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Newsom Signs Unlawful Immigration Bills Again, After 2025 Bills Were Overturned by Ninth Circuit

September 29, 2026 1:40 pmSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of 21 bills claiming they will increase state oversight of federal immigration enforcement, illegal immigrant detention facilities, and related law-enforcement practices inside California. You read that right – Gov. Newsom is trying...

Number of California Bills by Code – 2026 Edition

September 29, 2026 12:30 pmSeptember 29, 2026 5:46 pm

California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain over 156,000 statutes. Each year, more statutes are being considered through legislation. So, how many bills introduced in the 2025-26 Legislative...

Three Navajo Democrats Endorse Petersen For Arizona Attorney General

September 29, 2026 10:52 amSeptember 29, 2026 10:52 am

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen’s campaign announced endorsements from three Navajo Nation members it identified as Democrats, citing public safety and justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people in his bid for attorney general. The campaign’s announcement, accompanied by a...

‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ – and it’s Robust

September 29, 2026 8:04 amSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

“It’s the economy, stupid!” was the pivotal message in the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, by James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor. Because it always comes down to the current economic trend that determines whether voters are satisfied with an administration,...

Commentary on Federal Constitutional Legislative Branch Provisions

September 29, 2026 2:30 amSeptember 29, 2026 8:06 am

California’s state government, with its three branches, is based upon the federal government and its three separate, but co-equal branches. Both the United States and California Constitutions set forth these three branches of government. The following provides commentary regarding the...

Newsom Vetoes Important California Water Bill, Despite Unanimous Passage by Legislature

September 28, 2026 7:00 pmSeptember 29, 2026 3:44 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom just vetoed Senate Bill 872, by Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), an important water infrastructure bill that would have provided funding to aging Delta levees and sinking State Water Project canals. These two threats to California’s water...

The 2026 State Freedom Index: Not-So-Free-California

September 28, 2026 4:53 pmSeptember 29, 2026 11:00 am

What makes a state free? Lower taxes? Right to work laws? Eduction options? What makes one state freer than another state? And should we even care, because after all, we live in the United States of America. The overall freedom...