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Listing of Endangered Species

August 4, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 4, 2026 2:01 pm

Fish and Game Code Division 3, Chapter 1.5, Article 2 deals with the list of endangered species in the State of California. Section 2070 requires the commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species....

You Say You Want a Revolution?

August 4, 2026 12:00 pmAugust 4, 2026 12:02 pm

Here are a few prescient lines from the Beatles tune “Revolution” written by John Lennon. You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You say you got a real solution Well, you...

Proposition 38 Benefits its Billionaire Backers

August 4, 2026 9:12 amAugust 24, 2026 11:08 am

Proposition 38, the November ballot measure designed to fund medical research, is designed to be exclusively directed to a single research institute founded by the top donor of the ballot measure: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy (CIII), a...

California Assembly Republicans Elect Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo after Ousting Frat Boy Leader Heath Flora

August 3, 2026 8:36 pmAugust 7, 2026 1:00 pm

California Assembly Republicans replaced Heath Flora (R-Ripon) as minority leader Monday, and quickly elected Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo (R-Tulare) to the leadership position. The Globe has long reported on Flora’s troubled leadership, including annual Kentucky Derby junkets, and most recently, voting...

Fatcat Lobbyist Rusty Areias Now Trying to Get Confirmed as UC Regent

August 3, 2026 2:30 pmAugust 3, 2026 3:32 pm

Back in June, the Globe reported on Rusty Areias attempting to get a state highway named after him. Both Democrats and Republicans on the California Assembly Transportation Committee blocked the attempt by Areias and his powerful lobbyist colleagues. “Bizarre backroom...

Microsoft’s OpenAI Investment and the Limits of Post-Enron Regulatory Reforms

August 3, 2026 2:06 pmAugust 3, 2026 2:06 pm

I. History of The Regulatory Environment Enron collapsed in the early 2000s because investors grew weary of seemingly endless capital raises and began questioning if the company’s financial statements were representing economic reality. The mechanism of the fraud was simple. ...

Study: 62% of California’s Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Likely Ineligible, Costing Taxpayers Over $10 Billion

August 3, 2026 11:55 amAugust 3, 2026 12:02 pm

A new analysis (see below) from the Paragon Health Institute finds that nearly half of Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion enrollees in 2024—approximately 9.2 million people—were likely ineligible under federal rules, imposing a net federal cost of $32.9 billion that...