By Associated Press March 28, 2014 6:55 am SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gun-control groups said Thursday they were trying to find a new legislative leader to champion firearms restrictions after one of their most outspoken supporters was charged in a federal gun-trafficking case. People on both sides of the gun control issue said the charges […]
By Jake Lambert As of March 18, 2014, state demographers have reported that Hispanics have surpassed White (non-Hispanic) people as the majority in the state of California by a percentage of 39% to 38.8%. If this comes as a surprise to you, it shouldn’t. Sociologists have been reporting this would happen since last year, but […]
Hispanics are shying away from signing up for health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges. At least one in three Latinos in the U.S. are uninsured, a far higher rate than whites or blacks. Yet, advocates say their Obamacare enrollment is lagging for a variety of reasons. “Some of these families have never had insurance in […]
By Washington Times (DC) February 18, 2014 12:27 pm When Frank Sinatra sang “New York, New York,” he may have been on to something. A movement is afoot to split New York into two regions – upstate and downstate – to acknowledge the gaping philosophical differences and improve representation. “I’ve lived in New York all […]
In 2009, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) apologized profusely to the White House for shouting, “You lie!” as President Barack Obama told Congress that Obamacare would not cover illegal immigrants. Now it would appear that the White House owes Wilson an apology, as Covered California–the flagship of state Obamacare exchanges–is recruiting illegal (“undocumented”) immigrants to sign […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal appeals court has struck down California’s concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that California is wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The […]
To help individuals and businesses make an informed choice, the Tax Foundation collects data on more than 100 tax provisions for each state and then ranks them to create its annual State Business Tax Climate Index. The 10 worst states on the list all levy complex, non-neutral taxes that favor some economic activities over others […]
California has long been the flagship for Obamacare. It was targeted last fall by President Barack Obama’s own activist group, Organizing for Action, for precisely that reason: given the strength of their volunteer efforts, they hoped the state could be a symbol for the success of Obamacare as a whole. That is one reason that […]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved late Friday to prevent a federal judge in California from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration, telling a court that recent disclosures about National Security Agency spying were not enough to undermine its claim that litigating the case would jeopardize state secrets. […]
SACRAMENTO — California has the toughest gun control laws in the nation, receiving an A- grade in a state-by-state analysis by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, officials said Monday. In the year after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary […]
