Bill on Governor Brown’s Desk Would Expand the Underground Economy

Several weeks ago, the California Labor Commissioner reported that 70 workers would receive over $200,000 in wages cheated from them by their employers. That same day, the California Senate sent a bill to the Assembly to defund the very same group that uncovered the wage theft. Partisans in the Assembly have now sent the bill […]

When the Inflatable Rat Shows Up, You Know You Have Won the Argument

There’s an old adage in politics and kindergarten, “Never resort to name calling, it means you’re losing.” This truth was on display May 18th when Erik Bruvold, founding president of the National University System Institute for Policy Research, presented the results and took questions about his groundbreaking study on the cost of Project Labor Agreements on […]