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Data Center: Legislators will make more money than 85 percent of California workers

Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, talks Friday with Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez. A budget bill would make it optional for local governments to comply with the Public Records Act.

Legislators will make at least twice as much as most California workers following the roughly $5,000 pay bump approved by the California Citizens Compensation Commission Wednesday, census figures show. 1 hour ago

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Capitol Alert: Dan Logue launches congressional campaign

Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Marysville, launched a campaign for California's 3rd congressional district on Wednesday morning.

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Prop. 8 ruling imminent; gay marriage advocates plan Sacramento events

Opponents of California's Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, plan a slate of activities in Sacramento to coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the ban's constitutionality.

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Budget bill would make it optional for California local governments to comply with public records laws

A budget bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature would make it optional for local governments to comply with several key provisions of the California Public Records Act.
LOS BANOS

Los Banos district acquires land for schools

School officials secured the land for Los Banos' next three schools during a special meeting last week.

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LOS BANOS

It's not a boom, but Los Banos officials see construction looming

The expected uptick in home construction this summer is a sign that the economy may be turning around in Los Banos. Community Development Director Paula Fitzgerald estimates 100 residential building permits may be issued in the next 12 months.

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Walmart faces July 4 deadline for work on supercenter

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Capitol Alert: District attorneys, victims' advocates urge veto of budget trailer

While open-records advocates urge Gov. Jerry Brown to veto legislation that would weaken California's open-records law, crime victim advocates are raising objections to language in the same bill that would relax requirements for how local agencies handle domestic violence cases.

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Capitol Alert: Senate committee postpones action on school-bond legislation

Legislation aimed at curbing California school districts' use of bonds that have extended repayment periods and high costs stalled in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday after school officials mounted a heavy lobbying campaign against it.

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Capitol Alert: Bera says Republican abortion bill 'is not going to go anywhere'

Rep. Ami Bera, a doctor who was elected to Congress last year, questioned Tuesday why his Republican colleagues brought a bill to the floor to restrict abortions beyond 20 weeks when they knew it had no chance of becoming law.
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Capitol Alert: House transportation bill denies high-speed rail funding in 2014

Congressional skeptics of California's high-speed rail project make their feelings known in a draft transportation spending bill made public this week.