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Concussions on the Football Field and Public Money in California
Mexico cracks down at the US border, Jerry Brown keeps a lid on public records, and trouble at the state retirement system could be expensive for taxpayers. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, do concussions on the football field cause brain damage? Have coaches, team doctors and players themselves been in denial?
By Warren Olney • • 55m ListenThere are new reports of mismanagement today by the public retirement system. Traveling from the US to Mexico is going to get harder. And is Attorney General Jerry Brown committing a "theft of public property" by denying access to his records as Governor? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, do concussions on the football field cause brain damage? Have coaches, team doctors and players themselves been in denial? We hear about growing evidence and some new signals of seriousness from the National Football League.
Banner image: The California Public Employees' Retirement System building in Sacramento, California. Photo: Max Whittaker/Getty Images
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4 storiesFootball and the Cost of Concussions
At a congressional hearing last month, California Democrat Linda Sanchez accused the National Football League of being in a state of denial, comparable to the tobacco industry's refusal to admit the link between tobacco smoking and cancer.
Read the story29 minMexico Beefs Up Border Security
The United States is engaged in a continuing crackdown on goods and people flowing north across the Mexican border. Now, Mexico's President Felipe Calderón is about to turn that around. He's installing gates, cameras and vehicle scales to monitor traffic that flows south. Richard Marosi reports on border issues for the Los Angeles Times .
Read the story7 minThe Trouble with CalPERS
The California Public Employees Retirement System is the biggest thing of its kind in the country with $200 billion in assets. CalPERS, as it's called, has been a model for big investors and a champion of good corporate governance.
Read the story14 minJerry Brown Hides inside His Lock Box
Attorney General Jerry Brown is a former governor who apparently wants to be governor once again. He's raising big money, but hasn't formally declared he's a candidate. In the meantime, he's sitting on information that could be crucial to voters in evaluating his past performance.
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