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Archive of California on Wednesday July 01, 2009
CA: 11th-hour votes on state budget fail
With a day to go until a cash crisis would force the state to stop paying its bills, lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger worked into the night Tuesday but failed to reach a budget agreement. Read More
CA: Feds may take possession of some California parks, if they close
The federal government is threatening to take possession of several of California's most prominent state parks — including Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, the top of Mount Diablo and four miles of beaches at Fort Ord Dunes near Monterey — if Sacramento lawmakers close them to balance the budget. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
CA: To solve deficit, Schwarzenegger turns to a Democrat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his effort to end the partisan bickering that is pushing California to the brink of insolvency, is deploying Susan Kennedy, his cigar-smoking, paintball-playing Democratic chief of staff, to get the job done. Read More
CA: EPA to let Calif. set own auto emissions limits
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday granted California's request to set its own limits on greenhouse gases from autos -- a long-sought victory with limited impact now that the federal government has pledged to impose national limits. Read More
CA: Opposition to death penalty in California voiced at hearing on lethal injection
Corrections officials heard overwhelming condemnation of proposed new lethal injection procedures Tuesday at the first-ever public hearing on execution methods in the state. Read More
CA: Board trims per-diem pay, cars, benefits for California legislators
As legislators battled over the state budget Tuesday, an independent commission voted to slash lawmakers' per-diem payments, car allowances and medical and other fringe benefits by 18 percent. Read More
CA: Governor, lawmakers blow deadline as budget hole deepens
California is on the brink of issuing IOUs and state workers will take a third unpaid furlough day in July after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers failed to strike a budget compromise late Tuesday. Read More
CA: Public hearing turns into passionate debate on death penalty
It was supposed to be a dry public hearing on a "notice of proposed regulations," a meeting to let citizens speak about technical aspects of how lethal injection is administered to condemned inmates. Read More
CA: Number of school districts on brink of financial trouble, bankruptcy rises
Unless drastic budget cuts come at the local level, many California school districts may be unable to pay the bills in the next two years, state schools chief Jack O'Connell said Tuesday. Read More
CA: Different paths to top of state's GOP, same hard-line resolve
One is a dairy farmer's son who once sold bull semen to pay for college. The other is a music professor's son who once researched earthquakes for Exxon. The farmer's son, Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, is a darling of the right wing of the Republican Party. Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, the music teacher's son, is a favorite among environmentalists. Read More
CA: California chain restaurants must post calorie counts starting today
California becomes the first state in the nation to legislate the cheeseburger today, when a new law — aimed at reducing obesity and heart disease — forces restaurants with at least 20 locations to reveal the number of calories in most of the food on their menus. Read More
CA: Otter population falls as humans pollute ocean
Sea otters along the California coast are dying off faster than at any time since the late 1990s, a disturbing trend that experts say is partially due to human-caused water pollution, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Tuesday. Read More
CA: Frantic budget talks fall short
A frantic rush to close California's daunting deficit before a July 1 deadline fell short at midnight, when Senate Republicans refused to back billions in cuts to public education — not out of concern for schools but because they believed the reductions did not go far enough. Read More
CA: Lawmakers, governor remain at impasse despite deadline
For weeks, lawmakers and the governor said Tuesday was the deadline to do something about California's $24.3 billion deficit or else the state would face financial ruin. But once the day arrive, little happened. Read More
CA: Cracked streets in Santa Ana at stake in budget debate
SANTA ANA, Calif. – If you want to get a feel for what the state budget crisis could mean on the street, take a drive through Santa Ana. Read More
CA: EPA lets state get tougher on new vehicles
Federal officials on Tuesday cleared California to impose tough greenhouse gas limits on new motor vehicles that more than a dozen other states can follow immediately and that will form the basis of new nationwide rules in 2012. Read More
CA: No deal as state budget deadline nears
With only hours to go before a midnight deadline, California's historic fiscal crisis remained unresolved Tuesday as lawmakers were trying to negotiate an agreement to prevent the $24.3 billion deficit from growing. Read More
CA: Brown leads Newsom in fundraising race
Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown, who has yet to call himself a candidate for governor, is leading a critical race: He's attracting more high-end donors than San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the only declared candidate for 2010, according to the latest campaign reports. Read More
NM: Feds allow New Mexico and 13 other states to reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted a waiver on Tuesday that allows California and 13 other states, including New Mexico, to create regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new automobiles, according the governor's office late Tuesday afternoon. Read More
RI: EPA lets R.I., 13 other states impose tougher auto emission standards
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday granted California, Rhode Island and 12 other states the authority they had sought for years to impose automobile tailpipe emissions standards that are stricter than those promulgated by the federal government. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
US: Budget deadline ticks down for states
INDIANAPOLIS and DENVER -- Across the country, state legislators and governors struggled Tuesday night to agree on spending cuts and tax hikes as they ran up against a midnight deadline to approve a budget. Read More
US: Community colleges see demand spike, funding slip
Hundreds of thousands of students are likely to be turned away from low-cost community colleges across the country over the next year because of funding cuts at the very time that record numbers of students are flocking to the open-admission schools, according to education officials. Read More
US: States struggle to meet budget deadlines
Indiana lawmakers beat their deadline and passed a state budget early Tuesday evening, but in five other states, budget deals for the 2010 fiscal year remained in limbo, as legislators made last-minute efforts to avert shutdowns. Read More
WI: Milwaukee edges up in population
When it comes to demographics, a small number can be a very big deal. Read More |
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