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Article: California still leading the way in trailblazing legislation
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 29, 2002 ;     636 words ...California still leading the way in trailblazing legislation Advocates...Press Sunday, September 29, 2002 Sacramento, Calif. -- California has enacted first-in-the-nation laws this year on family...credence to the saying that wherever America is going, California will get there first. California ...

Article: BRIEFING REPORT: OUR AGRICULTURAL BOUNTY - TRUE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The California State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following press release: California's Agricultural Economy All over the world, when people mention the name, " California," images of Hollywood, big screen spectaculars and glamorous movie...

Article: Dreams and delusions.(Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003)(Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913)(The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California)(The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire)(Photographing Farmworkers in California)(Book Review)
The Nation;  April 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ...California inspires people to think big, and to write big books...Harvard in the 1960s, Starr decided to write a history of California, his home state, organized around an idea: the dream...unfavorable comparisons with Mike Davis's more alluring California noir. The criticism has stung Starr, who ...

Article: State's mowers will be cleanest-burning in U.S. California allowed to set small engine rules stricter than EPA
Oakland Tribune;  November 23, 2003 ;     548 words ...WASHINGTON -- California will retain the right to regulate pollution from lawn...have to abide by federal rules, which are more lax than California's. The exception for California was a compromise between California lawmakers and Sen...

Article: California's woes may be nation's
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ...California's woes may be nation's Wisconsin's energy supply looks...property. If one of the many blackouts expected to hit California this summer falls on her working-class neighborhood...squeaky little voice weakened by muscular dystrophy. California's electric system -- four times larger than Wisconsin...

Article: California may have a voice in November
Oakland Tribune;  February 7, 2008 ;     597 words ...CALIFORNIA'S decades-long isolation from national politics ended...thanks to its traditionally late primary elections, but California also has been taken for granted in the November duels. For decades following World War II, California consistently voted Republican with just two Democrats...

Article: ASSEMBLYMEMBER YEE FACILITATES SIGNING OF TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CALIFORNIA, CHINA
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following...establishing a partnership to promote trade between California and Shenyang, China. The partnership, known as the California China Business Forum, is part of a worldwide network...

Article: Abroad, to California: for all its problems, the golden state--a bellwether for the nation--hasn't lost all of its luster.(Global Investment)
Research;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...California is a quintessential American state. Most people around the world, when they...to name trends, ideas, lifestyles and products which have their origins in California. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While being an integral part of the U.S. economy, California is also a formidable economy in its own right. ...

Article: Why the state of California is no joke for the rest of America The sun is setting on golden days as economic pressures mount, reports Lauren Chambliss
Evening Standard - London;  May 3, 2001 ;     686 words ...CALIFORNIA, long teased as the "whine" capital of America, is no...raising debt- servicing costs and further complicating California's ability to weather the crisis. Other rating agencies...follow suit. Economists are tallying up the impact of California's weakness and worrying about the prospects for ...

Article: Return to a golden state. (California's foreign banks)
The Banker;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...California has emerged from a long and deep recession with an economy...Rim gateway. George Palmer reports from Los Angeles California has the sixth biggest economy in the world, with an...1990-92 recession. By the autumn of 1992, unemployment in California had climbed to 9.7%. Business was so bad the ...

Article: Henry J. Voss; Director, California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Personal Profile) (Column)
Israel Business Today;  May 7, 1993 ;     636 words ...When California Governor Pete Wilson appointed Henry...experience, and his mission to make California's agricultural enterprise a world leader...Israel, where he opened the lavish California booth at AGRITECH '93 and began exploring...

Article: SMART GROWTH: PRACTICAL OR P.R.?(California, economic infrastructure policy)(Statistical Data Included)
Real Estate Issues;  March 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...California attempts to plan for expected explosive growth by adopting...the challenges ahead. The current pace of growth in California is staggering. According to Census Bureau projections...percent by the year 2025, with a 56 percent boost in California. Substandard public education, crime, and high ...

Article: California comes calling for teachers.(The Seattle Times)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ...SEATTLE _ California says it offers better pay for teachers...own teaching positions. Each spring, California districts attend job fairs here organized...class sizes and larger salaries. In California, districts offer $34,000 to $40,500...

Article: Some public pension models for California
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;  October 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ...- California policymakers like to think of themselves...that shows that by almost any measure, California's program is among the richest in the...that light, it's worth looking at how California's current benefit structure stacks up...