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Stories Posted on November 23, 2007
California Pro-Lifers Can Collect Sigs for Parental Notification on Abortion
Category: Abortion · State: California · Source: LifeNews.com
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has announced that pro-life advocates in the Golden State can begin collecting signatures for a third try at passing a ballot proposal to provide for parental notification on abortion. The initiative requires teens to wait 48 hours for an abortion so their parents can be notified.
Community colleges to seek funding guarantee in February
Category: Education · State: California · Source: Orange County Register
Ballot measure would set limits on fee increases, strengthen governing board and change financing structure.
Constitutional questions about 601 go unanswered
Category: Tim Eyman · State: Washington · Source: Seattle Times
The state Supreme Court agreed unanimously this morning to uphold increases in tobacco and alcohol taxes approved by the 2005 Legislature. But no substantive constitutional issues were settled. For the second time the court sidestepped the issue of whether the 1993 voter-approved Initiative 601 was constitutional. In 1994 the court declined to rule on a challenge to implementation of the law, saying the plaintiffs could not yet show any harm from the measure.