San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 26--Recall politics have consumed the Capitol in the final three weeks of the legislative session as Democratic lawmakers closed ranks Monday behind Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante's candidacy in the Oct. 7 election...
By Ann E. Marimow, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 20--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Republican resolve to resist new taxes could lead to a budget without sales or income tax increases. But Californians will probably pay more to camp at state...
Jun. 28--There are more than 50 bills in the state Legislature this year that would regulate or modify health maintenance organizations. Among them are: Jun. 28--There are more than 50 bills in the state Legislature this year that would regulate or modify health maintenance organizations. ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Sept.u9--A mammoth package of business tax breaks that appeared headed for oblivion was rejuvenated Wednesday, becoming the focal point of the Legislature's final hours. SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Sept.u9--A mammoth package of business tax breaks that appeared headed for oblivion was rejuvenated Wednesday, becoming the focal point...
Jul. 10--Although it's early July, the state Legislature is only five working weeks away from shutting down operations, and businesses must make their voices heard soon if we're to see meaningful improvement in the state's terrible business climate. Jul. 10--Although it's early July, the state Legislature...
By Andrew LaMar, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 9--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- High gas prices are doing more than causing motorists grief -- they are generating a windfall for California's treasury and triggering a battle over how...
By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 4--Transportation planners across the state were jubilant Wednesday after seven of 10 counties passed new sales tax plans by more than a two-thirds majority to pay for wider...
San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 1--SACRAMENTO -- Wielding his veto pen with fervor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected a slew of consumer-oriented measures Thursday and closed out the legislative season with fewer bill signings than any first-year...
By Kate Folmar, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16--MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- With vetoes expected on several outsourcing bills, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez on Wednesday told technology executives that Democrats would work with them on incentives ...
By Dion Nissenbaum, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16--SACRAMENTO, N.J. -- After griping about weird bills passed by lawmakers, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took aim at the Legislature in earnest Wednesday by rejecting two-dozen measures, including proposals...
By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--Six weeks ago on a sunny Sunday afternoon, a 590-foot-long Japanese cargo ship carrying thousands of automobiles was steaming across San Francisco Bay when a sailboat suddenly cut...
By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 31--A business-backed proposition intended to limit frivolous lawsuits will be decided by voters in November after all, because a last-minute effort to derail it in the Legislature failed...
San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--The San Jose Mercury News, Calif., has moved a new version of the story slugged SJ-BAY-BRIDGE, filed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News for Aug. 28. The new version subs to correct the...
San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After a heated day of political posturing, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bay Area lawmakers failed to broker an 11th-hour deal Friday to continue funding construction of the new...
By Kate Folmar, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Faced with an angry Legislature, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled the plug Thursday on his plan to rush through a deal that would plant California's first...
By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--For Jay Leno, cars are no laughing matter. The "Tonight Show" host -- an avid auto collector who owns 180 rare cars and motorcycles -- has...
By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 26--Environmental and consumer activists are trying to negotiate a last-minute legislative deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to derail Proposition 64, a business-backed ballot measure to limit frivolous...
By Karl Schoenberger, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--A bill that would protect the privacy of personal medical and financial information when it is processed overseas in an offshoring contract was approved by the Legislature and...
By Karl Schoenberger, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13--A business lobbying group warned Thursday of "unintended consequences" if a package of anti-offshoring bills pending in the state Legislature is passed, saying proposed regulations aimed at protecting...
By Andrew LaMar, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 2--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- For nearly four decades, California's state legislators have enjoyed a status rare among their colleagues across the nation: They meet most of the year and...
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