Appeals court affirms Schwarzenegger's bid to cut state workers' pay - Los Angeles Times
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:22:49 GMT+00:00
workers' pay Los Angeles Times The state controller, who writes the checks, says he may not quickly comply. By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times An appeals court ruled Friday that Gov. ... Court OKs governor's cuts to state worker pay San Francisco Chronicle California court OKs minimum wage for state workers USA Today Arnold Schwarzenegger, CA governor, orders state employees to take minimum ... New York Daily News The Associated Press  - CNN  - New York Times

Top-Seeded Arizona State Ousted in College World Series - New York Times
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:30:28 GMT+00:00
Ousted in College World Series New York Times By AP Jackie Bradley and Adrian Morales homered during an eight-run second inning that propelled South Carolina to an 11-4 victory over Arizona State , ... College World Series: Top-seeded Arizona State knocked out by South Carolina San Jose Mercury News South Carolina falls to Oklahoma in rain-delayed CWS game Boston Herald

Court Rejects Secrecy on Ballot Petitions - New York Times
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:15:29 GMT+00:00
New York Times washington people who sign petitions to put referendums on state ballots do not have a general right under the First Amendment to keep ... Supreme Court on R-71: Names on petitions can be made public Seattle Post Intelligencer Supreme Court Rules Petition Signers Can't Keep Names Secret ABC News Sign a political petition? Supreme Court says the public can know. Christian Science Monitor Los Angeles Times  - Seattle Times  - The Associated Press

What is the average cost of living in America by state?
Q. Does anyone know where I can find a chart of the average cost of living in America by state?
Asked by abiua32 - Thu Mar 8 19:25:08 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If is difficult to say "the cost of living here is this much money" because a dollar in one state is actually worth a different amount than a dollar in another. Instead, they are compared using an index. Here's a few links:
Answered by mrtasabii - Thu Mar 8 20:40:41 2007

As the goal dates set by state mandates get closer, and their requirements to produce higher percentages of th?
Q. As the goal dates set by state mandates get closer, and their requirements to produce higher percentages of their energy from renewables rise dramatically, should consumers be required to pay their higher cost instead of choosing to have part of their power be "green" (like PNM does currently)?
Asked by Educator1 - Sun Sep 20 22:47:38 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Mandates are arbitrary and sometimes found to be unreasonable, but they are useful political tools to motivate needed action. The mandates for higher percentages of energy to come from renewable sources are constructive goals, and the escalating costs and sometimes debilitating shortages of available power should provide further motivation to modernize all of our energy production and distribution systems. For far too long, the environmental costs of our power systems have been "externalized" -- debiting Earth's accounts to enrich our own. Now that we're in the era of "peak oil" and global warming, with the global human population having added another ten percent over the past decade or so and ongoing geometric increases in our… [cont.]
Answered by Feral - Mon Sep 21 02:11:57 2009

What are the stereotypes of people in USA going state by state?
Q. I was just interested what are the stereotypes of Americans going state by state. Example: what is the stereotypes of people from South Carolina or Kentucky or Connecticut? Can anyone help me?
Asked by Eths Mum - Mon Mar 12 22:33:11 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. This is easy. Mississippians are considered totally backwards, racist, and dumb. I would know since I'm from there, and it's not entirely true. Oh, and New Yorkers are high-strung and demanding. And Californians are divas. I just remembered this because of a couple of my clients at work.
Answered by Opal - Mon Mar 12 22:37:22 2007