Opinion

Jimmy Hoffa Disappeared – and Then His Legacy Took on a Life of Its Own

December 9, 2019

On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the Teamsters Union, disappeared. He’d gone to a restaurant in suburban Detroit apparently expecting to meet a couple of mafia figures whom he had known for decades. He’d hoped to win their support for ...

Walters: ‘Tax Exhaustion’ May Be on the Horizon

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

December 9, 2019

California’s local governments — cities especially — and school districts have been packing ballots with tax increase measures in recent years and another batch is on tap for next year. Voters have, more oft...

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California Must Stop Relying on the Endangered Species Act to Manage the Environment

CalMatters

December 8, 2019

In California, state and federal endangered species acts play an important and often outsized role in regulating water and land management. These powerful laws are also often at the center of conflicts between ...

Walters: Bait and Switch on Pensions

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

December 8, 2019

Local officials, particularly those in California’s 400-plus cities, have been complaining loudly in recent years about pension costs, raising the specter of insolvency if they continue their rapid increase. Last year, the League of California Cities issued...

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The Kanye Effect? New Polls Show Black Support for Trump Surging

InsideSources.com

December 7, 2019

Rush Limbaugh could hardly contain his excitement. “We’ve got three polls today showing Donald Trump at 30 percent or higher with black voters,” he told his national radio audience on Monday. “We’ve got Emerson...

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Risks, Rewards, and Robots: The Future of Work in California

CalMatters

December 5, 2019

Are robots coming for California’s jobs? In today’s increasingly automated economy, that’s certainly the fear. Technology has always generated economic churn, destroying some jobs and creating others. Alread...

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Walters: Another Showdown Over Crime Looms

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

December 5, 2019

No California ballot would be complete without at least one measure about crime and punishment and 2020 will be no exception. A referendum seeking to overturn California’s landmark ban on cash bail in criminal cases will once again test voters’ sentiments a...

Republicans are pushing to recall California Sen. Josh Allen for his backing of the gas tax hike.

Walters: Court Must Fix Tax Vote Ambiguity

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

December 4, 2019

Sooner or later, the state Supreme Court must clear up a legal ambiguity it created over how many votes are needed to enact local tax increases. It should be sooner, because a new election year is nigh, doze...

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Remembering Marvin Meyers, a Giant of Ag and Education

Bill McEwen

December 2, 2019

California agriculture lost a legend and Valley students — from kindergarten to graduate school — lost one of their best friends when Marvin Allen Meyers died two weeks ago at 85. He was a farmer, philanthro...

Israel’s West Bank Settlements: 4 Questions Answered

The Conversation

December 2, 2019

Editor’s note: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Nov. 18 said that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law. That pleased Israeli Jews who see the territory as rightfully theirs and infuriated the Palestinians who live there ...

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Jimmy Hoffa Disappeared – and Then His Legacy Took on a Life of Its Own

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