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Steven Greenhut

Steven Greenhut is a senior fellow and Western region director for the R Street Institute. Write to him at [email protected]. His political views are his own.
by | Mar 18, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s political leaders continually replay the following scenario: Identify a serious problem. Propose massive new government spending programs…

by | Mar 11, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” That phrase, coined by the one-time chairman of the…

by | Mar 4, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The United States is undergoing a highly reported crisis in its trucking industry. As a column in the Hill reported…

by | Feb 25, 2026

SACRAMENTO — Democratic Socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont toured Silicon Valley and Los Angeles in recent weeks, where…

by | Feb 18, 2026

In their zeal to use the government to protect jobs and enhance workers’ benefits, California’s unions have repeatedly ignored the…

by | Feb 4, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There’s nothing intrinsically wrong — and a lot that’s right — about building a high-speed rail system that…

by | Jan 28, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump’s office of the drug czar released a statement on X crediting the administration for the nation’s…

by | Jan 22, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — National news stories have recently discussed Crazy California’s effort to impose an “emergency” wealth tax of 5 percent on…

by | Jan 14, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Now that many populist Republicans have largely abandoned free-market conservatism, it’s getting hard to distinguish dopey Democratic…

by | Jan 7, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California enters the New Year facing an $18 billion budget deficit, a slow-as-molasses rebuilding from last year’s…

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