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Local enterprise zones at risk
Staff WriterGov. Jerry Brown is once again pushing to do away with enterprise zones and their tax break benefits, a move that the local enterprise zone manager says would severely hinder the Valley’s capacity to entice businesses. And while Imperial Valley...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Credit and Debt, Government
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Gov. Jerry Brown's cap-and-trade plans face opposition
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to borrow $500 million from cap-and-trade proceeds to cover general fund expenses has not been warmly welcomed in the Legislature. "It doesn’t really make sense," said Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose) at a budget...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Elections, Government
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Jerry Brown dismisses 'kerfuffle' over tax forecasts
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday it would be a mistake to count on the extra tax revenue that was projected by the legislative analyst last week. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says the state will receive $3.2 billion more...
Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Stock Market, Executive Branch, Weather Reports
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Jerry Brown talks about his past, drops hints about his future
Gov. Jerry Brown, who is known to break out the occasional Latin phrase during stump speeches and news conferences, said he liked the language because “it’s obscure and makes you smarter than everybody.” The quip came during a free-...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government, Business Enterprises
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Court receiver says Brown ignores prison conditions
In a report Wednesday to federal judges, the official overseeing prison medical care said Gov. Jerry Brown's public opposition to crowding reductions, and his corrections officials' refusal to move inmates at risk of a deadly disease, show California is...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Coccidioidomycosis , Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Politics, Darrell Steinberg, Regional Authority, Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Urasawa, Punishment, Immigration
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Cal State moving to offer online science labs
California State University is moving aggressively to offer web-based science labs, a systemwide virtual campus and online advising as remedies for "bottlenecks" that impede student progress and graduation rates, officials said Tuesday. Some of these...Tags: Teachers, Politics, Executive Branch, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Payroll meltdown keeps costing California
SACRAMENTO -- California officials are still cleaning up the mess after halting an expensive and troubled overhaul of the payroll system for public employees earlier this year. Roughly two dozen workers are responsible for sifting through the rubble...Tags: Politics, Employees, Government, Medical Procedures and Tests, Civil and Public Service
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Gov. Jerry Brown appoints Superior Court judges
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday appointed 13 judges to Superior Court seats, including four posts in Los Angeles County. All but one of the appointees are Democrats. Brown filled the Los Angeles County Superior Court vacancies with Julie Fox Blackshaw,...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Executive Branch, Lawyers, Judges
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California drops a notch in public school spending
California slipped a notch in spending per public school pupil in 2011, falling to 35th among states in a year that marked the first overall drop across the nation in nearly four decades, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The 50 states and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Teaching and Learning, New York City, Students, United States Census Bureau
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State dairymen seek bigger share of whey windfall
SACRAMENTO — California dairy farmers and cheese processors are fighting again over milk prices. It's not Grade A, homogenized, pasteurized milk that's at issue in the state Capitol. Rather, agriculture lobbyists are focused on the price of whey,...
Tags: Politics, Al Capone, Prices, Executive Branch, Food Industry
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