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Six-Figure Donors Have Arnold’s Ear

Arnold held a cocktail and dinner reception at his Brentwood estate on Wednesday for his top donors, all of...

Congress Sees Motorists Cheated By “Hot Fuel” During Summer Driving Season;

Group Urges Honest Measurement of Gasoline to Stop $1.5 Billion Ripoff

Let voters reform health care

THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (California) So would a ballot initiative work? It wouldn't be easy. "Insurers would spend hundreds of millions of…

Senate approves stem cell measure

Capitol Weekly (Sacramento, CA) SB 771 is similar to a legislation carried last year by termed out Senator Debra Ortiz, said John…

Regulation of Rising Health Insurance Rates Passes Assembly;

Bill By Asm. Dave Jones Is 'The Proposition 103 of Health Care'

Arnold’s Big Insurance Payback

The California Assembly passed legislation to regulate skyrocketing health insurance premiums today in a bill,...

Consumer Advocates Praise Congress For Approving Stem Cell Research Funding Bill, Say Scientific Breakthrough On Cell Derivation Underscores Need For More Research

Blue Cross and Kaiser Tell A Whopper on Health Care Rate Regulation

It’s time to exhale with gas price dip;

Last month's record was 19 cents higherThe San Diego Union-Tribune "The fact that we can consider a sigh of relief (at current…

California Consumer Group Seeks to Block Fireman’s Fund’s Proposed Excessive Earthquake Insurance Rate Increase, Calls For $356 Cut Per Policyholder;

Homeowners Rates Also Too High, Customers Deserve 30% Decrease Says FTCR

California Consumer Group Seeks to Block Fireman’s Fund’s Proposed Excessive Earthquake Insurance Rate Increase, Calls For $356 Cut Per Policyholder;

Homeowners Rates Also Too High, Customers Deserve 30% Decrease Says FTCR

Activists’ health-care remedy: Control rates

Sacramento Bee (California) Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based foundation, is not optimistic that AB 1554 will become law. A similar…

Tesoro to pump funds into refinery;

The firm plans to invest $1 billion in its plant in Wilmington to boost production for the state and reduce downtime.Los Angeles…

Wildfire Insurance Trouble

CNN-TV - AMERICAN MORNING 6:00 AM EST Some southern California residents are finding that insurance companies consider them too hot to handle.…

Governor ignores gas price climb, critics say

Sacramento Bee (California) Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, said Schwarzenegger has not focused…

WellPoint’s new CEO;

Through the glass ceiling -- Charisma, tenacity push Angela Braly to helm of largest U.S. commercial insurerIndianapolis Star Jerry Flanagan, health-care policy…

High deductibles a pain for some insured;

Cash-strapped consumers can end up forgoing needed medical treatment or falling into debt. Los Angeles Times The point of insurance is to…

Global Warming Vote Puts Exxon Management On the Defensive

The Hill - Congress Blog Shareholders of the world's most environmentally unfriendly oil company have now put renewable energy and global warming…