Californians should pay more attention to water

By Darin DuPont
10/03/2019
As one rides on the train through the heart of the Central Valley, one becomes engulfed by the rich agricultural roots of California. Its beautiful crops and peaceful imagery make the breadbasket of the world a sublime place to live. Nevertheless, absent its rivers, both the crops and generations of hardworking Americans who take care...

TAGS: Central Valley, Fresno County, Kern County

Pension burden in 5 California counties now over 10%

By Marc Joffe
03/14/2016
Years after the Great Recession slammed their Wall Street investments, at least five California counties have broken through the 10 percent ceiling, spending at least one of out of every $10 to fund their government-employee retirement programs. The resulting strain on local budgets, called the pension burden, is revealed in California Policy Center’s latest analysis of county reports....

TAGS: Fresno County, Kern County, Public sector pensions

The Bipartisan Potential of Civil Libertarians

By Steven Greenhut
05/28/2013
The Obama administration has gotten itself into a fix between its contradictory stories about the Benghazi incident, reports of the IRS targeting conservative groups, and the Justice Department’s grabbing of phone records from AP reporters. There are few things more fun to watch than arrogant political leaders — folks who spend their lives bossing everyone...

TAGS: Kern County, Sacramento