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Wal-Mart is busy working both sides of the street on an internet sales tax campaign. But it turns out that imposing a sales tax on

On May 16, 2011 California Governor Jerry Brown released a revised state budget to address what he called the state’s “Wall of Debt.” One of

Despite spending more than $246,750 on a Sacramento, California lobbying firm, Wal-Mart lost a major environmental ‘rollback’ bill in the California legislature this week. The

Right in the middle of its worst stock plunge in the past year, Wal-Mart generated more bad headlines today with the announcement that once again

A California warehouse store safety bill is now in Gov. Gray Davis’ hands. According to the National Home Center News, the California State Assembly, by

Ever hear of a multi-billionaire tax delinquent? The state of California is chasing down a couple of deadbeat corporations that have failed to pay years

This week another community passed an ordinance that requires big box retailers to provide more information about their impact on the local economy. The Sacremento,

When it comes to gun sales, Wal-Mart apparently has a hair-trigger. The company’s lax policy with regards to selling guns has now caused Wal-Mart to

Wal-Mart money helped defeat Proposition 72 in the November 2nd California election, but the retailer could win the battle yet lose the larger war. Prop

As expected, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 18th terminated a bill that would have made big box retailers pay for economic impact studies of

Better late than never. The state of California has discovered a new tool in its anti-sprawl arsenal — and only three decades behind those farmers

The Governor of California apparently does not want to see the ordinance passed yesterday by the Los Angeles City Council replicated throughout state. Under the

Even as Wal-Mart referendum votes are being taken in several California cities today, more new ordinances limiting these stores are being planned. Efforts to restrict

State Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, California has filed legislation that has companies like Wal-Mart and Home Depot lobbying for their life. The proposal, A.B.

Sprawl-Busters reported in a newsflash dated March 8, 1999, that the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) had sued Wal-Mart for discriminating against the disabled

Behind all the controversy surrounding Governor Gray Davis’ veto of the big box grocery limit bill (see newsflash below), another piece of important legislation has

The full page ad in the San Francisco Chronical reads: COSTCO NEEDS YOUR HELP! “You’re probably surprised to see an ad from Costco in the

“Economic fascists have already wiped out all of our downtown businesses,” explained California Assemblyman Richard Floyd. “They’ve destroyed independent clothing stores, hardware stores, appliance stores,

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission has been on Wal-Mart’s case. We reported in a newsflash from October 12, 1998 that a disabled Wal-Mart worker