Opinion STEPHEN MOORE: Trump's critics dead wrong (again) on the economy By STEPHEN MOORE 17 hrs ago Last week’s blockbuster jobs report, with more than 265,000 jobs added when including upward employment revisions, was very welcome news to al…
Opinion FROMA HARROP: Feeling insecure? You may be on to something By FROMA HARROP Feb 11, 2026 Groundhog Day’s furry forecaster Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather. What if we asked Phil to apply his insights to …
+5 News Local groups point to overlooked benefits after Kern ranks at very bottom of US jobs ranking BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Sep 4, 2025 A running debate about Kern’s economic health has been rekindled by a recent study ranking the county at the very bottom of the nation’s 100 l…
Opinion DAN WALTERS: California’s economy is just limping along. Why is Newsom always boasting? By DAN WALTERS CalMatters Jun 6, 2025 Gavin Newsom loves to boast about the state he governs, claiming that California is No. 1 in some category or that the state is leading in som…
+2 Opinion DAN WALTERS: California’s economy was already sluggish before Trump’s global tariffs By DAN WALTERS Apr 25, 2025 Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s broad imposit…
Opinion DAN WALTERS: The pressure on California’s already shaky budget keeps on growing By DAN WALTERS Apr 11, 2025 A month from now, Gov. Gavin Newsom must reveal a revised version of the $322.3 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year that he proposed in…
Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: A fuller picture of tax history By MARK EVANS Sep 4, 2024 As always, the purpose of Stephen Moore’s recent column is to misrepresent rather than clarify reality. ("Goodbye to JFK Democrats; party has …
Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: Minimum wage not intended to be living wage By ANN REED Aug 20, 2024 Minimum wage earners simply do not understand minimum wages were never meant to be a living wage. People were supposed to get educations and s…
+3 News Californians will vote on a $18 minimum wage. Workers already want $25 and more By JEANNE KUANG CalMatters Aug 15, 2024 California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers…
HEATHER LONG: Do the math. Recession risks add up. By HEATHER LONG Aug 9, 2024 When I saw the stock market rout in recent days, I was relieved. The big dip did two things that were much needed: First, it took some crazine…
