’
Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes Rick Santelli, my favorite vociferous and opinionated financial news guru, today said that with the federal government’s release of the latest report finally showing that the economy actually shrunk in the fourth quarter last year, “We are
Read MoreCA lawmakers at hearing aim at guns, not crooks
Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — There was no shortage of drama yesterday in a Capitol hearing about California’s gun laws. A show-and-tell, demonstration by the California Department of Justice, of several high-capacity rifles held the rapt attention
Read MoreAnti-gun lawmakers lead gun hearing today
Jan. 29, 2013 By Katy Grimes Jumping on the anti-gun movement in the country, two of California anti-gun lawmakers will lead a hearing today about guns and violence. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, Chairman of the Assembly Public Safety Committee,
Read MoreUnholstering the truth about guns
Jan. 28, 2013 By Katy Grimes Politicians are nothing if not predictable. With every tragedy, lawmakers seize the opportunity to come up with a solution, a rule, or another law. But often the new rules don’t quite fit the crime.
Read MoreFeinstein’s gun ban bill exempts govt. officials
Jan. 25, 2013 By Katy Grimes An interesting tidbit came out of Thursday’s big announcement by Sen. Dianne Feinstein about her newest gun ban legislation. The bill would exempt “weapons used by government officials.” Feinstein officially proposed banning 157 different makes
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