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Proposed Minimum Wage Hike is a Tax on Businesses
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
7.28.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - The state legislature is on the verge of passing AB 2832, by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-San Jose), that would raise California's minimum wage from the current $6.75 an hour to $7.75 by January 2006. Although the bill intends to help low-wage employees, it will end up hurting some of those very workers and be a taxing blow to many cash-strapped businesses.
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Outsourcing and Protectionist Rhetoric in the Senate
ePolicy
7.26.2004
When old ideas meet new technology, the result is sometimes a comedy of errors. Such is the case for New York Senator Hillary Clinton, whose outdated thinking produced many a blunder. On one recent occasion, she played the protectionist card on the issue of outsourcing and got caught in her own hypocrisy.
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Free California's School Districts
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
7.22.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - Last month California legislators failed to repeal a law that transformed milk testers and billboard inspectors into safety workers on a par with police and firefighters, a failure that will cost the state more than $200 million over 20 years. But there are other bills equally worthy of concern, such as SB 1419, which costs taxpayers an estimated $300 million per year, hamstrings cash strapped school districts, and harms the prospects of students.
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Why California Needs a New Model to Measure Student Achievement
Capital Ideas
By: Xiaochin Claire Yan
7.15.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - The federal No Child Left Behind Act mandates that every child be proficient in math and reading by 2013-14. The way California has structured its targets for meeting the NCLB requirements almost guarantees that the state's schools will come up short. A major problem is the way California reports student test scores.
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Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart Obtains Class-Action Status
By: Sally C. Pipes
7.8.2004
On June 22 here in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins granted class-action status for a suit charging that Wal-Mart discriminates against women. That is a huge escalation, changing it from a case involving seven women to 1.6 million (current and former employees), the largest class action on record. This is what the plaintiffs’ attorneys wanted but the case is far from over.
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Pension Sellout is New California Gold Rush
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
7.7.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - Californians can sleep well tonight knowing that milk testers, billboard inspectors, and deputy directors at the department of real estate are watching out for their safety, fortified with pensions 25-percent richer than those of other state employees.
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