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SCOTUS Blocks Trump USPS Mail-Ballot Security Rule for Midterms, Citing Timing

September 15, 2026 10:15 amSeptember 15, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night refused to lift a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s U.S. Postal Service rule on federal mail-in ballots, leaving California’s universal vote-by-mail system, and Nevada’s, untouched less than seven weeks before the November...

California’s Energy Problem Is Now a National Security Problem

September 15, 2026 9:37 amSeptember 15, 2026 9:37 am

They broke the gas pumps. That’s how you know something has gone seriously wrong. If you’ve traveled to another state in the last couple years, you’ve probably seen gas for as little as $2 a gallon. Now, diesel at some...

Auction Companies

September 15, 2026 2:30 amSeptember 15, 2026 2:31 am

Civil Code Division 3, Part 4, Title 2.95 deals with auctioneers and auction companies in California. Section 1812.600 requires every auctioneer and auction company to maintain a bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in this state....

Paramount’s California Exit Threat Is Not a Hypothetical and Will Cause Real Economic Woes

September 15, 2026 2:30 amSeptember 15, 2026 2:31 am

California is about to find out what it costs to pick a fight with one of the last major studios still planted in the dirt of Los Angeles while then acting shocked when the studio looks at Georgia, Tennessee, and...

Employment Agencies

September 14, 2026 2:00 pmSeptember 14, 2026 2:01 pm

Chapter 2 of Title 2.91 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code deals with employment agencies in California. Section 1812.503 requires every employment agency subject to this title to maintain a bond issued by a surety company...

Trump EPA To Repeal Carbon Rules for US Coal and Gas Power Plants

September 14, 2026 1:31 pmSeptember 14, 2026 1:31 pm

The Trump EPA is finalizing the repeal of 2024 Biden-era carbon rules for greenhouse-gas standards for coal-and natural-gas-fired power plants. The move is expected to be announced today at a G20 energy ministers meeting in Houston, Texas. The EPA just...

For Sales Tax Rates, How High is Too High?

September 14, 2026 12:00 pmSeptember 14, 2026 12:01 pm

California voters usually encounter sales-tax increases one at a time. A quarter-cent here, a half-cent there, perhaps a penny for a city facing a budget shortfall. Viewed individually, each increase can seem both modest and necessary. But after years of...