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President Donald Trump points at the crowd during a rally.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters, Election 2018

California vs. Trump over 2020 census

by Dan Walters July 15, 2018July 6, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Newsletters, Weekly Walters

Weekly Walters 07/13/2018

by Dan Walters July 13, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Legislature may erase embarrassing boondoggle

by Dan Walters July 12, 2018
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after a formal endorsement from the California Democratic Party. Environmental policy could play an important role in the gubernatorial race between Newsom and John Cox.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters, Election 2018

A supermajority that hinges on one seat

by Dan Walters July 11, 2018July 6, 2019
Image by Thinkstock
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Unintended consequences of new privacy law?

by Dan Walters July 9, 2018
Income taxes are 70 percent of California's general-fund revenue. Image via Flickr
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Coy about taxes and pension costs

by Dan Walters July 8, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Newsletters, Weekly Walters

Weekly Walters 07/06/2018

by Dan Walters July 6, 2018June 23, 2020
Jerry Brown is showing holding up California's state budget on June 27, 2018. This is his final time as governor signing a budget.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Did Brown fix California’s budget mess? Nope

by Dan Walters July 5, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Genteel extortion cancels three ballot measures

by Dan Walters July 4, 2018
The nine justices of the United States Supreme Court are shown.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Supreme Court decision could hit unions hard

by Dan Walters July 2, 2018

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