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CA Senate Passes Bill to Replace Parents with State School Employees for ‘Gender Confused’ Students

June 17, 2024 2:49 pmJune 18, 2024 9:57 am

California parents are systematically being replaced by school counselors, teachers, mental health providers, abortion providers, “gender-affirming” trans care specialists, or any number of adults willing to give vaccines, feed kids drugs, provide opposite-sex hormones, authorize gender surgeries, and get them...

Organized Labor Behind FTC’s Decision to Block Kroger/Albertsons Merger

June 17, 2024 12:10 pmJune 21, 2024 3:00 pm

What if two of the country’s largest grocery chains could merge with no store closures or job losses, offer better prices to consumers, higher wages for the employees, and promise that customers won’t even notice? That’s the deal promised between...

Globe Contributor Releases Legislative Drafting Guidebook

June 15, 2024 10:00 amJune 15, 2024 2:16 pm

California Globe contributor, Chris Micheli, has just released his book to provide practical guidance on drafting the three types of measures used by the California Legislature: bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments. The book is called “Practical Guidance for Drafting Legislation...

Less Than Half of Californians Approve of Gov. Newsom, and the Legislature, a New PPIC Poll Finds

June 15, 2024 3:55 amJune 17, 2024 7:04 am

Less than half approve of Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California legislature, and their own legislators, a new Public Policy Institute of California poll finds. “Gavin Newsom is by far the most unpopular Governor in America,” California Congressman Kevin Kiley noted...

Why High School Graduates Turn Out to Be College Illiterates

June 14, 2024 8:30 amJune 14, 2024 8:33 am

“Too many high school graduates are in for a rude awakening when they discover that their K-12 public education has left them woefully unprepared for the rigors of college coursework,” warns Lance Izumi, senior director of the Center for Education...

Small Business ‘Uncertainty’ Reaches Highest Level Since Pandemic Forced Business Closures

June 14, 2024 7:15 amJune 15, 2024 8:54 am

The National Federation of Independent Businesses released a new survey showing the highest Small Business “uncertainty” since 2020 during the pandemic, when “nonessential” businesses were forced to shut down. “The small business sector is responsible for the production of over...

California Legislature’s Budget Process Anything but Transparent Says Veteran Tax Fighter

June 13, 2024 9:07 amJune 13, 2024 9:07 am

“Last Wednesday afternoon, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire announced that the two legislative houses had agreed on a budget proposal. Less than 24 hours later, on Thursday morning, the Assembly Budget Committee took up the...