Governor Schwarzenegger is expected to swear in his choice for Lieutenant Governor Tuesday. The State Senate confirmed GOP Senator Abel Maldonado to the post Monday.
The first legislative challenge to the health care overhaul came Monday from a Sacramento-area congressman. Republican Dan Lungren wants to repeal a narrow portion of the law. He says it'll add an “unprecedented” paperwork burden to small business.
Not long after gold was discovered in California in 1849, state lawmakers realized that geologists could provide valuable information. So they hired Yale graduate Josiah Whitney to be California’s first State Geologist.
