Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM PDT on September 2, 2015
- Transportation funding deal is elusive (Capitol Radio)
- The Republican plan for transportation “needs more Reagan” (CalSTA)
- Poll: most Americans back a ten-cent gas tax hike (The Hill)
- Another poll: Californians oppose a gas tax hike (Capital Public Radio)
- Democrats have lots of ideas on spending cap-and-trade money but time is running out (KQED)
- Senate Leader Kevin de Leon talks about climate change bills (NBC)
- California can cut its oil use in half (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- UC Berkeley study: renewable energy policy creates jobs (LA Times)
- UCLA study: million-plus CA seniors living in poverty (Sacramento Bee)
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