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Fast Food CEOs Warn Of Dire Consequences Coming over New $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage

October 31, 2023 11:55 amOctober 31, 2023 6:47 pm

A new $20 an hour fast food minimum wage law currently set to begin in April 2024 was blasted by several fast food company leaders in the last few days, who warned of huge consequences ahead, ranging from higher prices...

Pilot Program Bills Should Contain Certain Provisions

October 31, 2023 7:48 amOctober 31, 2023 8:11 am

Like bills creating or expanding tax expenditure programs (TEPs), I believe all pilot program bills should contain certain provisions. In my mind, pilot program bills should contain evaluation criteria and a sunset date. They should also contain findings and declarations...

Fed Unemployment Debt to hit $20 Billion

October 31, 2023 2:45 amOctober 31, 2023 2:46 am

The Employment Development Department will be putting $20 billion worth of coal into California’s stocking this Christmas. On Christmas Day, or thereabouts, the EDD debt to the federal government will reach $20 billion dollars in principal and interest and –...

‘What Governor Newsom’s Trip to China Accomplished’ – In the Governor’s Own Words

October 31, 2023 2:36 amNovember 1, 2023 6:40 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom just arrived home Sunday evening from a week-long trip to China. Many in California wondered why exactly the governor was spending a week romancing China when there’s plenty to love in the Golden State – or...

CSU Faculty Union Votes To Authorize Strike

October 31, 2023 2:30 amOctober 31, 2023 2:31 am

The California Faculty Association (CFA), a union representing faculty members at California State University (CSU) schools, voted to allow strike authorization on Monday. For the past two years, California, as well as the country as a whole, has seen a...

SAG-AFTRA, Studios Come Closer To Deal Following Weekend Negotiations

October 30, 2023 8:22 pmOctober 30, 2023 8:22 pm

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) both announced on Monday that, while no deal to end the current actors strike has been reached, both sides are now closer...

Texas Public Policy Foundation Unmasks the True Costs of Electric Vehicles

October 30, 2023 2:18 pmOctober 30, 2023 2:18 pm

With news reports showing Electric Vehicles stockpiling in car lots, unsold, all across the country, it’s curious that California Governor Gavin Newsom just announced the state surpassed its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) truck sales goal two years ahead of schedule. And...