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GOP Tries to Trade Environmental Regulations for Tax-Cut Vote
A few Republicans want to make a deal with Governor Brown on his budget proposal on extending taxes. Also, a run on potassium-iodide, and LAUSD pink slips.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenA few Republicans want to make a deal with Governor Brown on his budget proposal, including a vote of the people on extending taxes. Will changes in environmental laws they're demanding be too much for the Democrats? State budget cuts threaten teachers with layoffs from LA Unified. We hear about pink slips and surprise decisions on who gets to run charter schools. Also, the run on potassium-iodide pills for radiation protection. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is the war in Afghanistan being forgotten?
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4 storiesRun on Potassium Iodide: Do Californians Need It?
Since word of the Japanese nuclear crisis broke Friday night, pharmacies have been besieged by customers worried about exposure to radiation that can cause thyroid cancer. While manufacturers are sending as many potassium-iodide pills as possible to Japan, US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin dismissed the need here, at least for right now.
Read the story8 minGOP Tries to Trade Environmental Regulations for Tax-Cut Vote
The latest Field Poll says 58 percent of California voters approved Governor Brown's plan for closing the $26 billion state budget gap. He wants half made up with spending cuts and half by extending expired taxes on income, sales and vehicles — but only if voters approve in a special election.
Read the story11 minLAUSD Teachers Get Pink Slips
One of the questions that won't be decided until there's a budget is how many LA teachers are going to be laid off. If voters don't approve the tax extensions Governor Brown has asked for, school districts will face another round of layoffs.
Read the story7 minAfghanistan: Is America's Longest War Being Forgotten?
President Obama's commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, is in Washington this week, making his first official, public reports since he was appointed last June. He talked to a Senate committee yesterday and to a House counterpart today.
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