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In 2024, only 23.3% of the crude oil refined in the state was pumped in California, with 13% from Alaska and 63% from elsewhere in the world, including about 30% from the Middle East, said Jim Stanley, a spokesperson for the Western States Petroleum Assn.
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“Proposed funding cuts to the Medi-Cal Dental program would have devastating impacts on our state’s most vulnerable residents,” said dentist Robert Hanlon, president of the California Dental Assn.
From Los Angeles Times
In the Oregon lawsuit, the National Assn. of Wholesaler-Distributors alleges a state-sanctioned product responsibility organization levied fees on trade group members that were onerous and opaque.
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The California Self Storage Assn., of which Public Storage is a primary funder, heavily lobbied against the bill.
From Los Angeles Times
“You’re trying to put a dollar value on something you don’t easily have a price tag on,” said Holy Cross economics professor Victor Matheson, past president of the North American Assn. of Sports Economists.
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