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		<title>Oil severance tax measure to start circulating</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/25/oil-severance-tax-measure-to-start-circulating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed ballot measure to enact an oil severance tax, with most of the revenue spent on education, has received its official title and summary and is about to start circulating for petition signatures. Conceived by UC-Berkeley students, the California Modernization and Economic Development Act places a 9.5 percent tax on oil and gas extracted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland is about to abolish the death penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/15/maryland-is-about-to-abolish-the-death-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/15/maryland-is-about-to-abolish-the-death-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prop. 34]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland lawmakers today approved what California voters narrowly rejected a few months ago: abolition of the death penalty. The Maryland House of Delegates voted 82-56 to replace that state’s death penalty with life in prison without possibility of parole; the state Senate had approved the bill 27-20 last week. Gov. Martin O’Malley had introduced the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Death penalty continues to fade in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/17/report-death-penalty-continues-to-fade-in-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/17/report-death-penalty-continues-to-fade-in-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though California voters rejected a ballot measure last month that would’ve abolished the state’s death penalty, a new report shows capital punishment continues to decline nationwide. The Death Penalty Information Center’s survey found only nine states carried out executions in 2012 – the fewest number of states to do so in 20 years. More than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Initiative to fund higher ed cleared for circulation</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/19/initiative-to-fund-higher-ed-cleared-for-circulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/19/initiative-to-fund-higher-ed-cleared-for-circulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proponent of a proposed ballot initiative that would hike various taxes to fund California’s public universities and community colleges has been cleared to start collecting petition signatures, Secretary of State Debra Bowen said Monday. Here’s the official title and summary prepared by the state attorney general’s office: TAXES TO FUND CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courage Campaign&#8217;s Koch/cokehead ad draws fire</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/11/courage-campaigns-kochcokehead-ad-draws-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Courage Campaign’s new ad taking on the billionaire Koch brothers, who’ve sank money into the campaign for Proposition 32, is being panned by fellow progressives who are offended by the ad’s mocking and stereotyping of drug addicts. Many of the comments on this ad’s YouTube page and on the Courage Campaign’s Facebook page are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes on Prop. 39 pulls ads as opposition fades</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/27/yes-on-prop-39-pulls-ads-as-opposition-fades/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/27/yes-on-prop-39-pulls-ads-as-opposition-fades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yes on Prop. 39 campaign sort of declared victory today, announcing it would pull its television and radio ads after hearing that the companies once opposing the measure will do so no longer. Proposition 39 would close a loophole for multi-state companies, requiring them to pay taxes based on sales in California rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cal researchers map political info via social media</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/19/cal-researchers-map-political-info-via-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/19/cal-researchers-map-political-info-via-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cal Berkeley researchers have launched a new website to explore how political knowledge can be spread rapidly across big populations using social media &#8211; and their test subject is one of this election season&#8217;s hottest issues. The project, from UC’s CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative, aims to develop a general-purpose system that can be used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest poll numbers on November ballot measures</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/30/latest-poll-numbers-on-november-ballot-measures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/30/latest-poll-numbers-on-november-ballot-measures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day usually marks the start of the traditional campaign season, when voters start tuning in more earnestly about the issues and candidates on November’s ballot. With that in mind, here are the latest polling numbers from the California Business Roundtable’s weekly survey: Prop. 30 (Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax increase) – 54.4 % yes, 40.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prop. 37&#8242;s supporters launch first TV ad</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/27/prop-37s-supporters-launch-first-tv-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/27/prop-37s-supporters-launch-first-tv-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yes on Proposition 37 California Right to Know Campaign launched its first television ad today in support of the ballot measure that would establish the nation’s first state law requiring labeling of genetically engineered foods. The committee says it made a $150,000 ad buy to put the 30-second ad “in select online news venues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prop. 8 committee fined $49,000 for violations</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/16/prop-8-committee-fined-49000-for-violations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/16/prop-8-committee-fined-49000-for-violations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California’s political watchdog agency today slapped the committee behind 2008’s Proposition 8 – the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage – with a $49,000 fine for campaign finance reporting violations involving more than $1.3 million in contributions. According to the Fair Political Practices Commission, ProtectMarriage.com-Yes on 8 and its treasurer, David Bauer, “failed to file late [...]]]></description>
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