Walters

As Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators contend with a deficit-ridden state budget they face increasingly strident demands from providers of two very important public services for billions of new dollars to prevent financial collapse. The …

When Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a 2023-24 budget in January, he acknowledged that the revenue estimates made six months earlier were way too optimistic and that the state had evolved from a nearly $100 billion surplus to a $22.5 billion…

Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is on his way out as Gov. Kevin Stitt's secretary of education.Stitt on Tuesday announced in a press release that he is appointing Oklahoma State University professor of education…

Gadflies – people obsessed with righting some perceived wrong and pester politicians and journalists to take up their causes – are a constant feature of politics. One of the state’s more persistent gadflies these days is Thomas Carter, an…

Sometimes – not often, but sometimes – one person can have a life-changing impact on the wellbeing of millions of people. Marion Joseph, who died nearly a year ago at age 95, was one of those people. She impacted millions of California…

During World War II, California became the staging point for the Pacific Theater and an industrial powerhouse that manufactured ships, planes and other implements of warfare. Industrialization, which continued after the war, replaced…

Last year was a strong one for California’s $3.4 trillion economy. The state added 621,400 jobs, finally regaining the nearly 3 million that were initially lost during the COVID-19 pandemic as Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down major economic…

As California’s state budget morphs from a $97.5 billion surplus to a multi-billion-dollar deficit, it’s another reminder about the volatility of the state’s revenue system. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s penchant for braggadocio was in full flower…

I feel like for those who get impersonated on Saturday Night Live, whether it’s a president, celebrity or public figure, that’s when they know they’ve really reached a major level of stardom. For Barbara Walters that happened in 1976,…

People used to say I "sounded" like Barbara Walters, which I thought absurd, of course. Barbara had such a distinctive voice that frankly grated on some – a cultivated "Eastern" accent – and more to the point, she was the preeminent…