US | Government Avoids Shutdown for 45 Days
Congress avoided a government shutdown on October 1, 2023, by passing a stopgap spending bill that funds federal agencies at last year’s levels for 45 days.
Forbes | What Happens When Startups And Small Businesses Are Taken For Granted
(Recent Census Bureau data show new business startups in California increasingly reluctant to hire other workers, given the costs and risks—the result of years in which state government piled costs and requirements on these startups and small businesses.) I can still...
HMB Review | Headlines – Fewer Artichokes Produced in San Mateo County, 2 Updates for Cabrillo Unified, 2 Articles on City of HMB, Update on La Honda-Pescadero Unified, and Harbor Slip Fees
Fewer artichokes produced in San Mateo County Mediation fails to produce contract for teachers City exempts itself from rules for 555 Kelly Ave. development Cabrillo school district settles on strategic priorities City eyes deficit as Sheriff’s Office, dispatch...
CalChamber | Quarterly Economic Outlook: Strength, Resiliency in Some Sectors Offset by Small or Negative Gains in Others
Following a steep sell-off in the first half of 2022, the Standards & Poor 500 started 2023 with an impressive +15.9% first half return, ranking as the second strongest first half return since 2000, behind only 2019 and ahead of 2021. Contrary to the market’s...