Editorials
- Our View: California universities far less appealing
- California keeps breaking. Example: Kids in the state aren't choosing California universities as much as in the past. According to a recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, "Enrollment rates at U.C. and CSU have fallen by one-fift... Full story
- Our View: No way to fix a 'fiscal disconnect'
- Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday unveiled his revised budget for the coming fiscal year with twin pleas. He pleaded poverty and pleaded with voters to approve more taxes on the November ballot.
Both pleas are curious. If state government is impoverished, ... Full story
- Our View: Thumbs up, thumbs down
- Thumbs up to teacher Susan Fletcher for her very special effort that saw special education students experience Yuba City High School prom night. Believing it's important her students share all milestones regardless of their abilities, Fletcher went t... Full story
- Our View: CEOs rate California dead last for business, again
- It was alarming the first three or four times California was ranked last among 50 states for business environment. Now, Chief Executive magazine's annual ranking, based on a survey of 650 chief executives on taxation, regulation, workforce quality an... Full story
- Our View: The root of CSU's money woes
- California State University faculty throughout the state voted this month to authorize a strike next fall if their demands are not met. The faculty strikers, reported the Sacramento Bee, are demanding a 1 percent raise, "smaller class sizes, a guaran... Full story
- Our View: California businesses facing new tax hikes
- Ready for even more California tax increases? Corporate taxes could be going up another $1 billion a year. That's in addition to the $735 million a year in extra cigarette taxes if Proposition 29 passes in June. Come November, voters could green-ligh... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: CSU won’t stop prof’s offensive conduct
- California State University professors and other employees cannot engage in "discriminatory behavior, bullying or harassment," nor may they display "offensive conduct of an unwelcome nature ..."
So says the Free Speech Handbook issued to every Cal S... Full story
