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Ensuring that all Californians have access to the vital prescription medication they need to live long and healthy lives is an important priority for our state. However, we believe a misguided proposal recently passed by the Legislature and awaiting action by the governor is the wrong approach for our state, one which threatens the development of new drugs and undermines access to critical medications for Medi-Cal patients. Assembly Bill 2911, authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, enacts a prescription drug discount plan that will provide drug subsidies for some Californians through what is effectively a price control scheme....

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a bipartisan delegation of legislative leaders flew around the state yesterday to promote the $37.3 billion public works bond package approved last week for the November ballot. “When I ran for governor, people always said it would be impossible to bring Democrats and Republicans together,” the Republican governor told an airport news conference in San Diego. “But we've proven again that we can come together.” Schwarzenegger highlighted school construction money that would go to San Diego if the education component of the package is approved in the November election. “For San Diego, this means that for...

Departure likely to block Democrats' shot at districtRep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's announcement that he will not run for re-election next year did nothing to lift the spreading ethical cloud hanging over him, but it lifted a cloud of political angst over the Republican Party and touched off an instant scramble among ambitious Republicans. The Rancho Santa Fe Republican is under investigation by a federal grand jury, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington over his financial ties to defense contractor Mitchell Wade. In announcing July 14 that he would not seek a ninth term, Cunningham, 63, maintained he...