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ATM fees rip off $19 million from California’s public-assistance recipients

March 25, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Banks, Consumer issues, Corporations, Social Sec/Medicare, States Leave a comment

Big banks lifted more than $19 million out of the wallets of poor people in California in 2012, by charging them unnecessarily high fees

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Dirty tricks: California GOP’ers set up fake health-exchange site

December 2, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik States One comment

How low can you go? Ask Republican members of the California legislature. According to Crooks & Liars, Republican members of the California legislature have,

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New Delhi? Zaatari? No, this is Fresno, California

October 1, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Cities, Economy, Employment, Homelessness Leave a comment

Tragically, we have become accustomed to seeing pictures of deplorable living conditions in many parts of the world: We pity the people subjected to

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California fights Walmart over Medicaid costs

June 5, 2013 Bobbi Clemons Business, Corporations, Economy, Government, Health care Leave a comment

The Affordable Care Act is coming. No matter how many times Republicans vote against it (39 and counting!) it’s here to stay. While that’s

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CA Prop 37: Right to know what’s in your food

October 23, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Corporations, Environment, Health, Public safety, States, Voting/Elections One comment

On the morning of November 7, we may owe the Golden State a great big “thank you” note. Perhaps the almost one million Californians

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Money, voter inequality, and the Electoral College

September 4, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, Good government, Politics, States, Voting/Elections One comment

Imagine the United States without California, New York, and Texas. These three states represent close to one-fourth of the population of the country. Yet

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California launches US’s first Disaster Corps

July 7, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Good government, Government Leave a comment

When large-scale disasters strike, people want to help, and that’s good news. But when crowds of well-intentioned folks show up at a disaster site,

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