Feb 25, 2019

Politico California Pro editor and Sacramento Bee veteran Kevin Yamamura joins us to discuss what to expect from the new kid on the block covering politics and government in Sacramento. We discuss the changing media landscape and trends in political journalism, how Politico California Pro’s state government coverage...

Feb 18, 2019

Samuel Coleman, California Director of the Freedom Foundation, discusses his organization’s efforts to inform union members of their First Amendment rights after the landmark Supreme Court Janus decision in 2018.  Janus ruled that non-union members no longer have to pay dues to their union, effectively making...

Feb 11, 2019

Sally Pipes, president and CEO of PRI and PRI’s health care expert, discusses the future of single-payer health care, which is shaping up to be a hot political issue in the 2020 presidential elections.  She also talks about the future of single-payer in California, especially now that both houses and the governor are...

Feb 6, 2019

PRI’s Lance Izumi and Tim Anaya – both former speechwriters – weigh in on this week’s State of the Union address by President Trump and the Democratic response by Stacey Abrams.  They discuss the impact of the one-week delay, whether the President and Democrats were effective in messaging the shutdown and...