Steven Greenhut

SACRAMENTO — As this year’s legislative session approached a conclusion on Monday, California’s GOP Senate leader handed out “easy buttons” similar to those used in one office-supply chain’s commercials with the word “NO” stamped on them. It represented some levity as Republicans, who find themselves in a super-minority in the…

California pensions: A bipartisan push to destroy municipal budgets by Steven Greenhut

SACRAMENTO — Politicians generally operate within their partisan bubbles, as they stake out poll-tested positions that conform to the political lean of their districts and the priorities of their party.

S ACRAMENTO — California's government obviously is notorious for its slow-moving and bureaucratic permitting processes — and its frequent hostility to private enterprise. Despite the state budget's reliance on capital-gains revenue from the tech industry, officials here also can be quite meddlesome when it comes to AI and social media. But recent news from the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates autonomous passenger-service vehicles, offers some encouraging news.

New Solano city’s travails spotlight state’s maddening approval process by Steven Greenhut

SACRAMENTO — As this year's legislative session approached a conclusion on Monday, California's GOP Senate leader handed out “easy buttons” similar to those used in one office-supply chain's commercials with the word “NO” stamped on them . It represented some levity as Republicans, who find themselves in a super-minority in the Assembly and Senate, telegraphed their commitment to opposing the Democrats' usual array of tax-and-spend bills. These Republicans posed for the cameras to apparently reinforce their party's commitment to fiscal responsibility.

Free trade boosts consumer choice and economic growth.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SACRAMENTO — Americans are accustomed to Donald Trump's tall tales, as he recently told an

The panic is pretty silly, since these facilities are necessary to power industries that power our economy and fund state budgets.

The data-center hysteria is channeling the public’s inchoate fears about the rapid expansion of AI and is a flash point for anger at tech moguls and billionaires.