CALMATTERS: Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears | Columns
As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom…
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CALMATTERS: Key questions about California’s budget deficit remain unanswered as deadlines loom | Columns
The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Income Tax Daily…
CALMATTERS: If Newsom truly follows the science, why not adopt the ‘science of reading’ in California schools? | Columns
When COVID-19 struck California four years ago and people started dying, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency and assumed unilateral…
CALMATTERS: Californians pay high gas prices and high gas taxes yet still drive on bad highways | Columns
To state the obvious, California motorists are experiencing one of the state’s periodic spikes in gasoline prices. California’s average price…
Kanye West sued by former Donda Academy employee claiming workplace abuses
A former employee of Kanye West sued the megastar, his Yeezy apparel brand and his Los Angeles-area school, claiming discrimination,…
CALMATTERS: Newsom, legislators opt for gimmicks and wishful thinking to close California’s budget deficit | Columns
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature spent their way into a massive state budget deficit by…
Diddy allegations: A timeline of claims against Sean Combs
A string of recent sexual assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the billionaire music mogul and entrepreneur, have damaged the…
Feds raid Sean Combs’ homes in sex-trafficking case, sources say
Homeland Security agents conducted searches of Holmby Hills and Miami mansions owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday as part…
$950,000 expense account fuels UTA battle with ex-partner
A blistering battle between Beverly Hills-based United Talent Agency and ex-partner Michael Kassan centers on alleged over-the-top spending and a…
CALMATTERS: Southern California’s huge logistics industry faces a backlash over wages and pollution | Columns
A half-century ago, Southern California’s financial, political and civic leaders made a fateful decision that the region’s economic future could…