Sacramento, CA…The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) announced today its official opposition to the trial lawyer sponsored ballot initiative to alter the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). The recently qualified medical lawsuit ballot initiative on the November 2014 statewide ballot would quadruple the cap on non-economic damages in medical liability lawsuits from $250,000 […]
Sacramento, Ca – Individuals and businesses with ideas or concerns about the administration and oversight of California’s business and property taxes are invited to attend the Board of Equalization’s (BOE) annual Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights hearings in Culver City on June 24, 2014. “We invite California taxpayers to share with us their ideas for how […]
Incline Village, Nv – Beginning this week, IVGID will host open forums to collect feedback. Please join us at the IVGID Administration Building, located at 893 Southwood Blvd, on the following dates/times: Tuesday, June 17, 5 -7 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 3 -5 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 5 -7 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, August […]
Roseville, Ca — For the fourth straight year, Rabobank N.A. has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among retail banks in California, according to J.D. Power. The global marketing information services company’s 2014 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study℠ (http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/2014-us-retail-banking-satisfaction-study) reported that, over the prior year, Rabobank rose further apart from other banks examined in the state. […]
Sacramento, Ca – California Fair Share today praised state lawmakers for passage of a budget that significantly boosts funding for early childhood education as well as early childcare. More than 50 public school superintendents, school board members and trustees joined California Fair Share in calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the budget legislation as […]
El Segundo — California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Chairman Jerome E. Horton issued the following statement Monday, June, 16, 2014, in response to the Legislature’s approval of the state budget. “I’m happy to see that the Legislature worked together to get an on-time budget done so we can continue the business of California without any delays […]
Sacramento, Ca – Senator Ted Gaines (R-Roseville) issued the following statement regarding the Democrat majority-vote budget bill: “Revenues shot up but the Legislature’s fiscal IQ stayed flat,” said Senator Gaines. “California has built a $340 billion wall of debt and liabilities and we need to route every single spare dollar towards paying it down. […]
New York, June 15, 2014 – Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Arizona State University (ASU) will announce tomorrow (Monday) the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, a powerful, first-of-its-kind program designed to unleash lifetime opportunity for thousands of eligible part-time and full-time U.S. partners (employees)…. Starbucks chairman, president and ceo Howard Schultz will host the first Partner Family […]
South Lake Tahoe Calif./Nev. – Celebrity golfers and lifesaving gene-based research may seem like an odd pairing, but at the 25th American Century Championship, July 15-20 at Edgewood Tahoe, they’ll be sharing the spotlight in tribute to the late James “Jim” Stowers Jr., founder of American Century Investments. Stowers, who passed away in March at the age of […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev. – Discounted tickets to the 25th American Century Championship, the all-star sports and celebrity golf tournament at Tahoe South, July 15-20, are now on sale at Raley’s, Nob Hill and Bel Air locations throughout Northern California and Nevada. Celebrating 25 years as the No. 1 celebrity sports event in the USA, the American […]
