Sacramento's Letter Openers Help State Get Its Slice Of The Pie

A suit on behalf of a California Tea Party group filed by former U.S. attorney Todd Graves against the IRS could attract others.

Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform won their first major legislative victory this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" plan.

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GOP senators floated the new sales tax proposal during negotiations with House members on legislation that also would cut individual income taxes further. The biggest disagreement between Republican leaders in the two chambers has been over how much the state's 6.3 percent sales tax should decline in July.

The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama.