Mayor Ashley Swearengin has offered a sweeping plan to balance the city's budget that could be almost $28 million out of balance over the next 18 months. While the proposed cuts are massive, they may have to be even larger as City Hall contends with
Officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System are scrambling to respond to a series of embarrassing disclosures regarding close relationships between CalPERS officials and placement agents -- politically connected middlemen who help
It may turn out that getting the $11.1 billion state water bond on next November's ballot was the easy part. The biggest problem for bond backers is opponents will have a year to raise doubts in voters' minds about the wisdom of borrowing that m
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is accused of murdering 13 people (12 of whom were soldiers) and wounding another 30 at Fort Hood, Texas. It was not the first, nor will it be the last, domestic terrorist incident since Sept. 11, 2001.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown ruled Thursday that the California Citizens Compensation Commission can cut the salaries of state lawmakers, setting in motion an 18% pay cut for members of the Assembly and Senate. The salary reduction will take effect...read more »
The news is not good for President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats on the political front. Obama's popularity has dropped below 50% in public opinion polls and independents, who often provide the margin of victory in national elections, aren't backing...read more »
The Amtrak trip to San Diego is about two hours longer than driving, but it's a lot less stressful than maneuvering your car through Southern California traffic. I visited my daughter in San Diego over the weekend to see her...read more »
I strongly believe that America's ingenuity and sense of fairness should be applied to the effort of eliminating childhood hunger in this country. The Department of Agriculture is deeply involved in this effort as we work toward a national approach t
For at least a hundred years, we Americans have seen ourselves as leaders of the world in science and in the industry that follows. If we want to continue to be among the leaders we are going to have to get our act together.
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