By Tim Sheehan in The Fresno Bee February 16, 2016 The prospect of higher-than-expected costs for high-speed rail construction in Fresno and Madera counties is prompting the California High-Speed Rail Authority to consider a big change in its allowance for … Continue reading
By Michael Doyle in The Sacramento Bee February 11, 2016 WASHINGTON A giant wind farm in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley is blowing gusts through a faraway federal court, with tens of millions of dollars potentially up in the air. … Continue reading
By John Cox in The Bakersfield Californian February 11, 2016 In a legal challenge to unions’ longstanding access to farmers’ private property, a conservative public interest law firm filed a federal lawsuit this week against California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board — an action that … Continue reading
By Veronique de Rugy at reason.com February 11, 2016 If you have ever found yourself at the gas pump thinking, “I really wish it cost more to fill up,” then President Obama has just the idea for you. In his … Continue reading
By Tim Sheehan at The Fresno Bee February 11, 2016 SACRAMENTO Attorneys for and against California’s high-speed rail project made their final arguments Thursday to a Sacramento County Superior Court judge who will decide whether the proposed bullet-train system complies … Continue reading
By Christopher Cadelago in The Sacramento Bee February 11, 2016 Psychiatrists at a state hospital routinely played hooky. A supervising nurse at a correctional facility forged military papers. A development center squandered thousands of dollars on state worker leave time. … Continue reading
By Orange County Register Editorial in The Orange County Register February 9, 2016 It’s time to cut and save at all levels of government. The reason: the economy may be slowing. A Feb. 3 report by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative … Continue reading
By Ryan Ellis at Forbes February 9, 2016 President Obama released his final administration budget today. Even more than past budgets, it was universally declared “dead on arrival” in official Washington. That being said, the tax increases proposed in these … Continue reading
By David DeBoit in the Contra Costa Times February 9, 2016 OAKLAND — The city is moving toward approving new developer fees to pay for affordable housing that are higher than previously proposed, and could at first exclude portions of … Continue reading
By Katy Grimes at Flashreport February 9, 2016 California state budgets no longer require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to be passed, but there are still budget games, deals and hinky promises that happen in the process.. However, tax increases … Continue reading