By Jon Coupal at Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association February 21, 2016 Like rampaging Godzilla in all those Japanese monster movies, the unpopular and expensive bullet train has proven almost impossible to kill. However, the project’s critics may have a new … Continue reading
By Jim Miller in The Sacramento Bee February 20, 2016 A $2.4 billion managed-care organization tax package awaiting votes in the California Legislature reflects the heavy imprint of the state’s health insurance industry, which pushed for major changes to avoid … Continue reading
By Josh Boak/The Associated Press in The Orange County Register February 19, 2016 WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in January, as the rising costs of housing and health care were largely offset by cheaper oil. But the annual … Continue reading
By OC Register Editorial in The Orange County Register February 19, 2016 When California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Dan Richard stood before the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center at its opening ceremony in December 2014, he was full of optimism … Continue reading
By Christopher Cadelago in The Sacramento Bee February 16, 2016 A new audit slams Covered California, the agency tasked with enrolling state residents in Obamacare, for not following rules when awarding lucrative contracts without a competitive-bidding process. The report discovered nine out … Continue reading
By Tim Sheehan in The Sacramento Bee February 18, 2016 The latest business plan for California’s high-speed rail system confirms a proposed change in direction – rumored for several weeks – that would have the first passenger-carrying trains head to the Silicon … Continue reading
By Jessica Calefati and Tracy Seipel in the San Jose Mercury News February 18, 2016 SACRAMENTO — A day after Silicon Valley leaders praised the state’s new plan to lay the first stretch of bullet train track between San Jose … Continue reading
By Kate Rogers at CNBC February 17, 2016 The business operations of a drug dealer or a terrorist have little in common with a Maryland dairy farmer. But in a bizarre business tale, the IRS in February 2012 seized nearly … Continue reading
By Jon Coupal at California Political Review February 16, 2016 Currently on the front burner in the state Capitol is the extremely contentious (and complicated) issue of taxing “managed care organizations.” Because of federal requirements under Obamacare, California must alter … Continue reading
By Joel Fox at California Political Review February 17, 2016 It has often been said that in life, timing is everything. Those supporting an initiative to divert money dedicated from high-speed rail bonds to water storage projects likely will embrace that … Continue reading