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Single Blue Cross Fine Far Too Little to Correct “Retroactive Rescission” Epidemic;

Amount is Less Than Total Blue Cross Political Contributions to Governor, Notes GroupÂ

California voters signal interest in plan to tax oil to boost renewables

Electric Utility Week According to an early August Field Poll, 52% of voters sampled said they would vote for the proposition after…

HP= Huge (Arnold) Patron, Headed to Prison, Hoping for Pardon?

Technology giant and Big-Brother-emulator Hewlett-Packard just gave Arnold another $25K. That moves the snoopiest firm in Silicon Valley up to #31 on…

Secret plan alleged on campaign financing;

Measure's foes say nurses group is trying to limit opposition to its future health care strategy.Sacramento Bee (California) "Proposition 89 isn't about…

Blue Cross Moves To Quell Furor

The health insurer, accused of dumping sick policyholders, says it will alter procedures. Jerry Flanagan, a patient advocate with the Foundation for…

Consumer Advocates Seek Formal Opinion From Attorney General That Speaker’s Appointee To Stem Cell Panel Can Be Removed For Unlawfully Holding Office

Take a stand on health care

Visalia Times-Delta (California) Gov. Schwarzenegger says he favors health insurance for the people of California, but one has to wonder what he…

The ‘clean’ campaign finance idea grows;

Arizona experience mixed as California considers Prop. 89The San Francisco Chronicle By any measure, the 1998 initiative has taken plenty of special…

A Tight Race With Loose Purse Strings;

Democrats, Republicans are expected to spend a combined $8 million for the Orange County seat, one of the few that remains competitive.The…

Sick but Insured? Think Again;

Lawsuits accuse insurance companies of retroactively dumping families that rack up large bills. Firms defend their policies, but the state is investigating.…

Consumer Advocates Ask AG To Rule Speaker’s Appointee Is Legally Unqualified;

Undeserved Appointment is Symptom of Pay-to-Play Politics that Prop 89 Ends

Ballot Watch: Proposition 89 – Public Campaign Financing

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Home, auto insurance rates to decline;

Safeco Corp., 21st Century Co. announce plan to slash premiums; other firms expected to followContra Costa Times (California) Harvey Rosenfield with FTCR…

Member of Stem Cell Financial Oversight Panel Doesn’t Meet Job Requirements;

Undeserved Appointment is Symptom of Pay-to-Play Politics that Prop 89 Would End

Controversy Over Stem Cell Committee

ABC7 KGO-TV SF John Simpson, Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights: "The voters enacted law and they expect the law to be…

WARF expects review of stem cell patents;

Foundation says 95 percent of patent review requests are grantedWisconsin Technology Network The legal challenge to WARF's stem cell patents was announced…

A Tight Grip on Tech Transfer;

A U. of Wisconsin foundation fiercely protects its patent rights, but critics say it impedes stem-cell researchThe Chronicle of Higher Education In…

What’s a Piece of a 100 Million Dollar Baby Worth?

SB 1489, approved by the legislature last week, would allow California's Attorney General to...