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POLITICS


$4B in Federal Funds Pulled From California High Speed Rail. Newsom Vows to Fight
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is cutting off federal funding for California’s high-speed rail...


California Scales Back CEQA for Urban Housing Projects
A decades-long battle over California’s top environmental law may have finally ended. With Monday’s passage of a budget-related housing...


DOL Chief Defends OSHA’s Proposed Cuts
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer told congressional leaders last week that a leaner OSHA could still effectively protect America’s...


Commerce Department Pushing to Scale Back CHIPS Act Contracts
The Commerce Department is working to renegotiate several multibillion-dollar contracts awarded to chipmakers through the CHIPS and...


California Lawmakers Fast Track CEQA Reform Bills
A California environmental law often blamed for slowing housing production could be bypassed by two new bills now moving swiftly through...
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