Senate Rejects Abandonment of Newsletters
In Sacramento the Senate Rules Committee shelved SB1027 to end taxpayer funded newsletters for incumbents. The measure failed 3-1, with opponents arguing it would cripple incumbents’ campaigning though newsletters cost about 2.5 million last year. Assembly and Senate newsletters differ in size and format and reach tens of thousands of households.
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Rules Committee
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Senate panel okays lawmaker pay hikes in California
SACRAMENTO UPI reports a Senate-passed bill would raise legislators salaries 10 percent over two years from 21 120 to 23 232, advancing to the Assembly for action.
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UPI
California Legislature Debates Tax Increases And Salary Hike
Senate Revenue and Taxation backs $25 million in new taxes on income plus a constitutional change to require a simple majority for business votes. A proposed 10 percent salary raise for lawmakers, to a $383,000 annual cost, advances after Rules Committee approval amid mixed votes and public commentary.
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United Press International
Malprac
Senate
Twright
D-Concord
Walnut Creek
D-San
California
New York
Joseph Montoya
D-La Puente
Sacramento
UPI
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Legal aid program to aid elderly in California
Sacramento announces a $300 000 program to train about 50 advocates for the elderly. Health and Welfare Secretary Mario Obledo says they will operate in nursing homes hospitals and other facilities with help from California Rural Legal Assistance and the National Senior Citizens Law Center.
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UPI
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Mario Obledo
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Senior Citizens Law Center
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California Senate panel approves tax hike and corporate tax clash
The panel backed AB1206 to tax preference income for about 6,000 top California earners and ACA23 to allow tax increases on businesses by a simple majority. Montoya's measure passed 5 to 2, Boatwright's 5 to 1. Opponents warn higher costs for consumers. Beaver be the beaver: Oregon-Senate president laments beaver theft. New York claims state animal status.
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California
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Wright
Concord
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Dugald Gillies
Cali
Salem, Ore
UPI
Oregon Senate
Jason Roe
Hugh Carey
New York
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