The Never Ending Saga of State Debt
State Treasurer John Chiang issued a report recently that praises California’s fiscal strides in dealing with debt but also raises warnings that the state is still in the deep end of the debt pool. The issue of debt will be on voters minds as they confront a number of likely ballot issues next year that deal […]
California Higher Ed Still Number One, But Can We Stay On Top?
The numbers are in and California still boasts the nation’s finest public higher education system. That is the good news. The bad news is that we cannot afford to continue underfunding of public higher education without jeopardizing quality and access. A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California projects that the state will […]
A Nobel for Tunisia
Before last week, I didn’t know any Nobel laureates. Now, I feel like I know 11 million Nobel laureates. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded last week to, in effect, the entire country of Tunisia, population 11 million. Yes, it technically went to a “Quartet” of civil society groups – business, labor, human rights, and […]
The Cities Americans Are Thronging To And Fleeing
Cities get ranked in numerous ways — by income, hipness, tech-savviness and livability — but there may be nothing more revealing about the shifting fortunes of our largest metropolitan areas than patterns of domestic migration. Bright lights and culture may attract some, but people generally move to places with greater economic opportunity and a reasonable […]