Dan Walters

California's ongoing debate over K-12 education usually centers on money, but data indicate that spending more doesn't necessarily translate into better academic achievement.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

The recent state Democratic Party convention was dominated by the party's left-wing activists, but the broader array of Democratic voters doesn't lean as far to the port.

A new bill would water down the requirement that local governments be upfront on the taxation effects of their tax and bond ballot measures.

Once a decade, powerful interests do battle over the system compensating workers for job-related disabilities and a new clash may be on the horizon.

While politicians tout the state's new budget, there are some very large caveats attached to it.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Two expedient state budget deals undermine their rational legitimacy.

All but five of the 31 bills given the "job killer" epithet by California Chamber of Commerce have already died.

L.A. voters rejected a new tax for schools in a test of sentiment for a similar statewide measure.