Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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		Are We Ready To Be Energized - III ?
		
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		SacBee: $131 billion budget OK'd
		
 - SFChron: $131B Budget Approved
 - CCTimes: State lawmakers pass $131 billion budget
 - SJMerc: Legislature passes budget heavy on education funds
 - SJMerc: Education-heavy budget nears OK in Sacramento
 - StockRec: State budget passes
 - ModBee: State budget passes
 - BakCal: 3 Kern lawmakers pass 'valley-friendly' state budget
 - SCSent: State budget brings county perks
 - SLOTrib: Budget pact helps, hurts
 - VentStar: State budget stalls in Assembly
 - LAT: $131-Billion State Budget Approved
 - LADN: Bipartisan Legislature passes $130.9 billion state budget
 - RivPE:Schools, roads get more; debt is less
 - OCReg: Lawmakers approve budget
 - NCTimes: State budget boosts education, transportation
 - SDUT: State lawmakers approve budget
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		SacBee: Prison reform report details argued
		
 - SFChron: Prisons In Crisis
 - CCTimes: Governor names new advocate for victims
 - OakTrib: Governor talks tough on rights of crime victims
 - BakCal: Escapes at Lerdo Jail prompt changes
 - LAT: Overcrowding Stifles Inmates' Successes
 - IVDB: Ontario weighs housing rules for parolees
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		SFChron: SJ Council May Isolate Gonzales
		
 - SJMerc: Mayor's pay, powers are on the line
 - SJMerc: Mayor's office funding delayed
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		SacBee: Bill to assist suicide loses
		
 - SFChron: Bill to allow assisted suicide is rejected
 - OakTrib: Doctor-assisted suicide bill dies
 - SJMerc: Drug bill losing ground
 - LAT: Assisted-Suicide Measure Falls a Vote Short
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		SacBee: Cable firms change tune on key bill
		
 - SFChron: Telecom bill opposition fades
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		CCTimes: Pombo backs offshore drilling bill
		
 - SJMerc: Protests planned as vote nears on oil-drilling ban
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		OakTrib: Ports urged to focus on attack recovery
		
 - LADN: Ports found vulnerable to terrorists
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		SacBee: Delay in salmon fisheries aid prompts anger
		
 - SJMerc: New tool to save ocean life: Buy out the fishermen
 - SLOTrib: Salmon aid likely wont come until February
 - SLOTrib: Environmental group buys out fishermen
 - LAT: Buyout Means More Fish, Fewer Boats in the Sea
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		TheHill: FEC unleashes its lawyers  
		
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		SFChron: Warming And The Whales
		
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		LADN: Gender gap continues to grow at California colleges
		
 - RivPE:Judge hints at disfavoring legal motion by UC system
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		IVDB: "Illegal Immigration Relief Act" not likely to appear on ballot
		
 - SBSun: Opinions split on effect of ruling on SB initiative
 - NCTimes: Vista approves hiring law on day laborers
 - NCTimes: California National Guard to establish headquarters of border task force in Chula Vista
 - SDUT: Vista approves day-laborer law
 - WashTimes: Border chief is ready to recruit
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		WashTimes: Not 'for the good of all'
		
 - SacBee: Divisions in Mexico vote
 - WashPost: Chávez's Image Becomes Tool for Attack in Mexican Presidential Race
 - WashPost: Mexico's Missing Prosperity
 - NYT: Bringing Mexico Closer to God
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		TheHill: A sea of opinions surrounds future of Santa Rosa Island
		
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		TheHill: Dems facing a dilemma on ethics slot
		
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		WashPost: A Single Person Could Swing an Election
		
 - TheHill: Emanuel puts Reynolds in the DCCC's crosshairs
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		WklyStnd: High Noon in Michigan
		
 
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The Golden Pen
		OCReg: Budget assumes good times will keep rolling
		
 - SDUT: Not good enough
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		SacBee: Núñez maneuvers to restore lost clout of Assembly speakers
		
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		SJMerc: How to make it clear: You're not needed
		
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		SJMerc: Remember Denton as a pioneer for women
		
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		NewWest: Schwarzenegger Pivots To Red Meat
		
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		OCReg: Voters can act to 'Save Our Homes'
		
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		HmnEvnts: Is Bush 'Out of Touch' With GOP On Immigration?
		
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		WSJ: Money and Speech
		
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		TwnHll: Making it Easter for Al Qaeda
		
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		TwnHll: When sexism claims are a real hoot
		
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		NRO: Our man at Turtle Bay, &c.
		
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		SFChron: Sense of urgency on prison crisis
		
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		LAT: Arresting prison reform
		
 - LAT: Confusion instead of school reform
 - LAT: Court rules correctly on clean money
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		WashPost: An Outdated Ban
		
 - SacBee: Placer swaps legal teams
 - SacBee: Housing agency prepares cuts as U.S. alters rules
 - SacBee: PG&E to run campgrounds
 - SacBee: City Council takes aim at 'McMansions'
 - SacBee: Davis voters face Target store measure
 - SacBee: San Juan retools open enrollment
 - SFChron: Toward a budget for all of San Francisco
 - SFChron: Property Values May Tumble Soon
 - CCTimes: Chief offered job in city-run agency
 - OakTrib: Make room for a million: Significant sprawl by 2020
 - OakTrib: Free parking is a very bad idea or so they say
 - OakTrib: Ward may be making an exit
 - OakTrib: Sheriff pleads for extra $1.4 million
 - OakTrib: Neighbors sue city, developer over rain runoff
 - SJMerc: S.J. Council votes against non-franchise TV service
 - StockRec: Dam project fails in tie vote
 - StockRec: Forest Service can't maintain dams
 - StockRec: Air fees hurt regional economy, builders group's suit alleges
 - StockRec: $294.5M spending plan approved, but more cuts possible
 - StockRec: City's song could get more exposure
 - ModBee: Safe & Sane
 - ModBee: Turlock names top cop
 - FresBee: Attention turns to Valley air
 - FresBee: Lawsuit calls air fees illegal
 - FresBee: Utility debate ends in a study
 - FresBee: Fresno City Council adopts nearly $900m budget
 - FresBee: Plan for Fresno dam dries up
 - FresBee: Fresno is key for medical school
 - SCSent: Watsonville approves plan to spin sewage into artichokes
 - SCSent: Annexation a 'satisfying' step for FLOW
 - SCSent: Pajaro Valley water demand unusually high compared to last year
 - SCSent: Council gives full supportfor Kirby School's move
 - SLOTrib: Strong enters Paso mayoral race
 - VentStar: Fraisse hailed for leading district
 - VentStar: City is ready to fight more truck traffic
 - VentStar: Ventura sends hotel back to drawing board
 - VentStar: Ex-Tucson chancellor named interim Oxnard College leader
 - VentStar: Council agrees to workshops on growth
 - LAT: Hooters' Benefit for L.A. Animal Services Is a Bust
 - LADN: Prudish L.A. nixes 'Hooters for Neuters'
 - LAT: Supervisor Knabe Backs Client of Lobbyist Son
 - LAT: MTA Labor Accord Averts L.A. Transit Strike
 - LADN: MTA, unions arrive at early agreements
 - LAT: Senate Panel Rejects Ban on Pushing Trains
 - LAT: LAPD and Airport Police Reach Accord
 - LADN: LAPD, LAX police reach airport deal
 - LAT: L.A. County's Chief Manager to Retire
 - LADN: County CAO will retire in January
 - SBSun: SB calls in reinforcements
 - SBSun: Whole community needs to say no to violence
 - RivPE:New tax proposed to fight crime
 - RivPE:Clute claims victory in Democratic primary
 - LAT: In Irvine, Taiwanese Miffed Over Sister City Deal
 - LAT: O.C. Supervisors Pass $5.56-Billion Budget
 - LAT: UCI Radiologist to Quit in Wake of Probe
 - LAT: Orange County to Retain Traffic School Firm Despite Lower Bidder
 - OCReg: Irvine council hears Taiwanese protesters
 - OCReg: Push to recall Capistrano Unified school trustees remains alive
 - NCTimes: Republican congressman renew efforts to save Mt. Soledad cross
 - NCTimes: San Diego lifeguards honored
 - NCTimes: Pilots association official backs Oceanside airport
 - SDUT: Pauma in partnership for gambling resort
 - SDUT: S.D. airport's fuel tab too cheap to be true
 - SDUT: Bilbray, Hunter, Issa enter bill to save Soledad cross
 - SDUT: More funding for attorney fees OK'd
 - SDUT: Officials wrangle over late report
 - SDUT: City expands vehicle tracking, saves money
 

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