California

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Gov. Jerry Brown, Signing High-Speed Rail Bill: "You have to take the bull by the horns and start spending and investing in things that make sense"

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2012 9:26 PM

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California's Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2012 4:52 PM

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California Public Pension Bombs Grow Ever Larger as Funds Post Uninspired Returns

Scott Shackford | 7.17.2012 4:01 PM

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Obama's Shaggy Dog Story About the Golden Gate Bridge

Matt Welch | 7.17.2012 11:25 AM

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California's Food Truck Shakedown

How state officials mistreat mobile food vendors

Steven Greenhut | 7.13.2012 12:00 PM

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Rejoice, Californians! The High-Speed Rail Vote Shows the System Working!

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 9:24 PM

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How Rail Screws the Poor

As Los Angeles spends billions on light rail, transit use declines.

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.11.2012 1:30 PM

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San Bernardino Files for Bankruptcy; Staff Had Been Concealing Deficit Spending for Years

Scott Shackford | 7.11.2012 12:38 PM

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Killing California's Costly Death Penalty

Tracy Oppenheimer | 7.11.2012 11:13 AM

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San Bernardino Invokes the B-word: Bankruptcy

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 11:53 AM

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Gail Collins Hates the Lone Star State

Times columnist messes with Texas and loses in laugh-free, fact-challenged airdrop.

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.7.2012 1:00 PM

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Sorry Mob, Your Rulers Have Spoken: California Senate Approves Rail Funding

Scott Shackford | 7.6.2012 7:47 PM

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Calif. Senators Giving Floor Speeches Before High-Speed Rail Vote (UPDATE: Vote passes 21-16)

Scott Shackford | 7.6.2012 5:40 PM

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California's Latest Misguided Attempt to Solve the Housing Crisis

The Golden State's bizarre new mortgage "solutions" won't fix the the problem.

Steven Greenhut | 7.6.2012 12:00 PM

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California Assembly Approves High-Speed Rail Funding, Now With Higher Price Tag!

Scott Shackford | 7.5.2012 8:54 PM

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California Voters to Gov. Brown: Stop Yanking Us Around

Scott Shackford | 7.5.2012 3:53 PM

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Police Stand on Volunteer's Neck, Destroy Surveillance Cameras During Dispensary Raid

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.5.2012 2:55 PM

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Heather Has Two Mommies and a Daddy

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2012 4:19 PM

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They Don't Have Enough Problems? Jewish Demonic Possession Returns

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.3.2012 1:53 PM

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5 Reasons the California High-Speed Rail Project Shouldn't Get More Money

Gov. Brown asks for billions in borrowing even as train system gets slower, shorter, and more expensive.

Adrian Moore, Joseph Vranich, and Wendell Cox | 7.2.2012 10:30 AM

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Cracks Appear in California State Senate as High-Speed Rail Vote Approaches Station

Scott Shackford | 6.29.2012 6:51 PM

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William Shatner Pantsed by TSA

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 4:53 PM

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California Endowment Loves SCOTUS Obamacare Ruling

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 2:28 PM

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As Pension Bombs Explode, California's Budget Masters Cross Fingers for Tax Increase Vote

Scott Shackford | 6.27.2012 1:41 PM

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California Still Dead: CalPERS Bribes, Tax Assessor Bribes, Stockton Bankruptcy

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.27.2012 10:08 AM

Policy

California Authorities Prepare to Not Really Bother to Enforce Foie Gras Ban

Scott Shackford | 6.26.2012 12:24 PM

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California Lawmakers Push Back Against Police Secrecy

Even the police union-friendly California Senate says enough is enough.

Steven Greenhut | 6.22.2012 11:00 AM

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Did Gov. Brown Just Admit Defeat of High-Speed Rail Project? Don't Celebrate Yet.

Scott Shackford | 6.21.2012 6:54 PM

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L.A. Expo Line Opens Two More Rail Stations; Ridership Still Very Low

Scott Shackford | 6.21.2012 4:15 PM

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"Good Samaritan" Laws that Protect People who Call 911 For Overdose-Related Medical Emergencies Spread

Brian Doherty | 6.20.2012 2:35 PM

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Can Bipartisanship Actually Do Something Good, Like Smack Down Teachers' Unions?

Scott Shackford | 6.18.2012 3:09 PM

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The Next Union Battle in California: Stopping Payroll Deductions for Political Spending

Scott Shackford | 6.15.2012 1:41 PM

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California Ushers In a New Era of Bipartisan Plunder

The Golden State descends to a new low.

Steven Greenhut | 6.15.2012 12:00 PM

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UCLA Professor Sues for Firing over Diesel Pollution Study Whistleblowing

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 1:23 PM

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Peter Schiff In the Octagon with Furious Congressbots

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.13.2012 11:48 PM

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Let's Subsidize Trips to Vegas! Update on the Other Stupid, Awful High-Speed Rail Proposal in California

Scott Shackford | 6.13.2012 5:09 PM

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Let's Keep Guns Away from Possible Domestic Abuse Victims: The Latest in Memorial Legislation

Scott Shackford | 6.11.2012 2:17 PM

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Ron Paul Roundup: Paul Says He Knows He Doesn't Have Enough Delegates to Win, Victories for the Cause in Massachusetts and California

Brian Doherty | 6.7.2012 11:54 AM

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Meanwhile, 2,000 Miles From Wisconsin, Public Sector Pensions Drive 292,000-population City to Brink of Bankruptcy

Matt Welch | 6.7.2012 10:01 AM

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Same-Sex Marriage Disputed, Same-Party Elections A-OK; GovWorkers Hammered; More: California Results

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.6.2012 5:05 PM

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Wins in Wisconsin and California Signify Triumph of Common Sense and Basic Math Over Status Quo, Ideology; Will Be Replicated Everywhere.

Nick Gillespie | 6.6.2012 3:30 PM

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Ron Paul Roundup: PaulFest in Danger, 10 Percent in California (with Paul Supporter Up Against Pelosi), and Paulites Rule Nevada

Brian Doherty | 6.6.2012 3:23 PM

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California Unions Sue to Prevent Pension Reforms as Citizens Turn Against Them

Scott Shackford | 6.6.2012 1:19 PM

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Meanwhile in California, Pension Reform Winning with Voters

Scott Shackford | 6.5.2012 11:47 PM

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Tim Cavanaugh Compleat Ballot, June 5 2012 California Primary

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.5.2012 9:24 PM

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Dissenting Prop. 8 Judge Says Obama Wants Gay Marriage Left Up to the States

Damon Root | 6.5.2012 5:31 PM

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Californians: Enjoy Your Third-Party Vote Today, Because You Can't Come November

Scott Shackford | 6.5.2012 12:55 PM

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Brown Seeks Exemption from Environmental Suits Against Train That's Supposed to Help the Environment (But Won't)

Scott Shackford | 6.4.2012 6:24 PM