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Fast-Tracking a Football Stadium
With just four days left in this year's legislative session, the pressure's on for the Assembly and Senate to approve demands for the proposed NFL stadium in downtown LA...
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenWith just four days left in this year's legislative session, it's jobs and the environment again in Sacramento. The pressure is on for the Assembly and Senate to approve demands for the proposed NFL stadium in downtown LA. Developer AEG wants relief from environmental timetables. Environmentalists are warning of "gridlock… dirty air… and a rush to judgment." We get a progress report. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, ten years after September 11 we hear about advance warnings, the war in Iraq and intelligence strategy.
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3 storiesCalifornia Supreme Court Seems to Side with Prop 8 Backers
Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage enacted by California voters, was back in court today. A federal judge has ruled it unconstitutional. Governor Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris have refused to defend it on appeal.
Read the story7 minCan a Football Stadium Be 'Environmentally Friendly?'
The developer AEG is demanding special relief from state environmental procedures as a condition for building an NFL stadium in downtown LA. It would still have to complete an environmental impact report, and challenges could still be filed in court. But AEG wants to speed up the procedure.
Read the story18 minSeptember 11: Advance Warnings and the War in Iraq
Seven years after the 9/11 Commission's best-selling report, co-chairmen Lee Hamilton and Thomas Kean have issued a report saying the US is still not prepared for a major catastrophe. Though only Hamilton and Keane issued the " Report Card ," ten years after September 11, many questions remain.
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