Which Way, L.A.?
Governor Brown, Molly Munger and the Future of Public Education
Props 30 and 38 would raise taxes for similar goals, but one would send money to Sacramento, the other directly to schools. We hear more about the measures' differences.
By Warren Olney • • 49m ListenGovernor Brown and a Los Angeles lawyer have qualified competing initiatives for the November ballot. Props 30 and 38 would raise taxes for similar goals, but one would send new money to Sacramento and the other directly to schools. We hear more about the differences between the two measures. The stakes for California children couldn't be higher. Also, from the back lots of Los Angeles a trashy film creates an international crisis. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, violence against America in the Muslim World.
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3 storiesGovernor Brown, Molly Munger and the Future of Public Education
Between now and election day in November, we'll be hearing a lot about the fate of public education in California. Two ballot measures are competing to increase taxes and distribute the new revenues in different ways. There is no question that the proposals are serious or that the stakes are high.
Read the story20 min'Innocence of Muslims' and the Murky World of Low-Budget Films
All of Los Angeles knows that not every film made here is a major feature production. Every so often a group of amateurs make it big with a low-budget project. But there's no precedent for the LA-made film which has helped create an international crisis, including the murder of the US Ambassador to Libya.
Read the story10 minAnti-American Violence, Policy Challenges in the Presidential Race
Tuesday, US Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed by an armed mob in Libya. Today, protests continue at US outposts elsewhere in the Muslim world. The US embassy in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, is described as an armed fortress inside several zones of protection.
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