I recently noted that even struggling New Mexico, the only U.S. state to end the last four decades less economically free ...

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California might boast that it’s the world’s 4th-largest economy, but the statewide job market is one of the nation’s weakest ...

Tax law and funding cuts to Medicaid are the issues most likely to prevent one “big, beautiful bill” from moving through both chambers and reaching President Donald Trump’s desk. Republican leaders ...

The University of California Board of Regents today approved the appointment of James B. Milliken as the 22nd president of UC ...

There are some pretty big-name grocery store chains that are shutting down some locations in 2025, from Kroger to Aldi to ...