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Bendy Straws? Palin Stanislaus Fracas Heats Up
Photo: Getty ImagesTo hear Ashli Briggs and Alicia Lewis tell it, dumpster diving really paid off. This morning, the two Cal State Stanislaus students appeared at a Capitol news conference to say they...
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An Education on the Education Budget
For all of the state tax dollars being spent on California's public schools, here's a statistic that seems to show the impact of several years of budget woes: 17% of the state's K-12 funding is now...
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Will School Funding Help Brown Sell Budget?
Getty/David Paul MorrisFor months, Governor Jerry Brown's political strategy to get his cut-and-tax budget plan approved has been to make public schools the poster child for what would happen without...
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Teachers: More Money for Schools. GOP: Okay
KQED/John MyersIt wasn't the main narrative of Monday's school funding protests, but chances are it's in just about every reporter's story (mine included): Republicans agree to give educators the money...
View ArticleDon't Cut Higher Ed. And Don't Ask Me to Pay More!
Say what you will about Californians, but when it comes to their desires and demands about government services, they are consistently inconsistent. A newly released statewide poll shows that while...
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The Crowding Field of 2012 Tax Initiatives
California voters have long had a reputation as anti-tax, a reputation that explains why so many proposals either fizzle before ever making it to the ballot... or are roundly rejected on Election Day....
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Room for Two Tax Initiatives? Burton Thinks So
NOTE: This posting has been modified to reflect that the proposed initiative only guarantees one-third of the oil tax revenue for higher education. The bulk of the revenues would be deposited back into...
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If Not For Schools, Would Brown's Tax Hike Be A Dud?
A new survey finds voters disapprove of more education cuts. Is that driving support for Brown's tax hike?Governor Jerry Brown will no doubt love the headline out of the brand new statewide public...
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Another Shot at Tax Break Democrats Love to Hate
Erasing a 2009' corporate tax break has been a target of Democrats for years. (Photo: KQED/John Myers)For the last several years, Democrats have been relentless at trying to undo a hotly debated tax...
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"Whatever It Takes," Says Munger on Campaign
Molly Munger, author of a proposed tax increase earmarked for K-12 schools. (Photo: Nicole Nguyen/KQED)Attorney and education activist Molly Munger says she will spend as much of her personal fortune...
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