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Steven Greenhut

Steven Greenhut

Steven Greenhut is a senior fellow and Western region director for the R Street Institute. Write to him at sgreenhut@rstreet.org. His political views are his own.
by | Nov 6, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here are two of the more surprising granular results from Tuesday’s statewide elections in California. Even though…

by | Oct 30, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s presidential electors are a foregone conclusion. Likewise, the state’s decision on a U.S. Senate race is not…

by | Oct 16, 2024

California doesn’t have “show trials” (at least not yet), but it does have its share of show hearings — emergency…

by | Oct 9, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The latest statewide polls show Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in California by 22 percentage points in…

by | Oct 2, 2024

The news about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of a far-reaching artificial intelligence bill was overheated and somewhat entertaining. “How California…

by | Sep 18, 2024

By cutting its borrowing rate by a half percent on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve has provided some potential relief for wannabe…

by | Sep 11, 2024

It’s difficult to debate policy in the midst of a political race given that partisans on both sides have already…

by | Sep 4, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the latest example of why “local control” is no kind of governing principle, I present readers…

by | Aug 28, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — During a visit last week to British Columbia, I was scanning Facebook and tried to link to a…

by | Aug 15, 2024

As a journalist, it’s easy to turn around copy on any of the public policy and political debates of the…

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