California

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California is new fracking battleground

The home of the Hollywood liberals is the nation’s newest battleground on fracking.
California is the latest state to embark…

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CA Legislation Would Require Insurance for Gay “Infertility”

Leave it to my state of California to head off in radical and expensive directions. Legislation has been filed that would require group insurance to cover gay and lesbian infertility treatments just as they do…

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Calif. county sets up hotline to field ‘Obamacare’ questions

A community in California is setting up a hotline to field consumer questions about President Obama’s health care overhaul, at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars to taxpayers.
Yuba County is building the…

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Obama Administration Joins Legal Fight Against California Gay Marriage Ban

The Department of Justice filed a brief today in the case of a controversial California ballot initiative that defined marriage as between one man and one woman, asking the Supreme Court to affirm a lower…

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Calif. Boy Scouts’ Tax-Exempt Status Threatened by New Bill, Petition

A California-based progressive organization has launched an online petition effort in support of a bill that would strip the California chapter of the Boy Scouts of America of their tax exempt status.
Eddie Kurtz, campaigns…

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California gun sales jump; gun injuries, deaths fall

Gun deaths and injuries have dropped sharply in California, even as the number of guns sold in the state has…

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California Gov. Jerry Brown pardons 79 convicted felons

Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned 79 convicted felons who had served their sentences and committed no other crimes for at least…

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New tax increases in California stir debate about adding to exodus

A vote last month that makes Californians among the highest-taxed residents in the country is sparking debate about whether the…

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Californians could face ‘double taxation’ with state, federal carbon taxes

Last month, environmentalists cheered as California launched a cap-and-trade program, but talks of a federal carbon tax raised concerns about…

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Judge temporarily blocks Calif. gay therapy law

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked California from enforcing a first-of-its-kind law that bars licensed psychotherapists from working to change the sexual orientation of gay minors, but he limited the scope…

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CA: Campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee could get 8 years in fraud

By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles TimesSACRAMENTO — Federal prosecutors recommended Monday that former campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee — who pleaded guilty earlier this year to mail fraud involving the theft of more than $7 million…

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A CA GOP stronghold goes wobbly

By CHARLES MAHTESIAN | Politico.com
It’s a sign of the GOP times: Republicans in California’s Orange County, once a conservative citadel, are worried about the future of the party.
From a Los Angeles Times report:…

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Atheists’ move halts Christmas tradition in California, churches go to court to get it back

By Associated Press, FOXNews.com
LOS ANGELES – Damon Vix didn’t have to go to court to push Christmas out of the city of Santa Monica. He just joined the festivities.
The atheist’s anti-God message alongside…

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