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        <title><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney - Former Correspondent]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apple’s Local Tax Arrangement With Hometown Comes Under Fire]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[E-Commerce Tax Deals Pit California Cities Against Each Other]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[California cities have made deals with retailers — like Best Buy, Apple, QVC and Walmart — to be the point of sale for e-commerce purchases statewide in exchange for a cut of the sales tax proceeds. But who really benefits?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Best Buy Distribution Center in Dinuba, California. The city has a 40-year agreement to share tax proceeds with the company.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California’s Newsom Proposes Limit on Oil Refining Margins]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:50:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Gavin Newsom, governor of California, during The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. In its thirteenth year, the Festival features more than 300 speakers from the worlds of politics, public policy, technology and media.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Low-Income Californians Without Cars Poised for Tax Credits]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Tentative Deal Offers Up to $1,050 Gas Price Relief]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Newsom Offers California Car Owner $400 Rebates, Partial Gas Tax Pause]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A driver refuels at a Chevron gas station in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, March 7, 2022. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. jumped above $4 a gallon for the first time since 2008 in a clear sign of the energy inflation that&apos;s hurt consumers since Russia invaded Ukraine.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Ready to Extend SALT-Cap Workaround, Corporate Breaks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 23:06:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Single-Payer Health Bill Fails to Get California Assembly Vote]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:15:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The California State Capitol building in Sacramento, California, U.S., on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. California has reinstated a mask mandate for all lawmakers and employees at the state capitol regardless of vaccination status following an outbreak of nine Covid-19 cases there, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Considers Bonds to Boost Economy as Buyers Crave Debt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Romy Varghese]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The California State Capital building stands in Sacramento, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Some of the nation&apos;s most powerful governors, including California&apos;s Gavin Newsom, said they would form regional alliances to coordinate reopening schools and businesses after the coronavirus outbreak subsides, setting up a potential clash with the president, who says that he alone has that authority.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Joins Europe in Fight for Online Privacy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Law Aimed at Trump’s Tax Returns Is Threatened]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/california-law-aimed-at-trump-s-tax-returns-is-threatened</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:34:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while speaking to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Trump heads to New Mexico for a campaign rally even though some Republicans concede he is unlikely to win the state in the 2020 election.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Google, Industry Try to Water Down First U.S. Data-Privacy Law]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kartikay Mehrotra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 08:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An illuminated Google Inc. logo sits on display at the company&apos;s exhibition stand during the Noah Technology Conference in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, June 13, 2019. The annual tech conference runs June 13 -14 and brings together future-shaping executives and investors. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California's Toughest-in-U.S. Privacy Law May Get Even Stricter]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-25/california-could-toughen-privacy-law-as-congress-takes-up-issue</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kartikay Mehrotra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Attendees work on a laptop computers during the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photographer: David Paul Morris</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Data Privacy Proposal May Give Law Tough New Teeth]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kartikay Mehrotra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A man holds a smart phone with the icons for the social networking apps Facebook, Instagram and Twitter seen on the screen in Moscow on March 23, 2018. A public apology by Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, on March 22, 2018 failed to quell outrage over the hijacking of personal data from millions of people, as critics demanded the social media giant go much further to protect privacy. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) Photographer: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[PG&E Investors Seeking Relief From California Won't Get It Soon]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Mahoney]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>MAGALIA, CA - NOVEMBER 09: A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a burning home as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 9, 2018 in Magalia, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity, the rapidly spreading Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise and has quickly charred 70,000 acres and has destroyed numerous homes and businesses in a matter of hours. The fire is currently at five percent containment. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)</media:description>
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