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- Miami-Dade’s Enrollment Crisis Is a Demographic Story, Not Just a Budget OneThe Miami-Dade County School Board adopted a $7.4 billion budget this week — $100 million smaller than last year’s — and warned that more cuts are coming. The district’s own […]
- A Scenario Worth Game-Planning: What Bringing the Chargers Home Would Actually Cost San DiegoSan Diego taxpayers are still paying off a stadium that no longer physically exists. Qualcomm — later SDCCU — Stadium was demolished in 2021, yet the city carries roughly $11.5 […]
- High-Speed Rail’s Inspector General Says the Authority Is Hiding the Real Numbers — And Newsom Can’t Afford to Ignore ItCalifornia’s Office of the Inspector General for High-Speed Rail has done something the California High-Speed Rail Authority itself has resisted for years: put a hard date on the project’s cash […]
- Two Checks, One Election: The Arithmetic Behind Trump’s Pre-Midterm PaymentsIn the span of a week, the Trump administration announced two separate cash payments to American voters — a $500 rebate to roughly 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees and […]
- The Bond Market Is Sending Washington a Warning It Can’t IgnoreThe 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield touched 5.3% this week — the highest level since 2007 — before the Treasury Department stepped in with an emergency-sized buyback to calm the […]
- California’s Budget Hit $351.7 Billion. Here’s Where the Money Actually Went.Six years, $150 billion in new spending, and a fiscal story that no longer runs through the classroom. By Jose Navarro | The Navarro Report | September 8, 2026 California […]