Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove went on Bloomberg this week and said something very honest: California’s tax system depends on a tiny slice of ultra-wealthy people to pay the bills, and that makes state revenue “very volatile.” The timing mattered. Her remarks came after reporting that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others are taking steps to prepare More

This week brought another reminder that the Paycheck Protection Program, launched as an emergency lifeline, turned into an invitation for creative accounting and taxpayer losses. Murotech Ohio Corporation, a St. Marys auto-parts subsidiary of Japan’s Muro Corporation, agreed to pay $3,039,615 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it understated employee counts on PPP applications More

Representative Ilhan Omar’s first televised interview since federal agents searched her Washington residence gave us two clear things: a dramatic sound bite and a reminder that the rule of law can be messy when politics are involved. In the MS NOW interview, Omar said, “Obviously, I can’t continue to live there,” because her home address More

Pope Leo XIV’s doctors handed the faithful some welcome news this week: final tests on tissue removed during his recent lung operation show a localized adenocarcinoma, and the Holy See Press Office says “no further treatment is necessary.” The pope, who had part of his right lung removed at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic, has been discharged More

A New Mexico judge has just ordered Meta — the company that used to be called Facebook — to pay a staggering $25 billion over the old Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The ruling grows out of a jury finding that Meta lied to New Mexico users about how it handled their data. This is a More