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			<title><![CDATA[Suspending some standardized tests could save state $15 million]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-13 21:13:42</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Suspending some standardized tests could save state $15 million]]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jerry Brown's school finance plan gets first legislative review]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-27 13:56:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will take their first official look at Gov. Jerry Brown&rsquo;s plan to overhaul the state&rsquo;s public school financing system at a Sacramento hearing on Thursday. 

The Senate Budget Committee is scheduled to hear from...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State schools chief wants lawmakers to approve new bond measure]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-04 13:12:39</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will take their first official look at Gov. Jerry Brown&rsquo;s plan to overhaul the state&rsquo;s public school financing system at a Sacramento hearing on Thursday. 

The Senate Budget Committee is scheduled to hear from...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gov. Brown approves bailout, state takeover of Inglewood schools]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-14 14:13:52</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will take their first official look at Gov. Jerry Brown&rsquo;s plan to overhaul the state&rsquo;s public school financing system at a Sacramento hearing on Thursday. 

The Senate Budget Committee is scheduled to hear from...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[California lawmakers consider bailout for Inglewood schools]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-08-31 07:53:22</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will take their first official look at Gov. Jerry Brown&rsquo;s plan to overhaul the state&rsquo;s public school financing system at a Sacramento hearing on Thursday. 

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			<title><![CDATA[Hot Assembly races pick up steam]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-07 21:38:15</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will take their first official look at Gov. Jerry Brown&rsquo;s plan to overhaul the state&rsquo;s public school financing system at a Sacramento hearing on Thursday. 

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			<title><![CDATA[Candidates pick up pace as elections filing nears]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-15 16:35:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will take their first official look at Gov. Jerry Brown&rsquo;s plan to overhaul the state&rsquo;s public school financing system at a Sacramento hearing on Thursday. 

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			<title><![CDATA[Teachers unions' clout in question]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Teachers unions have a well-deserved reputation for exercising political clout. With a nearly unparalleled ability to raise cash and organize their ranks, they have elected school boards, influenced legislation and helped set the public school agenda in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Health foundations join forces to improve California schools]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-11-03 21:33:42</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Teachers unions have a well-deserved reputation for exercising political clout. With a nearly unparalleled ability to raise cash and organize their ranks, they have elected school boards, influenced legislation and helped set the public school agenda in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Training for teen drivers]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2008-02-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mike Males suggest that California's graduated driver's license law may be at fault for increases in teens death and injury for those 18 to 20 years of age, even though fewer 16-year-olds have been dying since the 1998 law took effect.

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			<title><![CDATA[Thinking global, acting municipal]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2007-08-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, Spence and Cole discuss what California cities should and will do to fight climate change. Yesterday, they debated the cultural divide behind policy disagreements; Wednesday, the proper role of the attorney general, Tuesday, citywide general plans,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sacramento's boomerang reforms]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2007-08-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[California's 51-day budget stalemate kept Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers from focusing on such pressing issues as healthcare reform and water-storage policy. With a spending plan now in place, it still won't be easy to make progress on...]]></description>
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