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BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #21 - Special Report: The Manufactured Energy Crisis…
Mar 20, 2001Deregulation Created Motive & Opportunity
Mar 19, 2001The San Diego Union-Tribune Federal energy regulators said again yesterday that California may have paid too much for power, this time citing…
Mar 17, 2001Claremont weighs next move with Oaks Initiative poised to take effectInland Valley Times The city's challenge to a new law that radically…
Mar 17, 2001The Associated Press Gov. Gray Davis will spend more than $51 million over two years on consultants to help negotiate power contracts…
Mar 16, 2001A Court Decision Eviscerates Proposition 103, Reversing the Result of the Ballot BoxLos Angeles Daily Journal Pending before the California Supreme Court…
Mar 16, 2001San Jose Mercury News Gov. Gray Davis' administration plans to spend at least $ 10 million over the next two years on…
Mar 16, 2001Sacramento Bee One of the first high-profile decisions for the new state Department of Managed Health Care is whether to release more…
Mar 15, 2001The Associated Press Aetna Inc., still mending fences with physicians over its managed care policies, on Thursday appointed a California HMO executive…
Mar 15, 2001Sacramento Bee Several lawmakers urged the California Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a state insurance regulation that allows good drivers to…
Mar 14, 2001The Daily News of Los Angeles Gov. Gray Davis ordered a 20 percent rebate Tuesday for customers of the state's three private…
Mar 14, 2001In rare move, legislators call on Supreme Court to review insurance caseThe Recorder A group of lawmakers Tuesday took the rare step…
Mar 14, 2001San Jose Mercury News Calling it a "patriotic duty" to save energy during the state's ongoing power crunch, Gov. Gray Davis unveiled…
Mar 14, 2001Associated Press In a move that could force out-of-state power suppliers to open their books and justify their profits, the state Senate…
Mar 14, 2001The Recorder A group of lawmakers Tuesday took the rare step of calling on the California Supreme Court to review whether insurance…
Mar 14, 2001Fifteen Year Battle for Fair Insurance Rates Comes Down to One Decision
Mar 13, 2001The Oaks Project fulfills mutual needs: the need of citizens to feel that they can make a difference. And our need to…
Mar 13, 2001