By John Seiler in The Orange County Register January 30, 2016 I sometimes check how things are going in my hometown of Wayne, Mich., about 10 miles west of Detroit. Last week I noticed gasoline at one station for 99 … Continue reading
By Anthony B. Kim at The Daily Signal January 31, 2016 Millions of people around the world are emerging from poverty thanks to rising economic freedom. But by sharp contrast, America’s economic freedom has been on a declining path over the past decade. … Continue reading
By The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board in The San Diego Union Tribune February 1, 2016 There have been many daunting questions raised by the media’s coverage of the state’s $68 billion bullet train project. Can the project legally be … Continue reading
By Morris Brown at California Political Review February 1, 2016 The Jan. 27, 2016, Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing labeled “Oversight of High Speed Rail” turned out to be anything but a hearing on oversight. (Video of Hearing) The hearing, prompted … Continue reading
By Steven Greenhurt at reason.com January 29, 2016 Two of the most frequently used but infrequently followed words in Sacramento are “transparency” and “accountability.” Gubernatorial administrations and legislators seem to understand the importance of these good-government terms when it comes to keeping … Continue reading
By Allen Young in Sacramento Business Journal January 27, 2016 Legislation that would have overhauled California’s tax code by taxing different kinds of professional services died this month after failing to pass out of a policy committee. The author, Democratic … Continue reading
By Bob Loewen at California Political Review January 29, 2016 California was once the state that everyone looked up to. With the best weather and natural resources, we were full of hope and innovation. We had the best public schools, … Continue reading
By Ivan Penn in the Los Angeles Times January 28, 2016 California utility regulators narrowly passed new rules that will increase costs for owners of rooftop solar systems, part of a broad reshaping of the state’s energy future. The California … Continue reading
By Hannah Madans in The Orange County Register January 25, 2016 As friends and relatives in the Midwest chortle over cheap gas, why can’t Californians catch the same break, you ask? The national average for a gallon of gas on … Continue reading
By Jeremy B. White in The Sacramento Bee January 26, 2016 Few features of California politics animate people as much as the planned high-speed rail project. Where Gov. Jerry Brown and allies see a way to modernize transportation and fight climate change, … Continue reading