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Sacramento International Airport may soon be looking for a new developer to build an airport hotel. That's after a deal with a Southern California company fell through. The Sacramento Business Journal's Sonya Sorich has the details.

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PolitiFact California

Lawmaker Misleads With Claim Jerry Brown Has Axed Funds For California’s Dying Trees

May 26, 2017 | Chris Nichols

Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno recently claimed Gov. Jerry Brown has slashed nearly all the money in the state’s budget to help local governments remove dead and dying trees in California’s forests.

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Environment

California To Get Another $66 Million In Volkswagen Emissions Settlement

May 17, 2017

The funds, which will be used to help reduce pollution and expand the electric vehicle market, are part of a second settlement reached Wednesday related to the company's emissions cheating scandal.

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State Government

Governor Brown Eyes Chance At Renewing Cap-And-Trade Program As Climate Change Solution

May 11, 2017 | Ben Bradford

Gov. Brown is likely to want to continue the state’s signature climate change-fighting program — cap-and-trade — past 2020, when it’s set to expire. He faces opposition from lawmakers but sees some support from business groups.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Where Politics Differ, Businesses Connect Between Sacramento And D.C. With Capitol-To-Capitol Event

May 10, 2017

A delegation of 300 Sacramento region business leaders across industries traveled to Washington D.C. last week for the annual Cap to Cap visit. CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber Peter Tateshi and West Sacramento City Councilwoman Beverley Sandeen d

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Business

Demand For California Wine Hit An All-Time High In 2016

May 8, 2017 | Rich Ibarra

California wines sales worldwide hit a new record in 2016 with 285 million cases. Millennials are helping drive that growth.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Tourism And Its Relationship With California

May 3, 2017

As part of California Travel and Tourism Month, we take a look at what role it plays in the state while observing the 25th anniversary of Visit California.

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