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Remember the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research? They're the folks who threw me out of their meeting last summer in Irvine,…
Mar 27, 2008A powerful Senate Democrat said a private meeting Wednesday between health insurers and state regulators appears to be part of the Schwarzenegger…
Mar 27, 2008When the doors are slammed on a meeting between government and industry, the excuse is usually that a "frank exchange" must be…
Mar 26, 2008Add number 572 to the list of reasons why people don’t believe the government is working for them any more. Deborah Platt…
Mar 26, 2008Assemblyman Hector De La Torre said Tuesday that he was ousted as chairman of the powerful Rules Committee for challenging Assembly Speaker…
Mar 26, 2008Consumer advocates worry that the closed session will advance a plan that critics say could make it easier to cancel policies. Regulators…
Mar 26, 2008I don't know which was worse: Repeatedly being told "we realize your time is important" as I waited for a live agent…
Mar 26, 2008Sacramento, CA -- While motorists fume over the skyrocketing cost of gasoline, state officials say the extra sales tax revenue from high…
Mar 25, 2008Back in February California's stem cell agency made a big deal of hosting a meeting of the International Stem Cell Forum. Chairman…
Mar 25, 2008For a generation, regulation has been a dirty word in politics unless it had the prefix "de-" attached to it. I think…
Mar 24, 2008The FPPC approved that $350,000 fine on Senator Migden at an emergency meeting yesterday, with one dissension -- Commissioner Leidig wanted the…
Mar 21, 2008Gasoline prices have been flirting in recent days with Arkansas' average record of $3.18 a gallon set in May. The national average…
Mar 21, 2008Big drug companies like to tell us that the reason pills cost so much is the high cost of research and development. …
Mar 21, 2008Scientists are still grumbling about the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's grip on stem cell patents--a hold strengthened by rulings this and last…
Mar 21, 2008Today's news stories identifying the apparently deadly fake heparin that adulterated a major U.S. brand of the blood thinner brought back memories:…
Mar 20, 2008It's official - the poorest Massachusetts consumers will pick up the slack for cost increases under the state's mandatory health insurance program.…
Mar 20, 2008No, we don't mean marijuana on the street, but the brand-name drugs that are so profitable to the pharmaceutical industry. We found…
Mar 20, 2008There’s a slew of stories today about the biggest campaign fine in FPPC history: a $350K fine issued to State Senator Carole…
Mar 19, 2008