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Congressman brings common sense to gun control debate
SACRAMENTO — As the national firearms debate reaches a crescendo, a Northern California congressman is proving that you can be both a gun lover and a gun controller. Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena, a moderate "blue dog" Democrat who represents...
Tags: Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Viniculture, Firearms, University of California, Davis
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Senate pares back select committees after years of criticism
Just before the Legislature broke for its spring break this week, Senate leaders took steps to rein in the number of select committees, which in the past have been used to pad the payroll, sometimes with political cronies, but with few or no meetings....
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Gloria Romero, Coccidioidomycosis , Politics
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Gov. Brown, lawmakers likely won't get raises this year
Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers may have to get by on their current salaries for another year. A state panel that sets the salaries delayed a vote until June, but a majority of its members said they will likely vote not to provide raises so soon...Tags: Regional Authority, Justice System, Elections, Jerry Brown, Government
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Reinvigorating 'career tech' a worthy goal
SACRAMENTO — We used to call it "shop." Wood shop. Auto shop. Then the educators got fancy and renamed it "vocational education." Later, as the dot.com era dawned, it was rebranded "career tech." Now, throughout much of California, you can...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Science and Technology, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Students, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)
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Field of candidates to replace Michael Rubio in state Senate grows
A competitive race is shaping up in the Central Valley to fill the vacancy created when Michael Rubio resigned from the state Senate, and Senate Democratic leaders have picked their favorite. Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, a Democrat, is the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Michael Rubio, Heads of State, Democratic Party
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Cable group sponsors Democratic golf fundraiser
Democratic state senators gathered in La Jolla over the weekend to enjoy rounds of golf and high-priced meals and lodging at an annual fundraiser paid for largely by an association of cable television companies seeking favorable treatment on legislation....Tags: Golf, Torrey Pines Golf Course, Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Politics
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Give online courses the old college try
Online courses could open worthwhile classes at California's public colleges to thousands more students, or they could undermine the reputation of our widely admired public higher-education system. As the state embarks on its first foray into offering...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown
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Letters: Higher ed on the Web
Re "Big boost for online higher ed," March 14 Online education is the fast food of learning, the opposite of small classes with meaningful interaction between professors and their students. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-... -
UC faculty leaders blast legislation on online education expansion
L.A. NOWIn a crossing of swords between academics and politicians, the University of California’s top two faculty leaders on Friday strongly criticized legislation that would allow students bumped from overcrowded core courses at state schools to instead... -
Abuse pollutes state environmental law
SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Jerry Hill grew up in San Francisco and vividly remembers the rare suffocating days of late summer when the fog fled and people sweltered. The city's natural air conditioner clicked off, temperatures soared into the 90s and...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Regional Authority, Michael Rubio, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party
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A no-brainer to everyone — except the gun lobby
SACRAMENTO — Enforce the laws already on the books. Take away the criminals' weapons, not the law-abiding citizens'. Sound familiar? It's the mantra of the gun lobby. That is, until the government actually attempts to do it. Then the lobby changes...
Tags: Interior Policy, Justice System, Lobbying, National Rifle Association of America, Firearms
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State Senate takes field trip to Long Beach
The state Senate is taking a rare field trip, heading to Long Beach on Tuesday to learn how career technical education programs are working in some model schools. Most of the 40 senators are expected at the bipartisan California State Senate Policy...
Tags: California State Legislature, Politics
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