Our View: Time to get California in line with federal tax rules
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Read More →Opinion: Ventura County schools turn their eyes toward career education and training
By César Morales As the state and local economies begin to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the workforce needs of Ventura County businesses will take center stage. Ventura County businesses require well-qualified employees who want to grow their careers in our community and our students need stable, well-paying job opportunities close to home. Ventura County’s Read More →
Read More →Opinion: Doors are open at Ventura County hotels
By Victor Dollar After more than a year of restrictions, California’s tourism sector reopens for small gatherings, meetings and events this month — the first step on the state’s journey to economic recovery. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” and “Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy” lays out the COVID-19 safety requirements Read More →
Read More →Our view: NIMBYism is ‘a moral failing’
When it comes to no-growth politics and economic inequality, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond does not pull any punches. At a United Way of Ventura County symposium on homelessness on April 9, the Princeton sociologist described NIMBY-ism as a root cause of rising homelessness because of the way it breaks the bottom rungs of the Read More →
Read More →Our View: Southwest’s arrival will give region’s flyers a big lift
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Read More →Opinion: It takes guts to be a woman in politics
By Lois Phillipsand Anita Perez Ferguson Twelve women with different backgrounds and areas of expertise are advancing into top leadership roles in President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. Eight are women of color. As advisors to the president, they will be the first women ever to serve in key posts, including Treasury, Defense, and Veterans’ Affairs, all Read More →
Read More →Opinion: Pandemic’s effect on the workforce hasn’t been equal
By Midge Campbell-Thomas According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2019 there were 109,000 more women working than men, occupying 50.04% of positions. However, once the pandemic evolved, thousands of women left the workforce to accommodate responsibilities brought on by stay-at-home orders, which left them as full-time caregivers According to the January Read More →
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