The 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 Diego
San 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 It
California’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 Payments
In 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 Ignore
The 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 […]
A Governor’s Last Word: DeSantis’s Final-Term Legacy
Bill Meets Miami-Dade’s Budget Math Ron DeSantis has five months left as Florida’s governor. Term-limited after two consecutive terms,he will leave office in January 2027 regardless of what happens in […]
Who Actually Absorbed the Cuts: Testing San Diego’sEquity Promise Against a $118 Million Deficit
San Diego’s city budget has an equity framework built into how it’s supposed to work. CouncilPolicy 800-14 requires capital projects to be scored on equity criteria before funding. The Parksand […]
Obscured Facts: The Inspector General’s Verdict onCalifornia High-Speed Rail’s 2026 Business Plan
California’s high-speed rail project has produced a fresh document that should have settled thedebate over its finances. Instead, the state’s own watchdog says the document itself can’t betrusted at face […]
The $186 Billion Question: Which Agencies Are Leaking
Taxpayer Money, and Can It Be Stopped? While Congress spent early September negotiating a continuing resolution to keep thegovernment funded through December 11, a quieter and more persistent number sat […]