Tag: California

If you want to help those in poverty, it's hard to find a more moral way to do so than donating to charity. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The moral case against a $15 minimum wage

Jason Russell · March 31, 2016 4:00 am

Health officials advise at least 95 percent of people should be vaccinated to create a so-called "herd immunity" to prevent outbreaks. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Calif. works to limit new measles outbreak

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2016 7:45 pm

Ted Cruz's path to the GOP presidential nomination might go through House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's congressional district. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

Could Pelosi’s district help Cruz to win?

Kristen Soltis Anderson · March 30, 2016 4:02 am

The court's 4-4 ruling in Friedrichs shows anti-labor activists no longer have a sympathetic majority. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court ruling signals end to conservative hopes for labor reform

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2016 5:55 pm

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday announced that they were split 4 to 4 on a case that could have been a major blow to public sector unions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Labor groups spared as Supreme Court splits on teachers union case

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2016 2:48 pm

Standing with Israel against the BDS movement is not only a national security and moral imperative but an economic one, as well. (AP Photo)

California should stand with Israel and boycott the boycotters

Assemblyman Travis Allen · March 29, 2016 4:01 am

Boy, That Minimum Wage Escalates Quickly

Chris Deaton · March 28, 2016 9:14 pm

Jerry Brown's announcement pushes the state into unknown economic territory. (AP Photo)

Calif. to raise minimum wage to $15

Sean Higgins · March 28, 2016 8:46 pm

Oklahoma is now among one of the most earthquake-prone portions of the country, with much of the central part of the state listed as an earthquake risk zone. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Oklahoma joins California as earthquake risk zone due to manmade quakes

Kyle Feldscher · March 28, 2016 5:50 pm

Among likely voters in the state, Trump is at 36 percent and Cruz is at 35 percent. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

California poll shows tight race between Trump, Cruz

Kelly Cohen · March 27, 2016 3:13 pm

The hike to $15 an hour would make it the highest state rate in the nation. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Deal reached to raise California minimum wage to $15

Kelly Cohen · March 27, 2016 2:55 pm

Donald Trump leads with the support of 38 percent of those surveyed, followed by Ted Cruz at 19 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 12 percent. (AP Photo)

Poll: Trump up 19 points in California

Ryan Lovelace · March 24, 2016 9:35 pm