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Portrait of CalMatters Columnist Dan Walters
Dan Walters,
CalMatters Commentary

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He has written more than 9,000 columns about the state and its politics and is the founding editor of the “California Political Almanac.” Dan has also been a frequent guest on national television news shows, commenting on California issues and policies.

Stories by Dan Walters

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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. (Reuters File)

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Health Secretary Kennedy Fires Heads of Key Preventive Health Panel

Larry Bushart at his home in Linden, Tenn., Dec. 22, 2025. Bushart, who was jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post he shared after the killing of Charlie Kirk, has agreed to a $835,000 settlement with the sheriff who detained him, his lawyers said on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Charity Rachelle/The New York Times)

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He Was Jailed Over a Charlie Kirk Post. The Sheriff Now Owes Him $835,000.

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An Israeli naval vessel arrives at Ashdod port, on the day an Israeli rights group and the Global Sumud Flotilla's organisers said activists aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla were intercepted by Israeli naval forces and are being detained at an Israeli port, as seen from Ashdod in southern Israel May 20, 2026. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)

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Israeli Police Force Gaza Flotilla Activists to Kneel With Hands Bound, Video Shows

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The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Jan. 27, 2026. A day after Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota signed into law the first state law explicitly barring prediction markets, the Trump administration sued the state on Tuesday, seeking to block it from going into effect this summer. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

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Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban Prediction Markets

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