by jpitney | Apr 24, 2025 | Economic Policy, Taxes, Trade
Understanding the Effects of Tariffs By Kyle Pomerleau | Erica York Abstract We provide an overview of the major implications of tariffs on the economy, federal revenue, and households. Tariffs do not directly affect the trade deficit, which is driven by net lending...
by jpitney | Apr 23, 2025 | California Politics, Economic Policy, Trade
AT LAT, Malia Mendez reports: [A trade war} “could devastate Southern California’s nearly $300-billion trade and logistics industry in the coming years, according to a Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. report released Tuesday. The report,...
by jpitney | Apr 21, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Grace Toohey at LAT: The fire “brought to the forefront the issues of us being unincorporated; in some ways it did put us at a disadvantage,” said Darlene Greene, a member of Altadena’s town council, which can pass along concerns or recommendations to Los Angeles...
by jpitney | Apr 20, 2025 | China, Technology, Trade
Nathan Gardels at Noema writes of the unanticipated consequences of the trade war: … Keyu Jin, author of “The New China Playbook: Between Socialism and Capitalism,” points out that the tariff war will also result in reshaping China’s industrial structure, likely...
by jpitney | Apr 19, 2025 | Public Policy, Public Service
Last year, David Dreier and David Price urged Congress not to gut AmeriCorps. We got a reminder of its importance when its volunteers took part in the recovery from the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire. Now, as AP reports, DOGE is gutting it outside the law....
by jpitney | Apr 18, 2025 | Canada, Trade
Gov. Jared Polis, interview about tariffs in The Washington Post: The risk has delayed and canceled investments in manufacturing in Colorado and across the country. Nobody knows if they can even get the parts and materials they need. Nobody knows if they’ll be able to...
by jpitney | Apr 17, 2025 | Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
Mark Caro at Poynter: The old formula went like this: Journalism undergrads would learn in classes and maybe work on the school paper and then get professional experience via internships or summer jobs at news outlets. But with the local news industry reeling,...
by jpitney | Apr 16, 2025 | Civil Rights, Constitution, Due Process
Robert P. George on Twitter: Every single one of us has a profound interest in government at every level strictly observing due process of law. All of us should be deeply concerned by any violation of anyone’s due process rights, whether in criminal or...
by jpitney | Apr 15, 2025 | California Politics, Crime, Transportation
Robert Leiwis at CaMatters: Because California has no centralized court system and records aren’t online, we then traveled to courthouses up and down the state to read through tens of thousands of pages of files. Once we had defendants’ names and other information, we...
by jpitney | Apr 14, 2025 | Public Service, Violence
Lex Harvey, Zoe Sottile and Ali Main, CNN: Pennsylvania State Police have charged a Harrisburg man they say broke into Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence early Sunday and started a fire while Shapiro and his family were sleeping. Shapiro, his wife Lori, their four...
