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Stories Posted on November 13, 2007
Community college funding measure isn't popular at UC, CSU
Category: Education · State: California · Source: San Francisco Chronicle
A ballot measure adding an estimated $300 million a year in guaranteed state funding to California's public schools and community colleges may get opposition from an unlikely quarter - the University of California and California State University systems.
Groups jousting over gay rights in California
Category: Marriage · State: California · Source: San Diego Union Tribune
In the battle over gay rights, this fall was supposed to be a slow period, almost like a political time-out. Both sides were expected to spend the next few months preparing for a California Supreme Court decision on whether to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Opinion: Ballot measures kick off 2008 election year in Oregon
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Oregon · Source: Statesman Journal
It's often hard to pick one event or issue to write about when there are so many from which to choose. So here are some observations on a few events of last week that mark the official start of the 2008 election year.
Calif. Considers Ballot Measure to Crack Down on Uninsured Motorists
Category: Insurance · State: California · Source: Insurance Journal
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is reportedly exploring the possibility of a ballot measure next year designed get uninsured motorists off the state's roads and highways. Industry sources confirmed the development initially reported in newspaper accounts quoting a consultant who advised Poizner on his successful 2006 commissioner campaign, Wayne Johnson of Sacramento, Calif.-based JohnsonClark Associates.
Tobacco firms flex muscles in Oregon
Category: Tobacco · State: Oregon · Source: Statesman Journal
RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris delivered such a thumping to Oregon's proposed cigarette-tax increase Tuesday that the sound could be heard all the way in Washington, D.C.
Bush cites Oregon measure, says voters are sick of tax-and-spend
Category: Tobacco · State: Oregon · Source: The Associated Press
An Oregon ballot measure entered the national debate over taxes and spending Tuesday as President Bush said the defeat of Measure 50 showed voters are sick of overspending by Democrats.