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By Alex Brown, STATELINE https://stateline.org/2025/10/13/the-wests-power-grid-could-be-stitched-together-if-red-and-blue-states-buy-in For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to…
Oct 13, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES One hallmark of the 1988 ballot measure that governs California’s auto and home insurance code allows the…
Oct 13, 2025By Mark Anderson, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS JOURNAL https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2025/10/11/fair-insurance-plan-seeks-rate-increase.html The California FAIR Plan, the homeowners insurance of last resort, is seeking an average 35.8%…
Oct 11, 2025The billionaire megadonor’s ad buy has fueled a fresh round of speculation about his political prospects. By Jeremy White, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/10/tom-steyer-ad-buy-katie-porter-stumble-stir-comeback-talk-pro-00601059 Tom…
Oct 10, 2025By Dylan Moroses, LAW360 https://www.law360.com/articles/2397413?ta_id=1324219&utm_source=targeted-alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=case-article-alert# Law360 (October 8, 2025, 11:47 PM EDT) — Either President Donald Trump doesn’t have authority to impose…
Oct 9, 2025By Alejandro Lazo, CALMATTERS An explosion rattled windows across nearby neighborhoods. Orange columns of flame shot like blowtorches out of stacks and…
Oct 9, 2025By Doug Bailey, INSURANCE NEWS NET As wildfires continue to drive up homeowners’ insurance premiums and prompt policy cancellations in California, a new…
Oct 6, 2025By Ethan Varian, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The FAIR Plan, California’s last-resort insurance program for homeowners needing fire coverage, is seeking approval for…
Oct 6, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES The California FAIR Plan, the state’s home insurer of last resort, is seeking an average 35.8%…
Oct 4, 2025By Noah Austin, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/10/refinery-fire-puts-pressure-on-california-gas-prices-oil-politics-00593806?site=pro&prod=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=headline&source=email SACRAMENTO, California — The fire Thursday night at California’s second-largest oil refinery spiked wholesale fuel prices and…
Oct 3, 2025By Stephanie Sierra and Olivia Gonzales, ABC7 https://abc7news.com/post/ca-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-laras-taxpayer-funded-trips-include-safari-visit-limo-service-5-star-resorts/17905685/?utm_campaign=trueanthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=instagram SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The Fair Political Practices Commission is assessing a state complaint into California’s…
Oct 2, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES Gov. Gavin Newsom called Tuesday for a report that will study whether to limit the liabilities…
Oct 2, 2025By Stephanie Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312330753.html Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday asked the Department of Insurance to make recommendations about California’s troubled…
Oct 1, 2025States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities. …
Sep 30, 2025The utility says customers could actually see rates dip as more power-hungry data centers connect to the grid. But that’s after rates…
Sep 29, 2025
Consumer Watchdog issued a “Consumer Alert” video warning the public about several misstatements Governor Newsom made at Climate Week in New York…
Sep 26, 2025
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing more new insurance rules that critics are calling “vindictive,” and which…
Sep 24, 2025