Supreme Court Lets California’s New Map Stand in Blow to Trump
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to allow California to use a newly drawn congressional map that could earn Democrats as many as five additional House seats in the upcoming midterm…
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Explaining California's billionaire tax: The proposals, the backlash and the exodus
The battle over a new tax on California’s billionaires is set to heat up in the coming months as citizens spar over whether the state should squeeze its ultra-rich to better serve its…
Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax
Did California lose Larry Page? The Google and Alphabet cofounder, who left day-to-day operations in 2019, has seen his net worth soar in the years since—from around $50 billion at the…
What to Do with California’s Billionaire Tax Proceeds
A health-care union’s ‘one-time fix’ for federal Medicaid cuts could easily become permanent. Source link
Commentary: California's first partner pushes to regulate AI while Trump and tech bros thunder forward
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently convened a meeting that might rank among the top sweat-inducing nightmare scenarios for Silicon Valley’s tech bros — a group of the…
Newsome 2028? California’s governor reveals he’ll consider a presidential run
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a leading Democratic critic of President Donald Trump, says he will consider running for the White House in 2028 after the midterm elections next year. Asked…
California’s New Class Divide
The Golden State’s ‘social justice’ politics have created a low-income, low-mobility underclass. Source link
After an oil spill, Trump officials back a Texas firm to expand drilling off California’s coast
When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels)…
Trump administration to redistribute $2.4 billion from California’s high-speed railroad
The Trump administration wants to redistribute $2.4 billion it pulled from California’s high-speed rail project as part of a new $5 billion program announced Monday to fund rail projects…
How California’s governor trumped Trump’s merch
Is there any way to wear a “Newsom Was Right About Everything!” hat, but ironically? Even if you’re an earnest fan, it’s still meant as a joke. California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s…
California’s high-speed rail faces a do-or-die moment
In 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom used his first State of the State address to “level about the high-speed rail.” The Los Angeles-to-San Francisco project “would cost too much and,…
California's Punjabi truckers say they’re being harassed after deadly Florida wreck
For 15 years, Sumit Singh has hauled freight to and from Los Angeles ports and across the country. For the first time, though, the Punjabi Sikh truck driver is now reluctant to leave the…
Justice Department to investigate employment practices at California’s EPA
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it had opened an investigation into employment practices at California’s Environmental Protection Agency. The investigation is aimed at…
Gavin Newsom, Climate Warrior, Flinches as California’s War Against Oil Produces a Crisis
He now finds himself pleading with the beleaguered and vilified industry not to abandon the state. Source link
California’s High-Speed Rail to Nowhere
There was no reason for the feds to pour good money after bad supporting a preposterous project that doesn’t have any national significance. Source link
California’s High-Speed Boondoggle
The Trump administration’s move to cut off federal funding for the doomed rail project is well justified. Source link
The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair
California's statewide power grid operator is poised to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence to manage outages, MIT Technology Review has learned. At an…
Six Flags says no final decision on the closure of California’s Great America has been made—yet
Good night, Great America? Amusement park operator Six Flags Entertainment Corporation may close its Santa Clara, California-based Great America park after five decades, according to…
Trump’s anti-EV rules aren’t stopping California’s electric truck boom—yet
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Wes Lowe uses so much Claritin that he started an Amazon subscription to avoid running out. His…
Don’t Overlook the Union Factor in California’s Chaos
The arrest of state SEIU president David Huerta spotlights the intersection of union dollars, Democratic power, and illegal immigration. Source link
California’s Trans-Athlete Ruse
Democrats will have difficulty restraining their gender zealots. Source link
House Republicans broke years of precedent—and possibly the law—to kill California’s right to clean air
In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment, and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s…
California’s Toy Train Hobbyists Won’t Give Up
There is no point in the rest of the nation’s supporting California’s failing high-speed-rail project. Source link
Trump’s First 100 Days Have Shattered California’s Left-Wing Illusions
President Trump has pushed aside Governor Gavin Newsom and driven the nation’s most populous state toward something approaching sanity. Source link