Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Monday, March 9, 2015 – 04:30 p.m.
Tonight on The Lou Desmond & Company Show, estimable economist Jay Prag joins Lou to discuss what it takes to be a leader in a business setting.
Published: March 6, 2015 – Updated: March 8, 2015 11:02 p.m.
A longtime idea to expand passenger rail service to the Coachella Valley and the San Gorgonio Pass is picking up speed.
To read story by Erin Waldner in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
Published: March 8, 2015 Updated: 11:39 p.m.
It took three months for Gov. Jerry Brown to fill a vacancy on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors created when Jeff Stone was elected to the state Senate in November.
By Carla Marinucci
Sunday, March 8, 2015 – Updated 7:53 pm
Republicans are down on their luck in California. They don’t hold a single statewide office, and their image isn’t getting any help from their colleagues in Washington, who seem unable to get anything done in Congress.
By Ed Mendel
Monday, March 9, 2015
Something that rarely happens in California could result from Gov. Brown’s proposal to contain growing state worker retiree health care costs — benefits received by current government retirees might be reduced.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
03/08/2015 9:05 PM
Let’s assume – at least for this missive – that two years hence, Kamala Harris will have begun her new job: U.S. senator.
By Ron Fournier
March 8, 2015
“Follow the money.” That apocryphal phrase, attributed to Watergate whistle-blower “Deep Throat,” explains why the biggest threat to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential dreams is not her emails. It’s her family foundation. That’s where the money is: corporate money, foreign money, gobs of money sloshing around a vanity charity that could be renamed “Clinton Conflicts of Interest Foundation.”
By Sean Sullivan
March 8, 2015 at 11:15 AM
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called Sunday on Hillary Clinton to “step up and come out” to explain in more detail why she used a personal e-mail account to conduct government business during her time as secretary of state.
By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times
Updated: 11:33 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2015
Obamacare exchange customers could see a significant spike in their premiums over the next few years as insurers face pressures from both the government and the marketplace, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday in a new analysis finding Obamacare is both cheaper and less comprehensive than predicted.