California's "painfully plodding" economic recovery will continue its slow march through 2016, according to the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast. The third-quarter report, released Thursday, predicts that the state unemployment rate will sink to 5.7% by the end of 2016 from 7.4% now. That would continue to top the national rate, which UCLA economists expect will fall
Remember the rambunctious, rebellious House Republican class of 2010, like California's Jeff Denham? These days, the flame-throwers have turned into fixers. With the climax of the 2014 midterm season at hand, some Republicans who rode the conservative wave to power are waging campaigns that are barely recognizable from the ones they ran four years ago.
Sen. Barbara Boxer says she has yet to make up her mind about seeking a fifth term in 2016, but there's no shortage of signs that the Democrat may be opting out. It's not just that she has less than $200,000 in her campaign account, compared with $3.5 million at this stage before her last election
In many ways, the campaign that Mr. Brown is running is politically conventional and arguably smart. Strong incumbents have little incentive to take risks or do anything that might draw attention to little-known challengers. Mr. Brown certainly did not find any reason to take risks in a Field Poll released Thursday morning that showed him
Every single U.S. electrical power plant that came online in July was a renewable energy plant, according to the federal agency that regulates the nation's power grids. The July "Energy Infrastructure Update" published this week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), reports that all of the 405 megawatts' worth of new electrical generating capacity
Gov. Jerry Brown was at the rostrum to introduce Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to a joint session of the Legislature on Tuesday, but amid the diplomacy he made time for Texas. “This is a house of conflict, but it’s also a house of collaboration and accomplishment,” Brown said. “And as we look East, we realize
When California rolled out a $750-million plan this year to attract and retain businesses, many aspects mirrored longtime perks used by Texas — where officials love nothing more than stealing jobs from the Golden State. For more than a decade, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has touted the "deal-closing" Texas Enterprise Fund and other cash incentives
A detailed report commissioned by two major Republican groups — including one backed by Karl Rove — paints a dismal picture for Republicans, concluding female voters view the party as “intolerant,” “lacking in compassion” and “stuck in the past.” ttp://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/gop-poll-of-women-party-stuck-in-past-110398.html?hp=t1 The Koch brothers are showing up in so many campaign ads for Democrats, you’d think
This is how the third-term governor of the nation’s most populous state makes up his mind. In the most eclectic administration in California’s modern era, the decision-making apparatus is less a Cabinet than a cerebral orbit around Brown. “He likes to sort of blue sky with people ... just sort of see what’s cooking,” said
As the 2012-14 biennial legislative session ended this week, it was evident – with very few exceptions – that big public policy issues have given way to conflicts among moneyed interests. http://bit.ly/1C6qkeJ