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In fall 1988, an epic political battle was in full swing in California. It pitted teachers unions against a Republican governor in a vitriolic fight over a ballot initiative to commit a portion of state tax dollars to K-14 education. Proponents pointed to overcrowded classrooms, dwindling course offerings and a lack of school counselors. Foes warned that the law would hamstring legislators and lead to inevitable tax increases. That November, by the narrowest of margins, Proposition 98 passed. Over the next 16 years, the law by which voters dictated the minimum portion of state tax revenue that must be spent...

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Means, Thune not on the outs By Denise Ross, Journal Staff Writer PINE RIDGE -- Longtime American Indian activist Russell Means and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Thune are once again partners on the campaign trail. After endorsing Thune and making campaign appearances with him, Means blasted Thune's campaign in July for not taking his advice to heart. "I tried to help the Republicans. They didn't want my help," Means said two months ago. Means had said he could guarantee Thune 4,000 new Indian votes in his tight race against Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., if the Republican followed his advice....

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - In what may prove a dramatic reversal of a key campaign promise, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested Tuesday that he might push for a suspension of Proposition 98, the landmark school funding guarantee.</p> <p>"We're working with, you know, the education community to see how we can work together, for them to help with us this budget crisis," Schwarzenegger told Judy Woodruff of CNN during an interview that aired Tuesday.</p>

U.S. Denies Report of Security Guarantee to N. Korea WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday denied a report that it has proposed giving North Korea a written security guarantee in a letter from President Bush (news - web sites) to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "There is no credibility to that story. That story is false," White House National Security Council spokesman Sean McCormack said of the report by Japan's Kyodo news agency. Kyodo quoted a senior U.S. official. Earlier, Bush made a conciliatory overture to Pyongyang, offering to revive a program to give North Korea food and...

US spurns Seoul plea for North Korea 'guarantee' By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 04/01/2003) The United States and South Korea found themselves at loggerheads yesterday as Washington flatly rejected a suggestion by Seoul that it guarantee North Korea's security. The public rift came as a source close to the administration said they were inclined to let the Stalinist nation "stew in its own juice" rather than give in to nuclear blackmail. In a sign of how the 50-year-old US-South Korean alliance has drifted, a top aide to South Korea's president-elect Roh Moo-hyun echoed demands from North Korea that the...