While the rest of the nation is about to enjoy a much-needed corrective to President Barack Obama's big-government fright fest, Californians can expect election results that range from disappointing to depressing.

Do doctors like ObamaCare? Judging by the number of doctors who are running for Congress in opposition to it, the answer would appear to be a resounding no.

This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics went to Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen, and Christopher Pissarides for their work on "search theory," especially as applied to labor markets.

California’s unemployment rate is 12.4 percent - third-highest in the country - but that statistic fails to tell the whole story of our economic woes.

The media have been providing serious reporting about a "UC Berkeley [2]" study showing that public employees earn a total salary and benefit package that's about the same as those in the private sector.

Patient choice looks to be the first casualty of Obamacare.

A study two years ago found that California substantially lagged behind Texas economically, based on the two states' taxes, regulatory policies and government spending.

California’s public employee unions have taken the public for suckers for years, so it’s understandable they now think they can play us for fools.

Above all else, the coming election is about ObamaCare.

The report had a tantalizing hook: "Proposition 23 will create 1.3 million jobs by 2020," including 150,000 jobs next year.

Those Orange County political observers who have been awaiting a repeat of the June supervisorial grudge match that pitted pension-reforming Shawn Nelson, then a Fullerton councilman, against union-backed Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu must be sorely disappointed.

Obamacare is under siege in the courts. Monday, federal Judge Henry Hudson announced that he'd rule on Virginia's constitutional challenge to the health law before year's end.

With Washington set to assume control of more than half of all health care spending - and thus remake nearly 20 percent of the economy - it's worth asking if the federal government is up to the task.

Jackpot Justice is a three-part documentary series based on the policy research of Lawrence McQuillan, Pacific Research Institute's director of Business and Economic Studies: Lawyers Gone Wild; Judicial Hellholes; and More Lawyers, Fewer Doctors.

What does voter anger at pension payouts and government spending mean for candidates who rely on the support of public employees?

As the November election approaches, Californians don’t need to be reminded of the dismal state of the Golden State.

A general economic malaise permeates everyday life in California, best illustrated by the state's 12.4 percent unemployment rate, third-highest in the country.

If approved by the California electorate in two weeks, Proposition 23 would suspend the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 ("AB32") until the state unemployment rate declines to 5.5% or less for four consecutive quarters.

Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch, and retired administrator Larry Aceves want to be California's superintendent of public instruction.

In 2009, the top 10 jury awards in the United States alone totaled $1.5 billion.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently warned that if voters approve a November initiative legalizing marijuana, the state will become a national “laughingstock.”

It’s a dangerous world. At least, that’s what the warning labels on common consumer products would lead us to believe.

What happens when environmental fashion collides with a state's desperate need for jobs and economic growth?

Arlington, Va.—On November 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the next big school choice case. 

With Washington set to assume control of more than half of all health care spending -- and thus remake nearly 20 percent of the economy -- it's worth asking if the federal government is up to the task.

Last week the Democratic leader of the state Senate said the state should provide child care for people no longer on welfare, among $470 million worth of other social services.

Proposition 23 would suspend the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) until the state unemployment rate, now 12.4 percent, declines to 5.5 percent for four straight quarters.

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pared nearly a billion dollars from the state budget, Democratic politicians and liberal groups cried foul and said they'd attempt to undo the cuts in health and social services when the Legislature returns to Sacramento in December.

If there’s anything that the vast majority of Americans can agree upon politically, it’s that federal spending is out of control.

Laffer: "In several key areas, California's economy has become even less competitive than before"

“If I am elected, the bald will grow thick hair.” Alas, I am not a candidate for anything, and so the bald will have to continue their suffering in silence.

If approved by the California electorate this November, Proposition 23 will suspend the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) until the California unemployment rate declines to 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters.

Huge deficits and mounting debt. Increasing concern about creditworthiness. Large and growing government. Constant calls for higher taxes. High unemployment and a discouraged, even fearful, business community.

SACRAMENTO It has become almost impossible to exaggerate the depth of the state's pension scandals, as more details emerge not only about the city of Bell, but about common abuses in other burgs.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two bills that he touts as reforms to "provide affordable and quality health care insurance."

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two bills that he touts as reforms to "provide affordable and quality health care insurance."

John R. Graham of the Pacific Research Institute discusses the harms of the medical loss ratios mandated in ObamaCare (HR 3590):

Proposition 23 on the Nov. 2 ballot would delay implementation of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32). A recent study from the California Small Business Roundtable deals with the economic costs of that legislation.