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Voters Put Essential Services on the Chopping Block
Is California about to mortgage its future, or can it wise up to its financial crisis like New York City did in the 1970's? We get the latest from Sacramento. Also, Prop 8 is being challenged in federal court. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the pros and cons of a bill that would revolutionize energy use and change the lives of Americans.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenPresident Obama's in town tonight facing gay rights protestors, as Proposition 8 faces a new challenge in federal court. In Sacramento, more cuts are proposed in essential services. Is that really what the people called for in last week's election? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, a committee of Congress has laid down the gauntlet for the fight to slow global warming. We hear the pros and cons of a bill that would revolutionize energy use and change the lives of Americans.
Banner image: Students go about their business at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as the prospect of billions of dollars in cuts looms for California after voters turned down five of six budget-reform measures in this month's special election to deal with the massive state budget crises. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images
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3 storiesThe Economics and Politics of Global Warming
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December, the Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming will be renegotiated. Environmentalists say the US has a responsibility to play a leading role. A House Committee has passed a sweeping measure, the 932-page American Clean Energy and Security Act .
Read the story27 minShould We Make a Federal Case Out of Proposition 8?
Two lawyers from opposite ends of the political spectrum joined forces today to file suit against Governor Schwarzenegger and other California officials. They claim that Proposition 8 , upheld yesterday by the State Supreme Court, violates both the Due Process Clause and the 14th Amendment of the federal constitution. Ashby Jones writes…
Read the story7 minVoters Put Essential Services on the Chopping Block
In the aftermath of last week's election , education is on the chopping block, non-violent prisoners will be getting out early and California may be the only state in a first-world country with no subsistence benefits for children.
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