by jpitney | Sep 14, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
David Bauder and Linley Sanders at AP: While about half of Americans say they are following political news “extremely” or “very” closely, about 6 in 10 say they need to limit how much information they consume about the government and politics to avoid feeling...
by jpitney | Sep 13, 2024 | California Politics, Education
Dan Walters at CalMatters: California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability. Their other numbers problem is the financial squeeze posed by declining...
by jpitney | Sep 12, 2024 | Congress
Kevin R. Kosar at The Hill: Last week, the Library of Congress made an important announcement: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is getting a new director. Karen Donfried will begin her 10-year term on Sept. 23. She takes over for interim director Robert...
by jpitney | Sep 11, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civility
At the WSJ, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE): We live in the greatest country in the world. To maintain our greatness, we need more focus on consensus-building and less on hating our fellow Americans. We need to make progress on our national debt and the border, improve our...
by jpitney | Sep 10, 2024 | California Politics, Homelessness
Lynn La at CalMatters: An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago....
