By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | October 15, 2026 KYIV, Ukraine. On Wednesday, Ukraine lost part of its battlefield network at the same time Russian missiles […]
San Diego Raised Transit Fares. The Deficit Behind Them Is Many Times Bigger.
MTS projects a gap of up to $141 million by fiscal 2030, and a draft scenario would eliminate a third of its bus routes By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | […]
Prop. 41 Promises Audits. Read the Two Other Things It Does.
The measure would require auditor reviews of new special taxes, but it also changes the spending limit and can void another measure on the same ballot By Jose E. Navarro, […]
Social Security Just Promised a 3.6% Raise. The Ledger Behind It Promises a 22% Cut.
The 2027 COLA is good news for 72 million beneficiaries, and the trust fund that pays it lost $160 billion last year By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro […]
The World Is Heading Toward 100 Percent Debt. The Interest Bill Is What Matters.
The IMF moved its debt milestone up a year, and the cost of carrying that debt is rising faster than the balance By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro […]
Miami Won the Match. Did Taxpayers Win the Ledger?
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | October 13, 2026 Miami’s World Cup is over. The stadium filled, the trains ran, and county officials called the tournament a […]
Three Ballot Measures, One Billionaire Tax: How a Yes Can Cancel a Yes
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | October 13, 2026 California voters will see three measures on the Nov. 3 ballot that cannot all take full effect. Proposition […]
San Diego Police Want AI to Write Their Reports. The Evidence Isn’t In Yet.
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | October 13, 2026 The San Diego Police Department is shopping for artificial intelligence to help officers write reports. It says it […]
A Judge Halts $20 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Ads. Who Covers the Bill?
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | October 13, 2026 A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Sunday to cancel its remaining taxpayer-funded television ads, a rare […]
A Diesel Deal With Putin Draws Fire From Both Parties
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | October 13, 2026 A dozen U.S. senators, split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to rescind […]