Here are five key issues to watch closely this economic forecast season
In an effort to cut through the noise to some real issues facing our region, I’ll offer up five of the key indicators that I’ll be watching in the weeks ahead.
Read More →Chamber has Santa Maria-style recipe for economic development
Politicians, business types and pundits have been searching for a model that’s cost-effective and politically viable.
Read More →Partnerships begin to emerge in race for drone technology business
The promise and risk in what could be the next aerospace boom in Southern California.
Read More →Prop. 30 draws battle line between education and business leaders
Whether it passes or fails, the Proposition 30 debate has drawn some battle lines that won’t easily be erased.
Read More →Congressional candidates joust over taxes, housing
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Correction appended below.] Assemblymember Julia Brownley and state Sen. Tony Strickland clashed over fiscal policy, housing and education at an Oct. 2 debate in Thousand Oaks as their campaigns for the 26th U.S. Congressional district remained a close contest. Held at California Lutheran University, the debate turned especially heated when Brownley accused Strickland of voting against California’s Homeowners Bill of Read More →
Read More →Attorney general owes us straight answers in health care investigation
Thanks in part to Obamacare and in part to an aggressive move by California’s attorney general, this is a historic moment for health care in the Tri-Counties. As I write this column, more than half the population of the region is served by a hospital that is in the early stages of an antitrust investigation. Read More →
Read More →These three middle-class firms are fighting their way to the top
This is turning out to be a tough time for some of the region’s biggest names in fashion, fast food and financial services.
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