Mad MDs

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

No one has a better first-hand view of the problems with this country’s health care system than the doctors who work in it, a vantage point that has made some of them “mad as hell” about it.
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Bill Bagley

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

In the 1960s and 70s, California’s legislature was widely seen as a model for state governance, a far cry from the way Sacramento is viewed now. What’s changed? A former lawmaker offers his perspective

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Affordable Housing Week

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

It isn’t getting any easier to build affordable housing in California. But the need for it is continuing to grow all the same.

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National Priorities Project

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100

If you’ve ever wondered just where the taxes you pay actually get used, The National Priorities Project can tell you.

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Stimulus jobs

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100

Federal stimulus money is quietly funding subsidized job placements in Sonoma County.

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One the funding was released to the local program, it took only a few weeks to begin working. Conner clearly recalls the first person they were able to get hired.

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Corporate Personhood

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100

California’s far north coast is home to a nationwide campaign for a constitutional amendment to revoke the concept of “corporate personhood,” as recently extended by the US Supreme Court.

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Bruce Robinson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Economist Helene Jorgensen thought she had good health insurance, until she got really sick. Having survived both her illness and her direct dealings with hospitals, laboratories and insurance companies, she has written a bluntly critical account of her experiences, both economic and medical, titled Sick and Tired.

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Rally for Education

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

March Fourth was billed in advance as “A Day for Action” in support of education funding in California, and Sonoma County rose to the occasion, especially on the campus of Sonoma State University.

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Foreclosure sales of homes where the loans are in default still represent a loss for the banks making the sales. Yet local agencies that work with overextended homeowners say few lenders seem willing to work toward other outcomes.

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