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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...

EDD To Extend Some Unemployment Benefits As CARES Act Winds Down

July 6, 2020 7:47 pmMarch 17, 2022 8:16 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. This coming Wednesday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) will begin to inform those still under Unemployment Insurance (UI) of their eligibility for up to 13 additional weeks...

A Breath of Fresh Air: Spike in COVID-19 ‘Cases’ Doesn’t Warrant Another Shutdown

June 27, 2020 11:53 am

Those over the age of 65, particularly those in institutional settings, accounting for 80 percent of California Covid-19 fatalities The idiom, “a breath of fresh air,” literally means an influx of air that is not stale or smelly… which brings to mind the dangers of wearing a...

New California, Nationwide Unemployment Claims Remain High for Third Week in a Row

April 9, 2020 9:33 pmApril 9, 2020 10:24 pm

Statewide unemployment claims climbed past 2 million during the first week of April according to a new Department of Labor report. The weekly report also found that California’s 925,000 newly unemployed workers were a major part of last weeks 6.6...

Is California’s Fi$cal Health Cause for Worry?

September 30, 2019 10:10 amSeptember 30, 2019 10:37 am

While California’s elected politicians are waging a legal and media war on the Trump administration, has the state’s economic status improved under Trump’s economic policies, or are California’s high taxes and restrictive regulations still chilling the economy? The state unemployment...

California’s unemployment rate held at an all-time low in August, staying at 4.1 percent

September 24, 2019 6:11 am

According to a report by the California Employment Development Department, 34,500 non-farm jobs were created in August, greatly outpacing the 8,000-9,000 new jobs needed per month to match growth. Unemployment held steady at 4.1%, the same rate for over a...