The California Chamber of Commerce, a powerful business lobbying group, has honed a specific strategy with a high success rate — labeling bills it deems most burdensome “job-killers” and tracking them on an annual list. State Capitol photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

State chamber releases list of ‘job-killer’ bills

By Grace Gedye CalMatters Economy Reporter  The California Legislature, with its Democratic supermajority, is known for passing first-in-the-nation laws that ramp up labor and consumer protections — often in the face

Letters to the Editor

Dr. Gene Dorio | Behind the Overdose Crisis

We have an overdose crisis in this country, and it certainly does not exclude the Santa Clarita Valley. I am a house-call geriatric physician caring for wheelchair- and bed-bound patients

Letters to the Editor

Max Morgan | Don’t Forget Truth Serum for Joe

“MAGA, MAGA, MAGA.” In his latest weekly fixation and obsession with MAGA Republicans and Donald Trump, Thomas Oatway (March 24) has called for all politicians who lie to be injected

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at an event before signing into law his oil profit penalty plan in Sacramento on March 28, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Newsom signs watered-down oil profit penalty into law

By Alexei Koseff CalMatters Capitol Reporter  For six months, Gov. Gavin Newsom waged a highly public battle against the oil industry, accusing companies of fleecing Californians as gasoline prices soared to

Jonathan Kraut

Jonathan Kraut | Will FOX Bubble Burst?

Even an avid Fox viewer would know that Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News for defamation with malicious intent.    Fox hosts pounded away hour

Letters to the Editor

Christopher Lucero | On Truth and Justice

Recently, a letter by an individual who had 50-plus years of experience as an attorney provided his perspective on truth (Stephen Maseda, letters, March 17). It was less than objective.

David Hegg

David Hegg | Considering Contentment

By David Hegg I stood in line at my favorite coffee shop and realized something frightening. Just like the four folks ahead of me, I had taken out my phone just

Letters to the Editor

Rick Barker | Absolutely Ridiculous

In re: Signal article, “Supes approve gun-regulatory motions, enact new gun ordinances,” (Feb. 16). News flash for our illustrious county Board of Supervisors: By definition, criminals do not obey laws!

Paul Butler: Going the Extra Mile

Paul Butler | We Carry Our Own Weather

Have you noticed how some people carry their own weather with them? Sadly, some seem to live life under a perpetual cloud of misery and moaning. What makes matters worse