California panel looks at cutting pay of elected officials
-- With state finances in turmoil, the state salary-setting commission on Tuesday took a step toward lowering the pay of California legislators and statewide elected officials. The California Citizens Compensation Commission informally agreed that this was no time to raise the pay of members of the Assembly and state Senate, the governor, lieutenant governor and several other constitutional officers. Herbert A. Sample in the Sacramento Bee Steve Lawrence AP -- 4/23/08Sacramento-area home foreclosures keep rising -- and more pain is on the way -- Last weekend Paul Sosa and his wife moved their furniture out of a Marysville home they bought in October 2005 and sent it to a rental in Sacramento. On Thursday, their Yuba County house will be repossessed. That means the Sosas are part of a troubling – and growing – trend. Jim Wasserman in the Sacramento Bee -- 4/23/08
Hillary Clinton stays alive with Pennsylvania win -- Women, seniors and blue-collar voters buoy her to a 10-percentage-point win over Barack Obama - enough to keep the Democratic contest alive awhile longer. Mark Z. Barabak and Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 4/23/08
Program establishes rooms to house homeless patients -- Homeless patients who can't legally be discharged to the streets will soon have a place to recuperate, thanks in part to five valley hospitals. Deborah Lohse in the San Jose Mercury -- 4/23/08
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-Ill.) soundly defeated Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) among church-going voters in Tuesday's Pennsylvania presidential primary, exposing a potential weakness in the Democratic frontrunner among northern church-going voters, particularly Catholics, who have been a key swing vote in recent presidential elections. Clinton beat Obama in Pennsylvania among all voters who said they attend church, even if they do so only a few times a year, according to the exit poll conducted for the major television networks. Obama, by contrast, beat Clinton among voters who said they never go to church. (See Pennsylvania exit poll) Conservative News Source
How well do you know world religions? Are you an acolyte or an apostle? Take our quiz and find out. Based on the book, Religious Literacy, by Stephen Prothero. Houston Chronicle
