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Where are the jobs, jobs, jobs?

Oct. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: Friday morning the latest monthly jobs reportwas released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor

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Video: Obamacare explained

Oct. 5, 2012 By John Seiler Republicans would do better if they were as funny as this lady:

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Californians fleeing our lovely state

Oct. 1, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Not long ago, I penned a case for staying in California, arguing that there’s nothing wrong here that isn’t fixable. California, blessed by magnificent and varied geography, mild weather and an “anything’s

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Now Atwater teetering toward bankruptcy

Sept. 27, 2012 By Chriss Street Atwater, Calif. just admitted it does not have the cash flow to make a $2 million municipal bond payment due in November. It may become the fourth local California government to file for Chapter

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Are skewed polls over-sampling Dems?

Sept. 24, 2012 By Katy Grimes During Presidential elections, many political pundits say that voters should not pay attention to the hundreds of political polls until a couple of weeks before the election. More than ever, this is good advice.

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75 new CA laws signed by Gov. Brown

Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes Gov. Jerry Brown was busy last week, signing some of the 700 bills on his desk into law. He also made a few vetoes–eight to be exact. Just what California needs–more laws. 75 new

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Video: SNL’s new Obama character displays vapid campaign

Sept. 17, 2012 By John Seiler This year’s presidential campaign should be exciting. Instead, it’s the most vapid I’ve seen since I started watching them in 1964. President Obama, understandably, is playing it safe because he’s ahead. But why is

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California Budget Project analysis of Prop. 30 slights slam to business, jobs

Sept. 12, 2012 By John Seiler Sometimes the left-leaning California Budget Project produces worthy studies. Its new analysis of Proposition 30 isn’t one of them. Being pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and the state’s powerful government-worker unions, Prop. 30 would

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Brown, Dem Leg ignore aftermath

Sept. 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes What could anyone say to California’s Democratic lawmakers to make them stop destroying the state? Faced with 700 new bills of potential laws and regulations on his desk, Gov. Jerry Brown can be part

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CA better off than four years ago?

Sept. 7, 2012 By Joseph Perkins I really didn’t need to watch President Obama’s speech last night — although I did — to know how it would be reviewed by his cheerleaders in the mainstream media. To hear them tell

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