California is drowning in hazardous forest waste
By Matt Dias, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.…
JCorp’s strategic asset allocation approach
AS chief investment officer, I often reflect on the weight of investment decisions. These decisions shape the financial…
UC’s $28 million system for pensions produced chaos
By Dan Walters, CalMatters The University of California Office of the President offices in downtown Oakland on May…
Cap and trade gets a new name and a new mission
By Dan Walters, CalMatters A high speed rail ramp under construction in Fresno on Sept. 12, 2025. The…
Behind the negotiating table to end the Russia-Ukraine war
A recent flurry of negotiations among American, Russian, Ukrainian, and European officials to find a diplomatic solution to…
What Utahns are saying about rising health care costs
Happy Saturday, and welcome to Inside Voices, a weekly newsletter that features a collection of ideas, perspectives and…
Departing Rangers from 2023 team will be remembered for how they changed franchise history
The news cycle only spins forward, never gazes back. Lane Kiffin’s jumping ship. What comes next? Well, that’s…
Modernizing employment records: The public infrastructure the US labor market needs
When the pandemic hit, millions lost jobs overnight—but the U.S. had no way to quickly identify which workers…
Why are expiring ACA subsidies raising health insurance premiums?
With expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans set to expire at the end of 2025, Americans on…
It’s time for all of us to embrace hard conversations Marshawn Kneeland’s death sparked
The hard conversations that Brian Schottenheimer talked about this week, that therapists say are precisely what are needed…
Tariffs are a particularly bad way to raise revenue
The Trump administration has radically reshaped U.S. trade policy with extremely high tariff rates. A variety of objectives…
Stop letting Chicago’s hospital aid flow to wealthy suburbs
Representing Chicago’s West Side in the Illinois House of Representatives, I’ve seen firsthand how access to health care…