SacBee -- State Politics
The Sacramento Bee Online, Sacramento, CA
09/06/2010
Three players battling for Mountain Lions' starting TE job
One of the more intriguing starting position battles at the Mountain Lions' training camp has been at tight end.
09/06/2010
For California state workers, it's not the happiest Labor Day
Here's what state workers see when they look at their jobs on this Labor Day.
09/06/2010
Dan Walters: Labor Day kicks off final dash
It's been 28 years since Californians have seen simultaneous, too-close-to-call duels for the governorship and U.S. Senate.
09/06/2010
Unions step up job-site politiciking for Jerry Brown
Slicing apples and spooning in mouthfuls of food, housekeepers from the Sheraton Grand Hotel are spending a Friday afternoon lunch break talking about politics with union members.
Tracy Zeluff, right, of GroundWorks Campaigns, works with Judy Kaur at "campaign school."
Robert Perrone of Sacramento, of the American Federation of Teachers, attends a workshop in San Leandro.
Sheraton Hotel employees Elena Rivera and Luis Centeno, above, mix humor with politics Friday at the hotel, watched by Aamir Deen, an organizer for UNITE HERE.
09/06/2010
The Buzz: Jerry Brown sticking to the unions for Labor Day
Quick quiz: When was the first Labor Day holiday celebrated, and where?
Meg Whitman smiles for a photo as 18-month-old Grant Laubhan positions his mother Maria's camera to snap a picture of the GOP gubernatorial candidate Sunday in Columbia. Whitman also toured the historic gold mining town.
09/06/2010
Suits fight pumping from Kern Water Bank
A story worthy of Hollywood will soon unfold in California courtrooms – allegations of government corruption and corporate greed to rival the infamous Los Angeles water grab that inspired the film "Chinatown."
09/05/2010
Ad Watch: Whitman misfires on college plan
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is running a radio ad that proposes cutting $1 billion from the state's welfare-to-work program and investing the money in public colleges and universities. Following is the text of the ad and an analysis by Jack Chang of The Bee Capitol Bureau.
09/05/2010
California doctors run afoul of state board but keep working
For the people who police California's 100,000 doctors, little is black and white.
09/05/2010
Dan Walters: California water war still unsettled
Any claim by Capitol politicians that the just-concluded 2009-10 session of the Legislature was a success rests on a complex water package that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators hammered out late last year.
09/05/2010
Push to enroll uninsured kids in health coverage under way in California
Despite eligibility for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families, 700,000 children in California remain uninsured, and a push is under way to get them enrolled in government health insurance programs.
09/04/2010
Initiative to suspend state climate law gets $1 million
An oil company headed by conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch has contributed $1 million to the campaign to suspend the state's landmark climate change law.
09/05/2010
Fiorina calls Prop. 23 'imperfect' but supports measure
Two days after her opponent chided her for not taking a position on Proposition 23, Republican Senate nominee Carly Fiorina said Friday that she is now backing the controversial measure.
09/04/2010
Democrats say new tax plan would cut Cailfornia deficit without raising taxes
Democratic leaders are floating a new tax overhaul that the state's nonpartisan legislative analyst says would generate $1 billion without raising taxes on average for any income group.
09/04/2010
Ballot Watch: Vehicle fee for state parks
As California's fiscal fortunes have waned, state park advocates say the physical condition of California's 278 state parks has worsened.
09/04/2010
U.S. private hiring shows slight uptick in August
A flicker of job growth touched the private sector last month, raising hopes that the nation's economy might avoid a double-dip recession. But the latest job figures suggest the nation and California are in for a long slog toward recovery.
09/04/2010
The Buzz: Perez says reporters may resume recording in Assembly
Assembly hits rewind: Pérez says recording devices are permitted
The Assembly won't enforce an old rule restricting recording, Speaker John Pérez said.
09/03/2010
Dan Walters: Steinberg, Perez blamed for mismanaging final day of session
When the Legislature's Democratic leaders staged a vainglorious debate on the state budget Tuesday – the last official day of the biennial session – Republicans derided it, accurately, as a meaningless political drill.
09/03/2010
California Assembly dusts off old policy: No tape recorders for media
The California Assembly has begun enforcing a dusty rule in which the media can watch lawmakers debate public policy on one condition: Turn off the cameras and microphones.
09/03/2010
California's 'English learner' students are learning faster
When Halow Hung started kindergarten at Irene B. West Elementary in Elk Grove a few years ago, he spoke little English and felt more comfortable talking in his native Vietnamese.
Third-grader Yazmeen Faizi, center, takes part in an English language class Monday at West Elementary in Elk Grove. "I've learned a lot," said Yazmeen, whose home language is Pashto.
09/05/2010
Prop. 8 backers lose state ruling
A state appeals court has denied a conservative legal group's request that it force Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend Proposition 8 in federal court.
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