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  <updated>2013-05-16T14:43:00Z</updated>
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    <updated>2013-05-16T14:43:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; Current law requires transparency, accountability&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Fending off an attack on nonprofit hospitals</title>
    <published>2013-05-16T11:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-15T16:48:04Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Gov. Brown proposes &lt;strong&gt;prisoner swap&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">PolitiCal: Norma Torres wins election to state Senate seat</title>
    <published>2013-05-15T05:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-15T16:08:29Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Air quality regulators ponder an icon&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Will the rings of fire burn out?</title>
    <published>2013-05-15T13:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-15T17:19:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;LegisWeb&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Capitol Weekly&lt;/strong&gt;: The latest in California political stories&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">News Ticker</title>
    <published>2013-05-15T06:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-14T11:24:14Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;In health care reform, access is crucial issue&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Increasing the role of nurse practitioners</title>
    <published>2013-05-14T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-14T15:38:46Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;But critics maintain complaints of &lt;strong&gt;secrecy, closed-door discussions&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Landmark state water plan defended &amp;ndash; by those who want to build it</title>
    <published>2013-05-14T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11fjqnp52905zjj</id>
    <updated>2013-05-14T17:25:20Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Revised budget shows &lt;strong&gt;$500 million, one-time loan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Brown taps cap-and-trade money</title>
    <published>2013-05-14T14:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-14T21:18:16Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HealthyCal:&lt;/strong&gt; Governor abandons county-by-county plan for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Brown endorses Medi-Cal expansion</title>
    <published>2013-05-14T17:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-13T13:02:06Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; Training, safety planning -- and building trust&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">For schools, the answer to guns isn&amp;#039;t more guns</title>
    <published>2013-05-13T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-13T13:18:41Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; The hard work is just beginning&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Speaker&amp;#039;s budget goals: Strengthen middle class, education</title>
    <published>2013-05-13T07:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-13T20:43:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Former Lt. Gov. Mike Curb &lt;strong&gt;donates $5,000 to Maldonado&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Ghost of politics past pops up in 2014 governor&amp;#039;s race</title>
    <published>2013-05-13T13:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-13T09:51:08Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nouveau riche:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Can the Democrats show fiscal restraint?&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">The Roundup</title>
    <published>2013-05-13T06:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-10T17:40:20Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">At the Movies</title>
    <published>2013-05-10T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-09T14:27:04Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; Deadly results stem from lack of health coverage&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">The time has come to expand Medi-Cal</title>
    <published>2013-05-09T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-10T19:19:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Dollars, constitutional issues on the table&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Labor, charter cities clash over prevailing wage</title>
    <published>2013-05-08T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-06T22:56:14Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion&lt;/strong&gt;: It also makes good financial sense for taxpayers&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Paying for autism therapies is morally right</title>
    <published>2013-05-06T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-06T22:22:48Z</updated>
    <content type="html" />    <title type="html">Letters to the Editor</title>
    <published>2013-05-06T03:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-06T12:50:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Will costs trump &lt;strong&gt;good intentions&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Protecting the homeless raises locals&amp;#039; ire</title>
    <published>2013-05-05T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-05T14:42:13Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; Common sense demands a balanced approach&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">&amp;#039;Fracking&amp;#039; debate pits science against ideology</title>
    <published>2013-05-05T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-05T11:50:06Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Brown remains the &lt;strong&gt;joker in the deck&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">In CEQA fight, &amp;#039;modernize&amp;#039; is the mantra of spin</title>
    <published>2013-05-05T09:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-03T11:45:55Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; Targeting the financial incentive to prescribe cheaper drugs&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Legal loophole hurts chronically ill patients</title>
    <published>2013-05-03T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-03T18:03:02Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The latest offerings from Redford, Nichols, Bay and Zackham&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">At the Movies</title>
    <published>2013-05-03T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11ei9wf8ke31k9c</id>
    <updated>2013-05-02T11:50:19Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Insurers seek to keep up with demand, offer consumers choice&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">On the trail of snail mail</title>
    <published>2013-05-02T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-01T14:06:43Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, Santa Clarita is fastest-growing city&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">State population up, SF region growing quickest</title>
    <published>2013-05-01T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-05-01T12:02:28Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;But overhaul could be stymied by red tape in the workplace&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Sound immigration reform includes path to citizenship</title>
    <published>2013-04-30T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-04-29T13:01:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Tony Sheppard looks at The Crest&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">At the Movies</title>
    <published>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dwy1ythgnpbcc</id>
    <updated>2013-04-29T21:28:21Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;Central Valley is an unlikely battleground&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">&amp;#039;Fracking&amp;#039; at heart of dispute over Calif. oil exploration</title>
    <published>2013-04-28T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-04-25T12:45:06Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; Patients, physicians, pharmacists must work together&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">In search of affordable health care</title>
    <published>2013-04-25T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-04-26T12:19:05Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;VLF flip &lt;strong&gt;haunts the landscape&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">State, locals fight over realignment funds</title>
    <published>2013-04-24T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dtuz9y86z56hy</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T12:24:02Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.capradio.org/articles/2013/04/24/gov-brown-facing-pressure-on-prison-overcrowding&quot;&gt;Capitol Public Radio:&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Decision looms from &amp;nbsp;three-judge federal panel&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Gov. Brown pressured on prison overcrowding</title>
    <published>2013-04-24T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dqqy10ryclr7i</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T12:00:51Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calpensions:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;The squeeze from ratcheting up state and local costs&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Backlash feared if pensions fight for funds</title>
    <published>2013-04-23T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <updated>2013-04-23T17:03:04Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Pain lingers for decades -- for everybody&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Hidden crime victims: The families of those imprisoned</title>
    <published>2013-04-23T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dfartegi9xj8l</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T17:07:26Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Exemptions from disclosure hurt public, participants&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Cap-and-trade auction should be transparent</title>
    <published>2013-04-23T14:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11degch0xqotcpe</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T13:17:31Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Phil Isenberg: A &lt;strong&gt;&#039;grumpy old water guy&lt;/strong&gt;&#039; is at Ground Zero&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Politics and policy collide in fight over water</title>
    <published>2013-04-19T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dbbuwfuod5cyl</id>
    <updated>2013-04-18T11:16:37Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion:&lt;/strong&gt; California offers expertise in cutting carbon while growing economy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Energy, environment key issues in Brown&amp;#039;s China trip</title>
    <published>2013-04-18T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dbnn9w5aghx07</id>
    <updated>2013-04-18T18:50:20Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;A California tradition: Fights over money, power&lt;strong&gt; go to court&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Battles over redevelopment far from over</title>
    <published>2013-04-18T11:00:00Z</published>
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    <id>urn:article:jq2q6aq0qasen6.11dcaf988nndobu</id>
    <updated>2013-04-18T18:45:57Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The governor&#039;s&lt;strong&gt; trip to China&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <title type="html">Experts Expound</title>
    <published>2013-04-18T16:00:00Z</published>
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