After Ohio voters approved a state constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom chided Ohio’s Republicans for trying to change voting rules to thwart the abortion …
More than a decade ago, UC Davis released a groundbreaking report about the growing human health threat from groundwater contamination. It revealed that hundreds of thousands of Californians rely on …
Come back, Kamala. Back to California, where you have a future. Away from Washington, D.C., where they’ll never give you a fair shake. You’re politically trapped. You’re the unpopular vice …
The prodigiously hyped debate between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis was never going to be more than a diversion, a brief sideshow running parallel to the main attraction — the …
The 45-year-old Florida governor, once seen as the most viable alternative to scandal-plagued Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, is desperate to revive a flagging White House bid …
Most political “debates” are not worthy of the name, particularly those involving more than two opponents. The participants come with pre-digested talking points that they attempt to make without truly …
It may not have the historic impact of Nixon v. Kennedy, or deliver the memorable lines of Carter v. Reagan, or even Benson “You’re no Jack Kennedy” v. Quayle. In …
There’s nothing official about it, but there should be plenty of smoke — and maybe a little fire — when two governors, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, …
In the 19th century, California began experimenting with regulating the prices of vital services and commodities. Nearly 150 years later, Californians still don’t know if it’s working as we debate …
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Sacramento recently and reminded us of a beneficial trait he possesses that is sorely lacking in today’s polarized politics: an upbeat attitude. There’s currently …