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Arizona Opens Only Three of 21 Planned EV Charging Stations, Four Years After Approval

October 23, 2026 10:41 amOctober 23, 2026 10:41 am

Arizona’s first three electric vehicle charging stations funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program are open, approximately four years after federal approval of the state’s deployment plan and months after the Arizona Department of Transportation’s original target for a...

The Definition of Insanity: California Edition

June 4, 2026 7:00 amJune 4, 2026 7:01 am

I moved to California in 1990. The economy was on an upswing. Teachers, firefighters, and nurses could still afford to buy a house. Thirty-five years later, after uninterrupted progressive governance, the median home sale price in Los Angeles County sits...

Ringside: The Abundance Alliance

April 23, 2026 4:25 pmApril 23, 2026 4:25 pm

Abundance, and its political twin, affordability, are now bipartisan mantras, but cannot be realized if the only permissible avenues are via urban infill, renewable energy, and water rationing. California is uniquely positioned to do much more. Breakthrough technologies and big...

California’s Wealth Creators Flee to Nevada as Proposed Billionaire Tax Sparks Exodus

April 9, 2026 3:22 pmApril 9, 2026 3:27 pm

As the SEIU-backed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act gathers signatures for the November 2026 ballot, a growing number of California’s most successful residents are relocating or expanding their footprint across the border in Nevada. Whether the initiative qualifies for the ballot...

Can You Run a Campaign from a PO Box?

March 21, 2026 5:28 amMarch 21, 2026 5:29 am

When Eric Swalwell filed his November 2025 statement of intention for the California governorship, he listed a Sacramento attorney’s office address — not a home, not a lease, not a street where neighbors might wave at him in the driveway....

Sacramento’s Idea of a Transition

March 19, 2026 1:12 pmMarch 19, 2026 1:16 pm

In 1991, California had more than forty refineries. By the end of 2026, it will have fewer than eleven. Of those, only five are large enough to matter. Phillips 66 shuttered its 147,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in December. Valero’s Benicia...

Nine Ways California’s Climate Agenda Is Driving Up the Cost of Living

March 12, 2026 5:00 amMarch 12, 2026 5:01 am

Last November, Governor Gavin Newsom, playing faux President, traveled to the United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where he declared that California’s climate policies prove environmental leadership and economic prosperity can go hand in hand. His message was simple:...