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Sacramento Bee Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Gray Davis today will propose a plan to rescue two debt-ridden utilities by buying their transmission…
Feb 16, 2001North County Times After failing to enact a campaign finance reform initiative in the city of Vista, the group behind the measure…
Feb 16, 2001The Associated Press Plunging California deeper into the energy business, Gov. Gray Davis proposed a multibillion-dollar plan Friday to rescue two utilities…
Feb 16, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #9 - Feb 15, 2001 D-Day for Gray…
Feb 16, 2001The Associated Press The state Wednesday prepared to spend $500 million more on emergency power-buying, raising the tally to nearly $2 billion
Feb 15, 2001San Diego Union Tribune Two consumer groups have petitioned the state to open up the arbitration system used by most health plans…
Feb 15, 2001Associated Press Jim Jay and his wife drove 90 minutes to the state Capitol where she joined about 150 other nursing home…
Feb 15, 2001Patients who can't remedy red tape have laws and advocate groups at their side.The Orange County Register Jack Redmond needed an injection…
Feb 15, 2001Sacramento Bee Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Gray Davis Friday will propose a plan to rescue two debt-ridden utilities by buying their transmission…
Feb 15, 2001Los Angeles Times The California energy crisis is hurtling along two tracks--one the slow lane of legislative politics, the other the hyper-speed…
Feb 15, 2001The San Francisco Chronicle Let no one accuse Berkeley of shirking the search for solutions to the energy crisis.
Feb 15, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #8 - Feb 14, 2001 $2 billion in…
Feb 15, 2001The Associated Press The state Wednesday prepared to spend $500 million more on emergency power purchases, raising the tally to nearly $2…
Feb 14, 2001Energy firms help fund utility commissioners' travel, and their representatives go along.The Orange County Register Members of the state agency that oversees…
Feb 14, 2001The Associated Press A consumer group has filed a petition to get access to records from arbitration hearings between health plans and…
Feb 14, 2001Sacramento Bee For the California Department of Managed Health Care, the honeymoon is over.
Feb 14, 2001-- Deregulation Colossal Economic Idiocy -- For the $2,000,000,000 of taxpayer money spent since mid-January to buy electricity, California ratepayers could have…
Feb 14, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #7 - Feb 13, 2001 Bluff Called. Monday,…
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