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Nevada withdraws threat to leave Tahoe Compact

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:23:10 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - Nevada lawmakers agreed Friday to withdraw the state's threat to pull out of the Tahoe Compact with California.

Walters: Ignoring $10 billion debt won't make it go...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:47:19 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - When Gov. Jerry Brown talks about reducing California's "wall of debt," he carefully limits it to about $30 billion in budget deficits, mostly money owed to schools and community colleges.

GOP seeks win in Central Valley state Senate race

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:14:27 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The lone Republican and a Democrat favored by party leaders were leading a field of five candidates in a hotly contested Central Valley state Senate contest Tuesday.

Walters: Is Bay Bridge debacle a harbinger?

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:16:18 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - Jerry Brown did one of his characteristic political pirouettes Monday.

Senate OKs regulations for medicinal marijuana

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:51:46 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - California would take steps to regulate the sale of medical marijuana under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate, restricting cannabis dispensaries that federal prosecutors say have grown out of control.

Walters: California budget news improves slightly

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:22:09 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - California's Jerry Brown -- who made "lower your expectations" a catchphrase of his first governorship -- is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.

Calif. gov cites safety in possible bridge delay

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:37:16 -0400

BERKELEY, California - Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he does not know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety concerns.

State Senate OKs new compact with gambling tribe

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:16:04 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The state Senate has approved a revised agreement with a Sacramento-area Indian tribe that owns a struggling casino east of the state capital.

Walters: California taxes future by leaning on the rich

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:46:05 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - When California voters passed Proposition 30 last year, they unwittingly accelerated one of the most perilous trends in state governmental finance: an ever-increasing reliance on income taxes from rich people to finance schools and myriad other state and local services.

Brown asks UC officials to review graduation rates

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:11:57 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - In his pursuit to hold down the cost of a college education in California, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday asked the University of California to identify which factors have the greatest effect on campus graduation rates.

Brown budget includes major infusion for education

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:35:21 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposes a $17 billion infusion for California's K-12 schools over the next four years, a dramatic turn-around after years of teacher layoffs and program cuts that were common during the recession.

Walters: California school aid, safety-net programs...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:50:38 -0400

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - By DAN WALTERS

Nevada, California governors announce Tahoe pact

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:10:37 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - The governors of Nevada and California are announcing an agreement that will repeal Nevada's threat to leave the decades-old Lake Tahoe Compact.

5 California Things to Know for Tuesday

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:25:24 -0400

Your daily look at late-breaking California news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

State Senate OKs ski safety legislation

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:10:05 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The state Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require California ski resorts to prepare an annual safety plan and post those reports on their websites.

State Senate OKs ski safety legislation

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:53:23 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The state Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require California ski resorts to prepare an annual safety plan and post those reports on their websites.

Walters: California gpvernments need debt lessons

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:48:39 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - There's absolutely nothing wrong, per se, with incurring debt, whether it's by families, businesses or governments. A functional credit market is absolutely vital to a modern economy.

Walters: Is crime re-emerging as high-priority issue...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:47:45 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - Crime dominated California's political landscape during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s before giving way to other preoccupations.

S Korean leader talks trade, tourism in California

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:40:17 -0400

LOS ANGELES - South Korea's president ended her first U.S. trip on Thursday by joining the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles in a toast to future trade and tourism and stronger cultural ties between the two nations.

Perez seeks revision of 'rainy day' ballot measure

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:20:23 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The state Assembly speaker on Wednesday proposed changing a rainy day fund measure on the November 2014 ballot that had been negotiated by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Republican lawmakers three years ago to decrease budget volatility.

AP appoints new Miami-based politics writer

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:53:13 -0400

MIAMI - Michael J. Mishak, who has covered politics in California and Nevada, has been named the AP's new Miami-based politics writer.

Brown, Democrats wrangle over Medicaid expansion

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:09:19 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's health care reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states.

California prison crowding plan still falls short

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:28:12 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Will the public be in greater danger as a result?

Walters: Superstores battle for grocery dollars

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:17:21 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - A given number of Californians with a given amount of income will spend a given amount on groceries -- and with 38 million residents, the state's grocery business is not only huge, over $100 billion a year, but hugely competitive.

Committee OKs plan to reopen 9/11 scholarships

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:38:07 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The Senate Public Safety Committee easily approved a bill Tuesday that would reopen a scholarship program for the relatives of Californians who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.