@HoumanHematti / X; Kena Betancur / Getty ImagesCommentary Newsom Asks Public to Help Design New California Coin, Instantly Regrets It When California Governor Gavin Newsom took to X to get submissions for a new coin design, things didn't go how he probably expected. By Connor Cavanaugh April 28, 2024
@ccadelago / X screen shot Familiar Fox News Face Considering a Run to Take Down Gavin Newsom: Report A California sheriff who is trying to scrap a proposition that fueled the state's crime wave is a potential GOP candidate for governor. By Jack Davis April 12, 2024
Adam Teitelbaum - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary California Primed for the Big One and the State's Not Ready Earthquake victims will have to rely on the same officials who imposed useless and draconian COVID-19 rules if an actual crisis occurs. By Christine Favocci April 12, 2024
Matt Cardy / Getty ImagesCommentary McDonald's $25 Deal Angers Customers, Shows Damage California's $20 Minimum Wage Is Doing to Fast-Food Industry One McDonald's franchisee said he may have to cut workers' hours and raise prices further to offset the higher labor costs. By Samantha Chang April 11, 2024
Michael A. Mariant - File / APCommentary Environmentalists Suing to Shut Down Power Plant Providing 9% of State's Power As if California needed to get more expensive, now a group of environmentalists wants to shut down nearly a tenth of the state's electricity. By C. Douglas Golden April 7, 2024
@tedcruz / X screen shot Popular Pizza Chain Forced to Close 5 Locations After California's $20 Minimum Wage Kicks In The move coincides with a steep rise in prices at McDonald's, Burger King, Chipotle and In-N-Out Burger in the Golden State. By Adelle Nazarian April 5, 2024
Saul Loeb - AFP / Getty Images; PlumpJack Inn / FacebookCommentary Newsom's Restaurant Pays $16 an Hour Despite Law Crippling Fast Food Chains with $20 Minimum Wage Yet again, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is leading by anti-example -- the same way that he did with restaurant restrictions under COVID-19. By C. Douglas Golden April 5, 2024
Frederic J. Brown - AFP / Getty Images ; Justin Sullivan / Getty Images ; Bruce Bennett / Getty ImagesCommentary Burger King, In-N-Out, and Others Raise Prices Significantly 2 Days After California's $20 Minimum Wage Kicks In California's new minimum wage law is already making menu items more expensive as residents get a lesson in economics. By Samuel Short April 3, 2024
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesCommentary Countless Workers Face Layoffs, Reduced Hours as California's Outrageous New Minimum Wage Law Kicks In These kinds of consequences can only be called "unforeseen" if liberals are the ones in charge of foreseeing them. By Joe Saunders April 2, 2024
Jason Taylor AG / Shutterstock California Fast-Food Chains to Fire Workers as $20 Minimum Wage Kicks In The Democrats' continued hiking of the minimum wage seems to be driving businesses to make drastic decisions. By Warner Todd Huston March 25, 2024