Medi-Cal faces funding crisis from state and federal cuts
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Parlier resident Javier Hernandez gets a checkup at the Saint Agnes Mobile Health Unit…
When medicine supply chains become weapons: China’s leverage and how the U.S. should respond
Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a testimony given to the U.S. House Select Committee on the…
Stars’ uncanny impression of 1999 Stanley Cup team finally gives out vs. Utah Mammoth
Walking from the parking garage to the American Airlines, the first two Dallas Stars jerseys I saw crossing…
Plastic produce packaging is greener than alternatives
By Kevin Kelly, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.…
CA carbon emission rules prompt new war of words
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Gas prices on display in Sacramento on March 8, 2026. Gas prices have recently…
Iran needs Voice of America
Republican strategist Doug Heye piped up on a talk show recently with what may seem like a non-sequitur…
Immigrants reduce America’s deficit. Congress should take notice. – Orange County Register
Amid ongoing congressional debates—culminating, of course, in a partial shutdown—over Trump’s mass deportation agenda, one fact in particular…
Moving fast, breaking the world. AI risks shattering our shared reality.
Artificial intelligence is here: writing paragraphs, generating images, mimicking voices, shaping what billions of people see each day,…
How factional primaries could turn a Democratic wave into a trickle
Over the next seven months, most states will hold primary elections to determine congressional candidates for their respective…
Trump is dismantling climate rules. Industry is worried.
On Thursday, February 12, U.S. President Donald Trump and Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee…
California is ‘nowhere near’ emissions, recycling goals
By Clemens Stockreiter, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.…
Is US trade policy on a new path?
One year into President Trump’s “America First” trade policy, the U.S. is not simply adjusting tariff levels. It…