Word: california
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...Gist: Kudos to California! On July 20, the Golden State finally cobbled together a plan to bridge its $26.3 billion budget gap, leaving North Carolina, Connecticut and Pennsylvania as the only states that have not yet reached an agreement. But before lawmakers start slapping backs, they should know that next year's budget crunch could be even tighter. Thanks to dwindling revenues, paltry collection rates and the economic storm soaking taxpayers, the $142.6 billion budget shortfall that states faced during the 2009 fiscal year is but one hurdle in a longer financial gauntlet, according to this bleak assessment from...
...With the California bill in the bag, Fong now plans to take the issue to Congress, where he will request an apology for the Chinese Exclusion Act, the only federal law ever enacted to deny immigration based exclusively on race or nationality. Passed in 1882, the law was not fully repealed until 1943, after China and the U.S. became allies in WWII. Given President Obama's decision to appoint Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary and Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, Fong says he's confident of the bill's passage. "As a person of color, President Obama would understand these...
...about the mistakes of the past. That said, Fong may ask for funding to help preserve the Angel Island immigration station, dilapidated after decades of neglect. To complicate matters, the station is located within a state park that, along with several others, may be shut down to help balance California's budget shortfall...
...Read "California's Growing Prison Crisis...
...social-networking sites were blocked (access to overseas sites such as Twitter and Facebook was already barred), and Web censors have cut off Internet searches using keywords and phrases including Hu Haifeng, Namibia and Nuctech, according to the China Digital Times, a news site based at the University of California, Berkeley. (Read "Chinese Government Attacks Google Over Internet Porn...