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Associated Press: Calif. Senate gets bill regulating insurance rates

"With health insurance costs increasing almost 10 percent a year for the past 10 years, consumers can't afford to wait any longer for a real check on rate hikes," said Pedro Morillas, legislative director for the California Public Interest Research Group, in a statement.

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Media Hit | Higher Ed

Colorlines.com: As College Students Return to School, They Pay More Than Ever For It

This year, for the first time ever, tuition will overtake the state’s share of funding for students attending the prestigious 10-campus University of California system. It’s not the first state to reach such a milestone, but it is a significant and symbolic one in a state mired in a seemingly interminable budget crisis and where annual funding cuts have been accompanied by yearly tuition increases.

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Media Hit | Health Care

Los Angeles Times Editorial: California needs to be able to regulate health insurance premiums

The measure, AB 52 by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles), would give the Department of Insurance the same authority to modify or reject proposed increases in health insurance premiums as it has in automobile and homeowner's insurance.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

The Contra Costa Times: Banking by smartphone can be risky

J.T. Pierce's bank is right next to his Foster City workplace. But he hardly ever visits the branch, since he uses online banking to take care of most of his banking needs.