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California Leads Nation In Funding For College Dropouts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A study says California spent the most money in the nation to educate college students who dropped out after their first year. The report by American Institutes for Research found...
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Officials: $546M Light Rail To Spur Jobs, Economy
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Planning is underway for a light rail expected to run from the Crenshaw District to Los Angeles International Airport — thanks to a $546 million federal loan — and the project...
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Feds OK $6 Billion Solar Plant In Mojave Desert
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is set to announce approval of a thousand-megawatt solar project on federal land in southern California, the largest in a series of solar projects given the...
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Feds: Smoggy SoCal At Risk Of Losing Highway Funding
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the Southland is one of two California regions that must submit plans to clean up their soot-laden air or risk losing federal...
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City Council Wants Voters To Boost LA Library Funding
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Los Angeles City Council agreed on Tuesday to place a measure on the March 8 ballot that would boost funding for the city’s libraries, which have been forced to shut down for a...
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Charities Bail Out Cash-Strapped LA Charter Schools
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philanthropists have bailed out a financially struggling charter school operator with $10.5 million to keep its 15 inner-city campuses running in Los Angeles. ICEF Public Schools...
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LA Spends A Quarter Of Federal Stimulus Funds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles has spent only a quarter of its federal stimulus money though the bulk of the funding was awarded nearly two years ago. The Los Angeles Times reports Sunday...
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More LA Schools Convert To Charters As Funds Dip
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More traditional neighborhood schools are looking to operate as charters because they can get huge increases in funding as well as flexibility in how they use it. The latest example...
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Mayor: ‘Doom And Gloom’ Won’t Stop Transportation Funding
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked lawmakers visiting the Southland on Wednesday for help in financing local transportation projects to boost the economy and create jobs. Villaraigosa...
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Audit: $5.5B In Calif. Redevelopment Funds Hard To Trace
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — An audit by the state controller’s office has found that a lack of fiscal transparency in California’s redevelopment agencies in California could be costing state taxpayers...
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Villaraigosa Back Trolling For Transportation Cash In DC
WASHINGTON (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was back on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Wednesday in order to pitch a plan to accelerate funds for transportation projects. Villaraigosa tells KNX...
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SoCal Parks Named Among Top Calif. ‘Treasures’ In Funding Fight
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A state environmental group named the Angeles National Forest and the Santa Monica Mountains among California’s top natural treasures in a list released Wednesday. The Nature...
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Budget Shortfall May Chop One Month Off Calif. School Year
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Summer could come early for millions of California students if state lawmakers fail to place tax extensions on the ballot this fall to protect school funding. KNX 1070′s John Brooks...
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Weakened Economy Threatens Social Security, Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government said Friday that a bad economy has shortened the life of the trust funds that support Social Security and Medicare, the nation’s two biggest benefit programs. The...
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UC Schools Prepare For Deep Budget Cuts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California’s Board of Regents is meeting in San Francisco to develop plans to cope with another massive loss of state funding. Gov. Jerry Brown has already signed...
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Furloughs Vs. Layoffs: 40,000 LA Teachers Vote On Proposed Pay Cuts
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — An estimated 40,000 local school teachers began voting on Thursday to decide whether to accept a pay cut that will halt thousands of layoffs. KNX 1070′s John Brooks reports if...
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Villaraigosa Lobbies For Transportation Funds On Capitol Hill
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa lobbied for transportation funds on Capitol Hill Thursday. Villaraigosa testified before a senate committee in support of a bi-partisan...
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States Ponder: What Happens When The Money Stops?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As gridlocked Washington edges toward default, states staggering out of the last recession are preparing for the worst: The federal piggy-bank that helps them pay for health care,...
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Partial FAA Shutdown Enters Second Week As Congress Eyes Summer Break
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Will Congressional lawmakers jump on the next plane for their summer getaway without funding the nation’s airliner authority? A partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation...
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Boxer: Millions Of Jobs At Risk Over FAA Funding Battle
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer joined the mayor Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport to call for a long-term fix to a funding shortage at the FAA. KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas...
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