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Hispanics to soon surpass whites in California
Hispanics will become the largest ethnic group in the nation's most populous state early next year, the California Department of Finance said ...
Maloofs agree to sell NBA's Kings to Seattle group
Nearly five years after their colors, banners and history were packed away into storage and their franchise relocated, the SuperSonics are one ...
Arizona to tax hospitals to pay for Medicaid
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has built a political career in standing up to the federal government over everything from immigration to health care. So she ...
Calif. Gov. proposes budget with rosier outlook
Riding a wave of new tax revenue, California's spending plan for the coming fiscal year will rise by nearly $5 billion, a powerful indication that the ...
5 Things to Know about the California Budget
Highlights of the California budget plan Gov. Jerry Brown released Thursday: 1. BUDGET DEFICIT GONE Brown's $97.6 billion general fund budget for the ...
Report: Top parks officials kept $20M hidden
Officials at the highest levels of the California Department of Parks and Recreation helped keep millions of dollars secret for more than a decade, ...
New laws at a glance: Eyedrops, brakes, Facebook
As 2013 begins, many states are enacting new laws dealing with gay rights, child safety, abortion, immigration and other perennial concerns.
Court blocks California law banning gay therapy
A federal appeals court on Friday put the brakes on a first-of-its-kind California law that bans therapy aimed at turning gay minors straight.
Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer
Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated for early stage prostate cancer but will stay on the job throughout his nearly four-week treatment, his office said ...
Calif. gay therapy ban sparks competing rulings
Two federal judges in California have arrived at opposite conclusions on whether the state's first-of-its-kind law prohibiting licensed ...
Ban on gay change therapy faces first legal test
A first-of-its-kind California law prohibiting licensed psychotherapists from counseling gay minors on how to become heterosexual faced its first ...
NY gays accuse NJ therapy group of false promises
Four gay men accused a New Jersey organization of fraud Tuesday for selling "conversion therapy" with false promises to make them straight. They said ...
Judge backs Calif. high-speed rail over farmers
A judge denied a request Friday from Central Valley farmers who sought to halt work on California's ambitious high-speed rail project, allowing work ...
Despite what they say, voters favor local taxes
When it comes to new taxes, voters tend to say government should ask for money from somebody else, like the rich. But that doesn't always hold true, ...
GOP showing in Calif. worries party strategists
If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem. The nation's most populous state — home to 1 in 8 Americans — has ...
Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington ...
Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics
After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the ...
Wealthy siblings become forces in Calif. politics
Charles Munger Sr. is best known as Warren Buffett's right-hand man, an investor who has turned his skill at picking winning companies into a ...
High pay a costly legacy of Calif. prison receiver
A doctor at California Medical Facility was paid more than $410,000 last year, while a registered nurse at High Desert State Prison made nearly ...
Farmworkers sue Calif. regulators over heat rules
The United Farm Workers of America sued California's work safety division Thursday, saying state regulators aren't enforcing heat regulations, leading ...
APNewsBreak: Congressman regrets grabbing rival
A Southern California congressional race marred by personal smears and finger-pointing descended into a Jerry Springer moment when two Democratic ...
Brown's Calif. tax initiative hit from both sides
After returning to the governor's office, Jerry Brown criticized a political culture he said lacked a common purpose and warned of a "war of all ...
High gas, diesel prices hurt Calif. farm industry
Farmers in California's agricultural heartland say record-high gas and diesel prices are putting pressure on their bottom lines, but economists say ...
Rise in California gas price slows, remains record
The rise in California gasoline prices has slowed after recent jarring increases, but nonetheless the cost of a gallon inched up to another record ...