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Back to SearchWill New CEQA Reforms Bring More Housing to California?
California is the most expensive state in the country to buy a house for a host of reasons, including a lack of inventory and high costs of building.…
7 months ago
Trump and Putin Meet in Alaska as Russia Continues to Attack Ukraine
Can the U.S. help bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine? President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage, Alaska on Fr…
7 months ago
What New CEQA Reforms Aimed at Streamlining Housing Production Mean for the Environment
California has long prided itself on being a leader on environmental issues. Innovative laws like a carbon cap and trade program to limit greenhouse …
7 months ago
Love It or Hate It, the Presidential Fitness Test Is Making a Comeback
Remember the flexed arm hang? The mile run? The Presidential Fitness Test – a battery of physical challenges that has prompted both dread and pride i…
7 months, 1 week ago
Is Your Perfectionism a Problem?
On the surface, being a perfectionist may not seem so bad. What’s wrong with wanting straight A’s or an impeccable home or conflict-free relationship…
7 months, 1 week ago
UCLA Faces $1 Billion Fine in Trump Administration’s Latest Battle with Higher Education
A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore more than $80 million in grants it withheld from UCLA. The ru…
7 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s Tariff Policy Raising Prices of Coffee, Clothing and More
For months, economists have predicted that Trump’s tariff policy would crash the economy. While that has not yet happened, leading economic indicator…
7 months, 1 week ago
AI Reshapes the Economy and Roils Geopolitics, Even as GPT-5 Fizzles
Big Tech’s spending on AI infrastructure, like data centers, is so enormous that it’s reshaping the U.S. economy on a scale likened to the building o…
7 months, 1 week ago
As Medicaid Cuts Loom, California Health Clinics Face Uncertain Future
The Republican spending bill signed into law by President Trump last month slashes an estimated $150 billion in federal Medicaid funding to Californi…
7 months, 1 week ago
California Governor’s Race Shifts as Harris, Kounalakis Say They’re Not Running
What’s happened since former Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s not running to replace Gavin Newsom as California’s next governor? Lieutenant Go…
7 months, 1 week ago