May 18: Budgetitis, Health Care, The Whales!
This week, we chat about this week’s budget news, health care analysis, and… in our lighthearted end-o-the-week moment, the leader of the effort to save those whales. With John Myers, Kate Folmar, and...
View ArticleBills…Casinos… And Staffers!
After a Memorial Day hiatus, we’re back for our weekly wrap-up of the week in California politics. This week: Bill deadlines in the Legislature as moderate Dems seem to prevail… Barstow casino deals go...
View ArticleBills, Bills, Bills
Bleary-eyed but alive, we’ve dragged ourselves in this morning for the weekly Capital Notes Podcast… and yep, it’s all about the bills. Hundreds of bills that sank or swam over the last few days, just...
View ArticleHx Care, Arnold Opines, Wanna-Bes
On this edition of the Capital Notes Podcast, we look back at the following stories from this week: health care goes Hollywood, the governor opines on immigrant immersion and Central Valley water...
View ArticleHx Care, Guards, Salaries
On this week's Capital Notes Podcast, the usual smorgasbord of Capitol topics: health care reform gets a unified boost... prison guards lose a round in the Senate... and elected officials get a pay...
View ArticleCasinos, Congress, Budget Politics
On this week's Capital Notes Podcast, a look at the big week in Indian gaming agreements, a special election to Congress, and some early budget friction between Republicans and Governor...
View ArticleArnold & The ARB, Campaign Cash, Mayoral Romance
The usual gang is back together to discuss accusations of political meddling into global warming regulations, new trends in campaign cash, and love LA style.With Anthony York of Capitol Weekly and our...
View ArticleBudget, Security, Pets
This week: the budget stalemate, another week of big bills from the defeat of a homeland security proposal and pet fixing... and, finally, more about our pal Kate.And oh yes, the radio guy -- yours...
View ArticleState Budget Impasse
The state budget impasse is the subject of an unusual (our first!) Capital Notes Podcast alert. A mini podcast, if you will, because the state budget... while being approved by the Assembly early this...
View ArticleBudget Impasse, Scorecard
The state budget impasse is our focus on this special early week edition of the Capital Notes Podcast. We take a look back at the negotiations and standoffs from last week, and we also quickly examine...
View ArticleLogjam!
The state budget stalemate continues, and is the main focus of this week's Capital Notes Podcast. Senate Republicans demand more budget savings, Democrats reject many of the ideas, and Governor...
View ArticleThe Gang Of 14
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." Maybe quoting Shakespeare in a state budget impasse is a bit much, but clearly the Senate Republican Gang of 14 feels as though they're hanging tough and...
View ArticleSummer Of Discontent
On this week's Capital Notes Podcast, what could be called the political "summer of discontent" -- a state budget impasse that seems to have gotten worse, not better; a battle over which voting...
View ArticleBudget Target, Prez Polls
A more bite-size edition of the Capital Notes Podcast this week. We discuss the potential for a budget deal next week (and some reportedly heavy lobbying of one GOP lawmaker to cast an aye vote) and...
View ArticleHappy Hour Postmortem
A California budget postmortem is the focus of an early edition of this week's Capital Notes Podcast. Actually, we're calling it a happy hour postmortem. No, we didn't record it in a bar... or on the...
View ArticleIssues In Doubt
This week's podcast features three political issues in doubt: health care reform, an initiative to modify California's term limits law, and a ballot measure asking voters to weigh in on the Iraq war....
View ArticleTo The Ballot!
Ballot measure, anyone? That could be the theme for some of this week's big political stories. On this edition of the Capital Notes Podcast, we examine the chatter that health care reform will head to...
View ArticleOh So Special
The Capital Notes Podcast is back this week, with a look at what has (or hasn't) happened so far in the special legislative session, the odd couple alliance formed to overturn Indian gaming compacts,...
View ArticleThe Speaker Speaks
This week, a different Capital Notes Podcast: a one-on-one conversation with Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, where he speaks candidly for the first time about recent criticism over his campaign...
View ArticleA Private California Lottery?
This week's Capital Notes Podcast is slightly different... a peek into Wednesday's legislative hearing that examined the pros and cons of leasing out the California Lottery. It was a four and a half...
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