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AM Alert: Tobacco tax proponents gear up June ballot campaign
Sacbee.com Capitol Alert
Feb 01There's another battle brewing in this year's California ballot wars: The Yes on Proposition 29 campaign is cranking up. Prop. 29 -- called the California Cancer Research Act -- would hike tobacco taxes by $1 per pack of cigarettes to... »
Technology failures prompt criticism of secretary of state
California Watch
Dec 20Will Evans Courtesy of the secretary of state's officeCalifornia Secretary of State Debra Bowen The latest technology snafus to hit Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office have added to growing frustration from registrars and watchdog groups, who say B... »
LiveLeaf Harvests $2.6M
Silicontap.com
Nov 14San Carlos-based Live Leaf Biosciences, a startup developing plant-based treatments for diarrheal disease, antibiotic alternatives, and wound care, has raised $2.6M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Details of the fund... »
Amazon for, eBay against, U.S. online sales tax bill
San Jose Business News
Nov 09Amazon.com Inc. endorsed a proposed national online sales tax bill introduced on Wednesday, but eBay Inc. criticized it. The bill was introduced Wednesday in the U.S. Senate by Republicans Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Michael Enzi of Wyoming and Il... »
Tenn. Sen. Alexander promises online tax bill
San Jose Business NewsThe Silicon Valley
Oct 26U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said on Wednesday he is working on legislation to reform online sales tax collections nationwide. The Tennesee Republican told the Nashville Business Journal, an affiliated publication, that he backs enabling states to make on... »
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AM Alert: Tobacco tax proponents gear up June ballot campaign
Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert
Feb 01There's another battle brewing in this year's California ballot wars: The Yes on Proposition 29 campaign is cranking up. Prop. 29 -- called the California Cancer Research Act -- would hike tobacco taxes by $1 per pack of cigarettes to fund research and... »
Boys' basketball: Nicholas Stover scores 35 points for Windward
LATimes. Varsity Times Insider
Feb 01Nicholas Stover, a Loyola Marymount signee, contributed 35 points and had 13 rebounds as L.A. Windward defeated Brentwood, 81-66, in an Alpha League game. Leland King scored 30 points for Brentwood. Campbell Hall defeated Sierra Canyon, 79-76, in doubl... »
Sunday Classics: With the full symphony orchestra you can create a heckuva storm (aka: Musical storms, part 2)
Down With Tyranny!
Jan 29There are funny storms too! Alexander Prior conducts the deliciously raging thunderstorm in Act II of Rossini's Barber of Seville at the Chuvash National Opera in the Volga River port of Cheboksary, capital of Russia's Chuvash Republic, November 2009. ... »
Willard Inc. got paid HOW much to do WHAT?
Down With Tyranny!
Jan 27No, that $374,327 isn't in Monopoly money."Now is not this ridiculous, and is not this preposterous?A thorough-paced absurdity -- explain it if you can."-- the Dragoons, in Act I of G&S's Patienceby KenI think most of the numbers in the following parag... »
Pension finances
The Daily Roundup
Jan 23Since earnings off investments are likely to fund the lion's share of pensions in future decades, it would be a good idea to let people know exactly how those investments are doing, according to a new report. CalPensions' Ed Mendel tells the story. "In... »
