SACRAMENTO — California Governor Gavin Newsom drew sharp scrutiny this week after declining to guarantee that a future Democratic administration would roll back President Trump’s steep new tariffs on Canadian […]
Supreme Court’s Mail-Ballot Order Leaves California’s Midterm Election Machinery in Legal Limbo
WASHINGTON/SACRAMENTO — A Supreme Court order this week has thrown the rules governing mail-in ballots for the November midterms into a state of prolonged uncertainty, and California, home to one […]
Meta’s $17 Billion Reckoning Sets a New Global Standard for Child Safety Online
OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle claims from 47 states that its Instagram and Facebook platforms were deliberately engineered to hook adolescent […]
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet Is Losing Money — And Testing the IMF’s Patience
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet Is Losing Money — And Testing the IMF’s Patience By Jose Navarro, MBA President Nayib Bukele’s government secured a $1.4 billion Extended Fund Facility from the […]
Follow the Money: Who’s Funding Miami-Dade’s Commissioners, and Why
By Jose Navarro, MBA Every election cycle, Miami-Dade County’s thirteen commissioners and its mayor raise money from a remarkably consistent donor base: developers, government contractors, lobbyists, and the firms competing […]
SANDAG’s New Boss Inherited a Mess. Is He Cleaning It Up — Or Just Consolidating Control?
By Jose Navarro, MBA When Mario Orso took over as CEO of the San Diego Association of Governments in June 2024, he inherited an agency in genuine crisis: a toll-collection […]
California’s $16 Billion Lucky Break — And the Deficit It’s Hiding
By Jose Navarro, MBA In June, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced their three-party budget agreement, highlighted by the striking figure: […]
FEMA Cut Its Staff. The Disasters Didn’t Stop.
By Jose Navarro, MBA On August 4, the Government Accountability Office published a blunt verdict on the state of America’s disaster response agency: FEMA reduced its workforce in 2025 and […]
Beijing’s Stimulus Bet — And What It Means for American Wallets
By Jose Navarro, MBA On August 21, China’s Vice Finance Minister Liao Min addressed reporters in Beijing, revealing that the government is currently “studying and drafting new coordinated fiscal and […]
Press Freedom Index Ranks El Salvador Among Region’s Most Restrictive as Journalists Flee
The Inter American Press Association says 50 Salvadoran journalists went into exile amid what a local press association calls “escalating repression” under Bukele. A new hemispheric press freedom index has […]