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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...

Overreach in Technology Regulation Carries Multiple Risks

January 20, 2022 2:46 amJanuary 19, 2022 8:34 pm

Last year, former chair of the U.S. National Science Board Diane Souvaine, PhD, testified before the Congressional Committee on Science, Space, & Technology on U.S. competitiveness in critical technologies. After warning that other countries such as those in East and...

Senator Andreas Borgeas Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election This Year

January 12, 2022 3:20 pmJanuary 12, 2022 4:19 pm

Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) announced on Tuesday that he would not be running for state Senate again, less than a week after he had announced that he would also not be running for Congress. Borgeas, a graduate of Northern Arizona,...

‘Back to the Future’ California Recap and 2022 Political Predictions

January 2, 2022 2:15 amJanuary 3, 2022 4:19 am

While political pundits predict a red wave across the country in the 2022 midterm elections, many even anticipate a wave of change in the Golden State. How big the California wave is, and what form it will take, will be...

House Subcommittee Releases Report into SF-Based One Medical’s ‘Flawed Administration of Coronavirus Vaccines’

December 27, 2021 10:42 am

A Congressional report released last week found that membership-based primary care practice company One Medical only gave COVID-19 vaccine access to members and employees within the company rather than medical workers and other initial tiers early on in the vaccine...

Fascinating and Repulsive: Sen. Rand Paul’s Annual ‘Festivus’ Report of Wasteful Government Spending

December 23, 2021 7:46 amDecember 27, 2021 3:36 pm

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s just released his annual “Festivus Report” of wasteful government spending. The 2021 listing does not disappoint. Festivus is a holiday celebrated on December 23rd, created on the Jerry Seinfeld Show by Frank Costanza, George Costanza’s father,...

California Citizens Redistricting Commission Releases Final Drafts Of New Congressional Districts

December 21, 2021 1:56 pm

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission released final drafts of where U.S. House seats are to be redistricted in California on Monday. The Commission was formed last year to redraw Congressional boundaries within California based on new 2020 Census data. While...