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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...

Republicans Are Fleeing California’s Failed Policies for Nevada

March 17, 2026 1:27 pmMarch 17, 2026 1:31 pm

A new analysis from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) confirms what conservative Californians have been saying for years: Republicans are exiting the Golden State in far greater numbers than Democrats, with neighboring Nevada emerging as a top destination...

Ringside: Can Energy and Water Interests Find a Common Agenda?

February 26, 2026 7:00 amFebruary 26, 2026 7:03 am

It’s a risk to promote an agenda that calls for practical water projects, and at the same time, calls for practical energy projects. To begin with, the word “practical,” in both cases, is a matter of bitter debate. Equally challenging...

AZ Rep Hamadeh Introduces Bills to Exempt Military Pay from Income Taxes

November 25, 2025 12:07 pmNovember 25, 2025 12:07 pm

Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) has introduced two pieces of legislation to exempt military and veterans’ pay and retirement pay from income taxes, the Service Members Tax Relief Act and the Tax Cuts for Veterans Act....

California Democrats Consider Increasing $16 Billion in Annual Taxes and Fees

September 4, 2025 5:12 pmSeptember 5, 2025 10:17 am

The saying, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging” does not seemingly apply to Democrats in the California legislature. Evidently, the solution to the tax-and-spend Democratic supermajority is: “When you’re in a hole, keep digging…and raise taxes.” A report published...

Gov. Newsom ‘Set California on a Crash Course With Reality’

July 24, 2025 1:47 pmJuly 26, 2025 9:41 am

Gavin Newsom’s California is where dismissive elitist politicians step over bodies on the sidewalks to rush into the State Capitol. Once beautiful California now resembles third world countries where street food vendors sell food on the sidewalk in front of...

One Big Beautiful Bill Passes House, Goes to Trump for July 4 Signature

July 3, 2025 5:20 pmJuly 7, 2025 6:04 am

“OBBB” as the One Big Beautiful Bill is nicknamed, has passed the House and is one its way to President Donald Trump for a July 4th signing. What a symbolic signing that will be. There’s a lot to love in...