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The Los Angeles Times turned a spotlight on Governor Schwarzenegger's love of corporate fundraising on Sunday, and the FPPC built another level…
May 20, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- Some of the most influential business leaders who've underwritten Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's trips abroad will now have to do…
May 19, 2008California’s chief financial officer is supporting a bill that would order a study of how the state’s stem-cell research agency is governed,…
May 19, 2008The race is on to reshape the individual health insurance market, as health plans increasingly come under fire from state regulators, patient…
May 19, 2008State Ethics Board Increases Disclosure Required for Trips Paid for By Campaign Donors Santa Monica, CA – California politicians must explain…
May 19, 2008Consumer Watchdog Calls for Sales from Reserve, Warning to Refineries, Swift Action on Oil Trading Curbs Santa Monica, CA -- The…
May 16, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has agreed to a fine and to offer health care coverage to 1,092 individual…
May 16, 2008The action comes after Kaiser Permanente and Health Net reach an agreement with a state agency. Two of the state's largest health…
May 16, 2008The state Department of Managed Health Care and Kaiser Permanente announced an agreement Thursday to immediately reinstate health insurance to 1,092 Kaiser…
May 16, 2008State PUC Grants Oil Giant’s Water Company 89.7 Percent Rate Increase; Chevron Wanted 138 Percent Santa Monica, CA -- A decision today …
May 15, 2008Sees Improvement But is Concerned About Loss of Legal Remedies Santa Monica, CA -- A settlement with Kaiser Permanente over more 1,000…
May 15, 2008An attempt sponsored by Verizon to cut into the state Public Utilities Commission's power over telephone-company mergers is drawing fire from unlikely…
May 15, 2008Big 5 Health Insurers Named In Cancellation Lawsuits Contributed $804,600 to Governor Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today said that according…
May 14, 2008State regulators are scheduled to announce Thursday "an agreement with a major California health plan to reinstate health coverage immediately to enrollees…
May 14, 2008While drivers are facing sticker shock at the pump these days, here is a bigger shock: high prices are putting a strain…
May 14, 2008The stem cell agency's Biotech Loan Task Force approved a draft loan policy at its meeting last week and sent it on…
May 13, 2008Consumer Advocates Call On Office of Administrative Law To Resist Politics, Protect Public Santa Monica, CA – The Schwarzenegger administration should…
May 13, 2008White House Scorns Action, Congress in Gridlock as Soaring Prices Push Inflation, Motorists Cry ‘Uncle’ Santa Monica, CA -- An 11-cent rise…
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