Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Some sneaky borrowing in billions of bonds up for voter OK — Next week’s ballot carries not only a $9 billion state bond issue for schools, but about 200 local bond measures totaling more than $30 billion, also mostly for schools. While voters are told that the bonds would finance much-needed capital […]

Political Stories – Top stories CD 10: Conservative group spends $3.5 million on Central Valley race once considered safe — The Congressional Leadership Fund is pouring another $1.5 million into the race between Rep. Jeff Denham and Democrat farmer Michael Eggman.  LA Times article (scroll to item) The tobacco tax campaign has reached $106 million.  But this time something’s different — Unlike those previous […]