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Governor rejects Democratic budget plan - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
sacbee.com - 12/19/2008
Governor rejects Democratic budget plan - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will not sign a package of bills Democrats sent him today to increase taxes and make program cuts, an $18 billion effort passed without Republican votes. The governor said the package did not include provisions to stimulate the economy by loosening ...
sacbee.com - 12/20/2008
Jerry Brown urges court to void Prop. 8 - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | ...
— sacbee.com — SAN FRANCISCO -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state's new same-sex marriage ban... Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that ... (more) Jerry Brown urges court to void Prop. 8 - Sacramento ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/23/2008
CALIFORNIA BROKE? State Could Run Out Of Money In Two Months, Says Official
— huffingtonpost.com — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's chief financial officer warned Monday that the state would run out of money... in about two months as hopes of a Christmas budget compromise melted into political finger-pointing by the end of the day.  ... (more) CALIFORNIA BROKE? State Could Run Out Of Money In Two ...

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pajamasmedia.com - 12/22/2008
Ice Age? Hot House? Why we never get the truth on global warming…
— pajamasmedia.com — The Drudge Report - as always fixated on the weather - reports the dawning of a new... Ice Age this morning. Cold weather? Sure. Ice Age? I doubt it - but anything’s possible. Some Europeans are predicting their coldest winter in years.  ... (more) Ice Age? Hot House? Why we never get the truth on ...

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Governor (Schwarzenegger) rejects Democratic budget plan
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... million. The state Assembly sent its first significant tax shift proposal, Assembly Bill 2x, to the governor this afternoon on a party-line 46-27 vote. ... But Republicans accused Democrats of subverting the will of voters and setting a historic precedent for raising taxes in California, calling the maneuver "stunningly cynical." They warned that Democrats would soon increase other fees to make up for budget shortfalls if they are successful in their majority-vote plan. Read more: http://sacbee.com/topstories/story/1484791.html

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Calif. Court: Would-be Good Samaritan can be sued Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, the state's high court on Thursday said a would-be Good Samaritan accused of rendering her friend paraplegic by pulling her from a wrecked car "like a rag doll" can be sued. California's Supreme ...

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