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This week’s hooha over high government salaries, including a couple at the California stem cell agency, has found Gov. Jerry Brown delicately ducking any role in the 0,000 part-time salary for the new chairman of CIRM. The flap has implications for the future of the California stem cell agency. It has triggered public comments ranging [...]

OneNewsNow reports that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels last week signed into law HB 1003, creating a “choice scholarship” program for students from families whose income does not exceed 150% of the amount to qualify for the federal free lunch program. It also provides tax deductions for parents who send their children to private schools or [...]

Earlier this year, California legislators introduced AB 2047, a bill that would effectively reintroduce racial preferences in college admissions by authorizing the University of California and California State University to consider race, ethnicity, sex, national origin, and “other relevant factors” in undergraduate and graduate admissions. In 1996, California voters barred their government from racial discrimination [...]

SPINAL CORD INJURY LAW ASKS YOUR HELP CONTACTING GOVERNOR by Don C. Reed Dear Fellow Research Advocate: Please help keep a small but important research program alive by writing a short (one sentence is all we need) letter to: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA 95814                     ATTN: Legislative Affairs: request for Signature, [...]