Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Californiawill sue the Bush Administration next Wednesday over restrictions onthe state regulation of auto emissions that cause global warming,reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The EPA has delayed on grantingthe state permission to enact stricter standards than are currentlyenforced at the federal level. Attorney General Jerry Brown will befiling the suit in a federal court in Washington, D.C. This qualifiesas being undeniably kickass.

The Sac Bee reports that while over 300 teachers in California hadtheir teaching licenses suspended or revoked between 2001-2005 due tosex-related offenses, many of these offenses are allowed to remain confidential in education records.This can cause problems when the offenders move to a different state,where employers may only be able to access limited details from therecords of the teachers they want to hire.