Bill change underscores the need for journalists

A batch of amendments to a massive water bond bill was submitted to the state Senate's clerical desk Monday, and one of them, as it turned out, had nothing to do with water.

Next year's vote shapes up as trip to fantasyland

Exactly one year from today, California voters will pretend that electing a new governor will somehow improve their chronically ineffective state government.

Redistricting should be quite a political show

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and political reform groups enacted a ballot measure to shift legislative redistricting from the Legislature to an independent commission, they purposely left congressional redistricting in lawmakers' hands.

Water's only certainty is immense impact on land

New water policy may be almost impossible

CalPERS deals stink like a dead whale

Billions of dollars in spending untold

Capitol knows it needs fix

Trains try to run on 'leverage'

Lobbyists maintain legislative stalemate

State's revenues fall $1 billion behind

Race of 1998 may revisit voters

Debt for bonds looms over state

Governor still hopes to get a water deal

Whitman not ready for prime time

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