
Steven Greenhut
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Now that many populist Republicans have largely abandoned free-market conservatism, it’s getting hard to distinguish dopey Democratic…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California enters the New Year facing an $18 billion budget deficit, a slow-as-molasses rebuilding from last year’s…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters reliably support the usual crew of progressive Democrats, but when it comes to ballot initiatives, they…
Sacramento — California officials are adamant about regulating the emerging Artificial Intelligence industry even though most of the world’s top…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a series of devastating wildfires obliterated 22,500 homes, only 8,400 — or a lackluster 38 percent —…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers increasingly complain about the past abuses of eminent domain — the government’s ability to take property…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California voters were poised to approve Proposition 50, which creates a temporary gerrymander to help Democrats…
It’s been 13 years since California’s debt crisis captured the public’s consciousness, as underfunded pensions and other employee liabilities shook…
SACRAMENTO — LAist’s investigative report was almost too hard to believe, even in a state that squanders taxpayer dollars with wild abandon….