JAN. 31, 2011 The future of the state is surely bleak when the mayors of its largest cities actually think that jobs are created by the government, and economic stimulus originates in redevelopment agencies. Nine of California’s big-city mayors met last week with Gov. Jerry Brown, in an atte...

JAN. 24, 2011 The news is not good for college students in California, or at least that’s what lawmakers want everyone to believe. Earlier this week a legislative committee held a formal hearing at the Capitol to discuss the governor’s proposed budget cuts to the colleges and universities ...

JAN. 13, 2011 As California grapples with substantial proposed budget cuts, many are asking if the cuts  can actually save the state. Instead of addressing the need for comprehensive reform of the historically untouchable public employee unions, and welfare and state-funded health care budgets, ...

JAN. 7, 2011 Tucked away under the authority of the California State Library, the California Research Bureau “provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the legislature, and to other state elected officials.” In a questionable move in 2009, the CRB...

DEC. 22, 2010 While the rest of the world begins to show some sense of reality on global warming hysteria, California is going full speed ahead with the state’s global warming law implementation against all reason and science. Last week, the California Air Resources Board endorsed cap-and-trade...