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Midnight Tax Hikes: Business Coalition, Assm Tangipa Blasts New Taxes in Record-Breaking California Budget

June 16, 2026 1:04 pmJune 16, 2026 1:06 pm

In the dead of night, California Democrats advanced a record $355 billion budget that includes significant new tax increases on digital software, insurance, and payroll-related costs, prompting sharp warnings from business groups and Republican Assemblyman David Tangipa. Tangipa took to...

Reactions Erupt Following Gov. Newsom’s Veto of Bill to Require Drivers in Autonomous Trucks

September 25, 2023 5:10 pmSeptember 25, 2023 5:28 pm

A bill that would have required driverless trucks to have a driver in the vehicle and effectively ban all self-driving trucks operating alone in California, was vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend, leading to a predictable polarizing reaction...

House Antitrust Bills Have California’s $5+ Billion Tech Industry Concerned

January 21, 2022 2:26 amJanuary 20, 2022 3:46 pm

California’s tech industry supports two million jobs, and accounts for more than a quarter of America’s nearly $2 trillion Innovation Economy. That’s $2,000,000,000,000. California’s share is $500,000,000,000 There is a lot of talk throughout the country about reining in and...