In Calif., a push for part-time legislature
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, accustomed to star billing in his action-hero movies, has suggested paring down the
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By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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People on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers Wednesday, a day before the Legislature planned to decide whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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Bee Columnist. Sifting through 844 bills sent his way at the end of the legislative session, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger crystallized his political and public policy persona as a pro-business
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Hoping to stem a tide of rising  pension debt, a California legislator will propose a  controversial overhaul on Monday that would convert traditional  public employee retirement plans to privately managed  401(k)-style plans, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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Aiming to give California greater  say in U.S. presidential elections, the state's Senate voted  31-5 on Tuesday in favor of a bill that would move the state's  primary election to early February from June.
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The California rancher and congressman whose committee oversees environmental policy wants to enlist some home-state muscle in his campaign to rewrite the Endangered Species Act.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun.
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Lawmakers in California pass a bill that would allow the state's voters to call for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
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As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigns to put more of his fellow Republicans in the Legislature, he has a big problem: Apparently only a handful of races are competitive.
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California, the big prize in presidential politics, may be about to give up its eight-year quest for more clout in picking presidential nominees.
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A Californian politician is aiming to bring in a law banning the sale of traditional light bulbs.
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Schwarzenegger and Bloomberg are pushing efforts to bridge the political divide.
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Before California&#039;s Republican governor tried to get tough on illegal immigrants in the 1990s, the state had supported GOP candidates in all but two presidential elections since World War II.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep.