California to offer largest state scholarship program
California plans a $1 billion program expanding Cal Grants to cover college tuition for about 100,000 high school graduates each year. Eligible students with at least a C average and financial need can receive full tuition at public universities or up to 9700 dollars annually for private colleges while maintaining full-time enrollment and good academic standing. No repayment required.
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Regulators keep California clean car rule in place
California air quality regulators voted to retain a rule requiring up to 10 percent of new cars and light trucks sold in the state to be zero-emission, while directing staff to find ways to make the goal achievable. The board emphasized zero-emission vehicles as essential to the state’s future and outlined potential modifications to be considered in January.
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Calif
California
State Air Resources Board
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Maine
Massachusetts
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Roland Hwang
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Gloria Bergquist
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Man sentenced in 20 million investment scam
Stephen L. Smith, 49, who ran a phony oil exploration pyramid scheme that swindled about 700 investors and some 20 million dollars in the 1980s, received 27 years for probation violations after a 1989 guilty plea. He had served four years and begun a 10 year term in 1993 then was arrested last September in Pensacola for violating conditions and barred business activity.
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Fla
Stephen L. Smith
Pensacola
Robert Norgard
Smith
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