The present budget deficit faced by the State of California is around $26 billion and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is seeking a solution to bridge this deficit gap through three furlough days a month.
As a part of the plan to fix the $42 billion budget deficit, the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging the legislature to back his proposed cuts to the three largest areas of the state's budget - prisons, education, and health care.
President Barack Obama's job approval rating has slipped since the spring among California voters, but he gets good marks for his handling of the economy and his plans to overhaul the nation's health care system.
As part of the legislation recently signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California state legislature requiring 33% of electricity come from renewable sources by 2020, Californians can most certainly expect a growth in wind farming.
Health reform in the United States and in California has been a subject of major debate recently. While some have cautiously accepted the new health care reform proposals, many have rejected it outright by saying it will increase the financial burden for tax payers.
According to a recent poll conducted by the DailyKos, Attorney General Jerry Brown, leads 29% to 20% over his closest Democratic competitor, Gavin Newsom, the Mayor of San Francisco. Although this will be Brown's second run at the California governorship, many still place him as the front runner.
Please vote in the June 8th primary. In California, the June 8th Primary Election is fast approaching. If you vote by absentee/mail ballot, then you need to mail your ballot in the next day, or, so; ballots have to be received by election day.
The date of the special primary election to replace 72nd District Assemblyman Mike Duvall will be Nov. 17, with a runoff Jan. 12 if no candidate wins a majority in the primary.
Three Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging.