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Back to homepageWinning over Latinos: Focus on benefits, not features
March 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Ask any women what she wants in a purse design, and she’ll tell you it needs to be able to organize her entire life. The bag must be able to carry everything,
Read MoreCA GOP Convention: DeVore lays out stark CA vs. TX contrast
Mar. 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Former Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, left the Golden State for Texas in 2011 after he termed out. DeVore returned to his former state Friday night to speak at the dinner banquet of the
Read MoreHouse Whip McCarthy visits Sacto Press Club
March 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — U.S. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from the 22nd District, visited the Sacramento Press Club today and shared his insight into the future of the California Republican Party. McCarthy started
Read MoreAssembly Dems play politics with sequestration bill
March 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Yesterday in the California Assembly the Democratic majority played fast and loose with a bipartisan bill aimed at urging President Barack Obama and Congress to avert the federal sequestration cuts. SJR 3, by
Read MoreNew life breathed into Sacramento vanity project
March 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes The NBA cheerleaders at the Sacramento Bee are giddy with excitement today. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced during his State of the City address Thursday that the Sacramento Kings are here to stay, and
Read MoreBridge over troubled cities
Feb. 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes Since 2007, the city of Sacramento has been threatening to build another major bridge over the Sacramento River between West Sacramento and Sacramento. Our then-City Council and Mayor agreed with West Sacramento that a bridge
Read MoreRepublican lawmaker touts bill pushed by labor bullies
Feb. 21, 2013 By Chris Reed You don’t have to be a union hater to be amazed at all the different ways labor decides to make its Sacramento puppets jump through hoops. The latest example is legislation that would require
Read MoreCARB honcho Mary Nichols makes power grab
Feb. 5, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — What do the California Air Resources Board, the Transit Authority, the Highway Patrol, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Bar Pilots have in common? More than you
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
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
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