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Is California's ballot initiative process broken? Lawmakers think so.

California's ballot-initiative process has roiled that state for 100 years. Legislators are now proposing reforms to bring it under control.
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If Proposition 23 passes, will other greenhouse-gas laws fall?

California's 2008 law to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is seen as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's biggest achievement. If it is undone by Proposition 23, other similar laws could follow, experts say.
10/19/2010 09:55 am
Same-sex marriage before California Supreme Court

The court must rule in 90 days on the legality of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.
03/06/2009 12:00 am
Voters say yes to state taxes, no to antiabortion measures

More than 150 ballot initiatives – on issues from gay marriage to renewable energy – were decided Tuesday.
11/05/2008 12:00 am

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Topic: Initiative Institute

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Is California's ballot initiative process broken? Lawmakers think so.

If Proposition 23 passes, will other greenhouse-gas laws fall?

Same-sex marriage before California Supreme Court

Voters say yes to state taxes, no to antiabortion measures

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Focus In the end, NSA might not need to snoop so secretly

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