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• An emotional leave-taking occurs for California's top Democrat.

  - 2004-12-01

  By Kate Folmar, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John Burton has dominated the Senate with curses and charm. He has gone head-to-head with action star Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger without blinking. He even once battled...

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• California lawmakers pass bill to grant immigrants access to driver licenses.

  - 2004-08-28

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Rushing to wrap up the legislative session on a final marathon day, lawmakers approved a measure that would allow up to 2 million undocumented immigrants to apply for California...

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• California budget hagglers get past weekend's name-calling.

  - 2004-07-21

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 21--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After days of political theater and bruised feelings, legislators and the governor got back down to business Tuesday by trying to pick off two key issues stalling the state's ...

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• California budget stalemate continues over local funding.

  - 2004-07-15

  By Ann E. Marimow, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 15--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The state budget stalemate continued Wednesday, with impatient legislators and local government leaders sparring over the funding issue that has kept them from a new...

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• New Indian gaming deals rush through California Legislature.

  - 2004-07-01

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 1--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- New agreements with casino-operating tribes -- which could forever reshape gambling in California -- were hustled through the Legislature on Wednesday, despite some lawmakers' concerns that they needed...

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• Democrats Block Curbs on Class-Action Suits.

  - 2003-10-23

  By Heather Fleming Phillips, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 23--WASHINGTON--Scoring a victory against business interests, Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a Republican-backed bill aimed at reining in consumer class-action lawsuits. The bill would move...

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• California Democrats Close Ranks behind Recall Candidate.

  - 2003-08-26

  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...

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• California Assembly's Marathon Session Yields Budget Still Short $8 Billion.

  - 2003-07-30

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 30--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--After a record round-the-clock session, the state Assembly pushed through a budget Tuesday that ended a monthlong stalemate but leaves California with an almost $8 billion deficit. Passage...

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• Fee Hikes Offer Option to Adding Taxes to Close California's Budget Gap.

  - 2003-07-20

  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...

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• Wealthy Schools Can Keep Most Tax Revenue in California Plan.

  - 2003-03-12

  By Ann E. Marimow, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 12--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Lawmakers took a small but significant step this week toward gutting Gov. Gray Davis' plan to seize property tax dollars from basic-aid school districts such as Palo...

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