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41 min ago | Fox 23

Calif. governor cites safety in possible Bay Bridge delay

Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday he does not know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend, as scheduled, due to safety concerns.

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Related Topix: US Governors, California Government, California

6 hrs ago | Pleasanton Weekly

Thorne is 'Pro-business and proud of it'

Editor's Blog , posted by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly, 10 hours ago Jeb Bing is a member of PleasantonWeekly.com With those words not heard from a Pleasanton mayor since Ken Mercer in the 1980s, Mayor Jerry Thorne spelled out his views and governing strategy to loud applause at a meeting last Friday of local Realtors and real ... (more)

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Related Topix: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US Governors

11 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Nevada Tahoe Bill Clears Assembly Committee

The bill repeals a law passed by the 2011 Legislature that paved the way for Nevada to exit the Tahoe Compact created in the late 1960s to regulate development and oversee environmental controls in the Tahoe Basin that straddles Nevada and California.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Brian Sandoval

13 hrs ago | The Fresno Bee

Proposed oil tax would bring big money to California colleges

Just months after California voters passed Proposition 30 to stave off education cuts, a push is underway to ensure that the next stream of higher-education funding flows out of the ground.

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Related Topix: California, Santa Rosa, CA, US Governors

Sun May 19, 2013

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns

Gov. Jerry Brown had hardly finished presenting his annual budget revision last week before state Sen.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Family, Kids, Sacramento, CA, Education Etc.

Indybay.org

California Trust Act Moves Forward

Last December, in an act of political expediency that shocked and dismayed many immigration activists, Governor Brown declined to sign into law the California Trust Act.

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Related Topix: Activism, US Governors, Criminal Defense Law, Law, San Francisco, CA, Prison

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Dan Walters: Legislative analyst gives Democrats more money

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.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sacramento, CA

SFGate

Did prison overhaul boost crime?

Gearing up to run for governor next year, Abel Maldonado went on a statewide, 10-stop barnstorming tour this month.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Governors, State Prisons

Townhall

A Few Screws Loose on Achy-Breaky Bay Bridge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown recently stepped in it when a reporter asked him about the Bay Bridge.

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Holtville Tribune

Governor Brown and Los Angeles Leaders Call for Action on Plan to Improve School Funding System

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined with education and business leaders and elected officials at Humphreys Avenue Elementary School in East Los Angeles to call for action on his plan to direct additional resources to the state's neediest students and restore local control over how money is spent in schools.

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Related Topix: US Governors, East Los Angeles, CA, Family, Kids, Education Etc.

Sat May 18, 2013

NH Insider

Cooler Heads Digest 17 May 2013

The Competitive Enterprise Institute will hold a Congressional staff and media briefing on "EPA's FOIA Scandals: 'Richard Windsor,' Gina McCarthy, and the Abuse of Power," given by Chris Horner, author of The Liberal War on Transparency and CEI Senior Fellow, from 3 to 4 PM on Monday, May 20, in room 406 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Science, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, David Vitter, Republican, US Governors

The Press-Enterprise

Ucr Med needs Uc, not Jerry Brown's, support

UCR Med took it in the chops last week when Gov. Brown, known to have CTS omitted a $15 million yearly appropriation from his latest budget.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Riverside (Riverside, CA), Empire, CA

The Campbell Reporter

Mercury News editorial: Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to spend $1...

One of the biggest challenges California's 1,000 or so school districts face -- the implementation of transformational new Common Core standards, curriculum and testing over the next two years -- may be about to get a lot easier.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Education Etc., Family, Kids, Standardized Testing, Education, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Opinion

The Las Vegas Sun

Bills live and die on deadline day in Carson City

Nevada Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, left, talks with Sen.

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Related Topix: Nevada, Carson City, NV, Las Vegas, NV, US Governors, Brian Sandoval

In El Dorado County

State Senate OKs new compact with gambling tribe

Gov. Jerry Brown negotiated the new compact last fall with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.

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The Daily Democrat

Parole blocked for Calif. inmate in guard's murder

Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday blocked the parole of an inmate who is serving a life sentence for the execution-style killing of a prison guard 36 years ago during a series of armed robberies.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Riverside County, CA, California Rehabilitation Center, State Prisons, Prison, Norco, CA

Examiner.com

Autism insurance mandate renewed by California State Senate

The California State Senate approved bill SB 126 Friday which renews the autism insurance mandate established by SB 946 through 2019.

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Related Topix: California Government, California, US Governors

Fri May 17, 2013

CBS Local

Calif. Gov. Brown Defends Education Spending In LA

With a proposed jump in school spending this year, Brown wants to target new dollars at districts with students who are low-income, English-learners or foster children.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Capitol Alert: Analyst projects $3.2 billion higher state revenues than Jerry Brown

Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor projected state revenues Friday that are $3.2 billion higher than those projected by Gov.

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Ventura County Star

Walters: Schools, safety-net programs in budget conflict

Twenty-five years ago, California voters approved - albeit very narrowly - the education community's ballot measure that engraved a complex school-finance structure into the state constitution.

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