First Take: CalPERS may open its books. Whitman irks John and Ken. The year of the GOP woman?

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George Skelton finds a lot to like in the plan to allow lawmakers to pass a state budget by a majority vote.

A new investigation may lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding the dealings of CalPERS, the state’s massive public pension fund.

Meg Whitman’s general election pitch on illegal immigration has irked conservative talk-show hosts John and Ken.

Michael Hiltzik looks at Whitman’s stance on the capital-gains tax.

California may determine whether 2010 becomes the Year of the Republican Woman.

Los Angeles public schools lost more than $10 million because of faulty inventory systems.

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-- Anthony York in Sacramento