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Taxpayer ROI: How Many California Cities are Running Huge Budget Deficits

April 6, 2026 5:00 amApril 6, 2026 10:39 am

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett announced the March jobs report – the U.S. saw 178,000 jobs added and a 4.3% unemployment rate. But not in California. According to the California Employment Development Department, California’s unemployment rate came in at...

UC Berkeley Study: Sacramento’s Regulations Create America’s Highest Poverty Rate, Triggering California Exodus

April 2, 2026 3:32 pmApril 2, 2026 3:37 pm

A new report from the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley has exposed the harsh reality of life under one-party Democratic rule: California now suffers the highest cost-of-living-adjusted poverty rate in the entire United States, a crisis manufactured by Sacramento’s...

US Gas Prices Rocket Past $4 Per Gallon, Over $6 in CA

March 31, 2026 7:46 amApril 1, 2026 6:35 am

AAA reports that average U.S. gas prices rocketed past $4 per gallon Tuesday, reaching their highest level in nearly four years. And in California, we are paying $5.90 per gallon on average, and over $6 per gallon in many places....

US Oil & Gas Association Slams Nevada AG Aaron Ford for Hypocrisy on Soaring Gas Prices

March 30, 2026 8:49 amMarch 30, 2026 8:49 am

The US Oil & Gas Association (USOGA) sharply criticized Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford for blaming high gas prices on an “Iran War that Trump started” while suing the Trump administration to preserve California-style federal regulations that are driving...

EPA Announces Nationwide E15 Fuel Waiver, Delivers Relief at the Pump for Western States

March 25, 2026 1:38 pmMarch 25, 2026 2:09 pm

In a decisive move to combat rising fuel prices and strengthen America’s energy independence, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today a nationwide emergency waiver for E15 and E10 ethanol-blended fuels. The action, effective May 1, 2026, removes seasonal restrictions on...

How Can President Trump and ‘Our Useless Congress’ Get Gas Prices Back Down?

March 17, 2026 12:14 pmMarch 17, 2026 12:15 pm

“How can Trump and our useless Congress get gas prices back down?” asks economist Peter St. Onge. He notes there’s a lot that President Trump has already done to get gas prices down including providing insurance and escorts to tankers...

Nevada GOP Candidate Adriana Guzmán Fralick Demands AG Aaron Ford Sue California Over Refinery Closures

March 17, 2026 11:50 amMarch 17, 2026 11:50 am

In a press release on Tuesday, Adriana Guzmán Fralick, a Republican candidate for Nevada Attorney General and former Chair of the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board, has publicly demanded that Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford immediately file a lawsuit against the...