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Normalize Excellence: Neither Mediocrity Nor Decline is Destiny

May 21, 2026 7:00 amMay 21, 2026 7:01 am

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show a grim picture of academic loss. Between January and March 2024, 19,300 12th graders from 1,500 schools across the country were tested on mathematics. Among them, only 22% achieved math proficiency....

California High-Speed Rail: A Textbook Case of Fiscal Failure Under Controller Malia Cohen

May 21, 2026 6:00 amMay 21, 2026 6:01 am

California’s long-troubled High-Speed Rail project stands as one of the most expensive and least accountable boondoggles in state history. What began as a 2008 voter-approved promise of an 800-mile network for roughly $33 billion has shrunk to a 171-mile Merced-to-Bakersfield...

Ringside: California’s Plans for Energy and Water Can be Misleading

May 20, 2026 4:53 pmMay 20, 2026 4:53 pm

When Governor Gavin Newsom’s water plan calls for nine million acre feet of new water supply, it turns out part of that total is increased storage capacity in reservoirs, which will not result in an equivalent amount of available water....

DOJ Announces Election Integrity Task Force and Prosecutions Unit in Nevada Ahead of June Primary

May 20, 2026 3:45 pmMay 20, 2026 4:06 pm

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada announced Tuesday the formation of an Election Integrity Task Force and the creation of a dedicated Election Crimes and Prosecutions Unit within its Criminal Division, signaling a heightened federal commitment to...

Sacramento’s Gift to California HOAs: Capped Budgets and Crumbling Streets

May 20, 2026 3:32 pmMay 20, 2026 3:32 pm

I’ve spent sixteen years on the Ladera Ranch Community Services board and coached youth football and rugby for years. Both roles share one practical lesson: arbitrary limits imposed from outside don’t lower costs. They shift them, and usually onto the...

Nevada Axes Over 315,000 Voter Registrations in Massive Roll Cleanup

May 20, 2026 12:37 pmMay 21, 2026 11:57 am

Nevada election officials have inactivated or canceled more than 315,000 voter registrations in just over a year, according to data released by the Secretary of State’s Office. The figures—138,000 inactivated and 177,000 canceled in 2025, plus an additional 119,533 inactivated...

Greenberg: Massie’s Ouster No Mystery

May 20, 2026 12:32 pmMay 20, 2026 12:32 pm

Thomas Massie, libertarian maverick from Kentucky, finally went down to Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein in the Republican primary. After more than a decade in Congress, Massie’s quirky brand of fiscal scolding and foreign policy contrarianism proved too much for the...