Court Puts Heat On V.A. Over Mental Health Treatment
American soldiers have been legally guaranteed medical treatment of war wounds since the Civil War, and treatment of "any medical condition" since 1998. But veterans are still fighting in the courts to get mental health care delivered in a timely fashion. Yesterday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw the book at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
LAO Criticizes High-Speed Rail Authority
High-speed rail in California is not going to cost $43 billion, but a whole lot more. That's one of the opinions in a scathing new report from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office that suggests that the project should be taken out of the hands of people at the state's High-Speed Rail Authority.
CSU Draws Up Plans For Greatly Reduced Funding
California State University students are getting ready to take their final exams for the spring semester, knowing that they might return to a very different CSU under an "all cuts" state budget. CSU is putting together a worst-case scenario plan.