"… ndustry founded in 1940 by employees of Hughes Aircraft Co. Workers at the California company were tired of driving into town to do their banking and asked owne …"

"… perform a vital community service. Before payday lending was legalized in California in 1997, payday customers bounced checks, paid high bank overdraft fees, o …"

"… ders have found unlikely allies: Native American tribes.In legal fights in California, New Mexico, West Virginia and Colorado, a group of Internet-based payday …"

"… still more fees.Interest Rate Over 1,200 PercentA payday loan customer in California, Amy Baillie, claims that after she borrowed $300 from a tribal-affiliated …"

"… Baillie’s cases are among three private lawsuits filed in New Mexico and California against tribal-affiliated lenders. All seek class action status.The lender …"

"… g that they actually owned the businesses. The same scenario played out in California in 2007, when the state Department of Corporations went to court to try to …"

"… t use heavy Canadian crude.”When lawmakers in Washington and states like California sought to address global warming by requiring the use of low carbon fuels, …"

"… ists listed the legislation as a lobbying priority on Capitol Hill. And in California, where a wide-ranging series of measures to slow climate change were launc …"

"… ntation of the low-carbon standards and other remedial climate measures in California.Energy industry tax breaksKoch lobbyists spend much of their time, accordi …"

"… era, testing has confirmed higher levels of radiation in milk from cows in California, Washington, Arkansas, Hawaii and Vermont. Officials have said the radiati …"

"… portfolio. He even has hosted the president at fundraisers in his Northern California home, and co-hosted events for three of Obama’s most influential advisor …"

"… persists two years into his presidency.Westly, a former public official in California, declined repeated requests from the Center for interviews and walked away …"

"… ally active investor whose portfolio firms win energy grants.John Doerr, a California billionaire who made a fortune investing in Google, hosted Obama at Februa …"

"… ith Obama.Another beneficiary of Energy Department aid is Solyndra Inc., a California solar power firm whose financial backers include Oklahoma oil billionaire …"

"… ade – reduction in emissions – but not through a cap and trade system. California Democrat Henry Waxman tried to make the denial official by reading into th …"

"… appears to fall under precedent set by a 1983 Supreme Court case in which California succeeded in blocking Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from building …"

"… ce unless the agencies lean on them.” …"

"… ich argues that troubles involving plants such as those in Tallahassee and California’s San Joaquin Valley are not emblematic of the industry’s record as a …"

"… just say we disagree with what they say,” Turner said.Fouling the air in CaliforniaIn California’s agricultural belt, the two Global Ampersand plants opened …"

"… isagree with what they say,” Turner said.Fouling the air in CaliforniaIn California’s agricultural belt, the two Global Ampersand plants opened in 2008 with …"

"… it hurried to approve an energy loan guarantee to a politically-connected California solar power startup, iWatch News and ABC News have learned.The Energy Depa …"

"… s pick up the tab if the borrower defaults.At groundbreaking, Chu and then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger were on hand. “This announcement today is par …"