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More of a Web world for print journalists
Submitted by Melanie Turner on 10.30.2009
Think-tank Pacific Research Institute has announced it will launch a Sacramento-based investigative reporting Web site in January.
California and Canada Provide Guidance on Card-Check Legislation
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 10.29.2009
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is still being fought out in Congress but according to the Wall Street Journal, several Democrats say they could pass a version of the EFCA this year. On this issue, federal legislators can find guidance from California, Canada, and common sense.
Is the recession really ending?
Submitted on 10.25.2009
The recession is finally ending, government economics experts and the media say, hailing the rescue efforts of government agencies. Those tempted to celebrate should first examine the actual data, beginning with the $787 billion stimulus package.
CBO Underestimates Benefits of Malpractice Reform
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 10.23.2009
Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said medical-liability reforms could save about $11 billion annually. This assessment is a gross underestimate of the potential benefits of reform and was intended to give cover to congressional Democrats who say malpractice-liability costs are trifling. But a full accounting shows the benefits would be a hefty $242 billion a year, more than 10 percent of America's health expenditures.
Fight for soul of GOP in OC
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 10.23.2009
If you want to know what's wrong with Sacramento, you need look no further than Orange County. That's where Republican Party insiders have cast aside one of the GOP's most principled members in its drive to fill the 72nd Assembly District seat vacated by disgraced Assemblyman Mike Duvall, who resigned after being caught on tape bragging in lurid detail to another assemblyman about his sexual exploits with lobbyists.
Malpractice should be part of health care debate
Submitted by Michael Farrell on 10.22.2009
The current debate on health care is the ideal time to look at medical malpractice reform, says an organization concerned with lawsuit abuse.
Earlier, Litigation Against Dole was Proved a Fraud
Submitted by Carter Wood on 10.21.2009
Things were looking up for Dole legally even before a federal judge rejected a Nicaraguan court’s award against the company as coming from a fundamentally unfair legal system. The latest edition of California Lawyer magazine covers the corrupt class-action case against Dole based on invented claims of chemical exposure in Nicaragua banana plantations.
Office Visit: Real reform, real access
Submitted by David Holden on 10.21.2009
With Americans preoccupied with the health care reform debate, the issue of physician shortages will hopefully not fall through the cracks. The issue may prove to be more important than any reform being debated in Congress.
Budget fixes, no; blueberries, yes
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 10.16.2009
Elected officials would have us believe that the world would not go around if they weren't busy addressing the "big" issues in city councils and state legislatures. But, in reality, most of what elected officials do ranges from the nonsensical to the malevolent. How many readers believe that their lives are greatly diminished when the California Legislature is not in session?
Ending drugmakers' exemption will cost jobs
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 10.15.2009
During the past 10 years, Michigan has had a declining population, a shrinking job market, and the worst personal income growth of any state. Now Michigan stands to lose even more jobs in one of the state's remaining robust sectors.
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