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Financial Challenges Facing California’s Independent Gas Stations

September 30, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 30, 2026 1:48 pm

I was recently contacted by an independent gasoline station owner regarding the financial challenges facing these operators in California. Over the course of a few weeks, she provided numerous invoices on their wholesale fuel purchases, showing the staggering taxes and...

Newsom Signs Unlawful Immigration Bills Again, After 2025 Bills Were Overturned by Ninth Circuit

September 29, 2026 1:40 pmSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of 21 bills claiming they will increase state oversight of federal immigration enforcement, illegal immigrant detention facilities, and related law-enforcement practices inside California. You read that right – Gov. Newsom is trying...

‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ – and it’s Robust

September 29, 2026 8:04 amSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

“It’s the economy, stupid!” was the pivotal message in the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, by James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor. Because it always comes down to the current economic trend that determines whether voters are satisfied with an administration,...

Newsom Vetoes Important California Water Bill, Despite Unanimous Passage by Legislature

September 28, 2026 7:00 pmSeptember 29, 2026 3:44 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom just vetoed Senate Bill 872, by Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), an important water infrastructure bill that would have provided funding to aging Delta levees and sinking State Water Project canals. These two threats to California’s water...

The 2026 State Freedom Index: Not-So-Free-California

September 28, 2026 4:53 pmSeptember 29, 2026 11:00 am

What makes a state free? Lower taxes? Right to work laws? Eduction options? What makes one state freer than another state? And should we even care, because after all, we live in the United States of America. The overall freedom...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Adds to California’s Illicit Gun Control Laws

September 28, 2026 11:41 amSeptember 28, 2026 11:55 am

Gun Owners of California warned in August of 20 bad gun control bills sitting on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature or veto. On Saturday Gov. Newsom signed 10 of those gun-control bills. They take effect January 1,...

Democrats’ State Funded News is Not a Free Press

September 28, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 29, 2026 8:06 am

A free press is supposed to be independent of the government it covers. Assembly Bill 2222, offers tax incentives to local news outlets that hire qualifying journalists in California. It is state funded news. Government money is never truly neutral....