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The City Council approved a set of financial reform proposals offered by a group of business leaders earlier this week. We discuss how the financial reform plans could affect the city's budget in the future. And, how will this action impact the business community's support of Proposition D.

The California legislature finally approved an $87.5 billion spending plan this morning, ending a record-long 100-day budget stalemate. What are the key elements of the budget agreement? And, how does the plan address the state's long-term financial problems?

Supporters of San Diego’s proposed sales tax increase says public safety budgets will be slashed if the proposition fails. But tax opponents reject that idea.

Tijuana Innovadora, a $5 million conference aimed at rehabilitating the city's violent image, started with the country's leaders touting the region's success in taming drug violence and its manufacturing prowess.

It has been a year since President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Analysts cite some policy successes, but they say the president has a long way to go on a variety of peacemaking efforts, ranging from America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the Middle East peace process, to reducing the threat from nuclear weapons.

Businesswoman and talk-show host Yang Lan is considered China's Oprah. Host Michel Martin speaks with Lan about her media empire and the changing roles of women and media in China.

A major San Diego business group voted Thursday to endorse the city’s proposed sales tax increase. The group was won over by additional financial reforms recently approved by the city council.

The threat of invasive Asian carp migrating from the Illinois River into Lake Michigan is sparking new debate over whether the flow of the Chicago River should be reversed -- again. There is increasing talk in the Great Lakes region about re-severing the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds.

We'll learn about a pilot program being tested in East County, which is designed to reduce domestic violence by utilizing drug treatment and family violence counseling.

A play that mixes real events with fiction along with comedy and serious social issues comes to a San Diego stage. David Henry Hwang's play "Yellow Face" looks at complexities of race and is produced by Mo'olelo Performing Arts.