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By Lawrence Hurley, NBC NEWS https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/reversal-justice-samuel-alito-steps-major-climate-case-rcna600318 WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will no longer participate in a major climate…
Sep 28, 2026
By Gerardo Zavala, KALW https://www.kalw.org/bay-area-news/2026-09-28/consumer-watchdog-says-strategy-to-insure-more-residents-in-wildfire-areas-has-failed The consumer advocacy group looked at rate filings from ten insurers and found they’ve sought more than…
Sep 28, 2026
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Sep 24, 2026
By Matthew Sellers, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/jane-kims-plan-to-remake-california-insurance-draws-fire-as-fair-plan-increase-nears-591074.aspx California’s insurer of last resort will start billing new and renewing customers an average of 29.1%…
Sep 24, 2026
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/09/insurance-new-policies-progress/ Insurance companies are starting to write new policies in California again after years of holding back as…
Sep 23, 2026
The American Spectator | USA News and Politics https://spectator.org/the-feds-are-closing-in-on-newsom-and-his-corporate-bankrollers/ The Justice Department has been investigating California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife…
Sep 22, 2026
By Don Sweeney, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article317283644.html After freezing new home insurance policies in California in 2022 and 2023, Allstate and State Farm…
Sep 18, 2026
By Hope Patti, LAW360 More than three years after announcing it would no longer sell new homeowners insurance policies in California, State…
Sep 17, 2026
By Craig Anderson, DAILY JOURNAL The 9th Circuit asked California’s high court to decide whether USAA may charge enlisted servicemembers higher auto…
Sep 11, 2026
By Sarah Hofmann, DESMOG https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/11/carbon-capture-is-booming-so-is-the-push-to-shift-oversight-to-states/ In southern Alabama, a major underground carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, the Pine Hills Storage Hub, (opens…
Sep 11, 2026
By Hope Patti, LAW360 Law360 (September 10, 2026, 6:43 PM EDT) — The Ninth Circuit on Thursday sought the California Supreme Court’s…
Sep 10, 2026
By Tony Saavedra, PRESS ENTERPRISE https://www.pressenterprise.com/2026/09/09/edison-pushes-for-special-legislative-session-on-wildfire-liability-reform/ With the recent meltdown of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to reform wildfire liability, Rosemead-based Edison International…
Sep 9, 2026
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/09/ca-insurance-commissioner-power/ In November, California voters will choose who oversees one of the biggest insurance markets in the world.…
Sep 9, 2026
By CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-currents/2026/09/04/the-pickleball-organizer-who-helped-kill-newsoms-wildfire-plan-01066151 With help from Alex Nieves and Marisa Guerra Echeverria WHAT’S AFTER FIRE: Joy Chen was organizing pickleball games in…
Sep 4, 2026
By Laurence Sarmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-09-04/george-joseph-pioneering-mercury-general-founder-dies-at-104 George Joseph came of age during the Great Depression, a calamity that left with him…
Sep 4, 2026
By Tony Saavedra, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER https://www.ocregister.com/2026/09/01/wildfire-reform-proposal-dies-at-the-last-minute-amid-pushback-from-edison-pge-sempra After months of negotiations and a last-minute compromise, a once-vaunted wildfire liability plan was killed…
Sep 3, 2026