Be it kismet or coincidence, a power outage late last week in downtown Sacramento briefly interrupted the California state legislature’s rush to decide which bills merit further consideration in this year’s session—the notion of “lights off, somebody home” being perhaps a preview of this summer’s anticipated rolling blackouts across the Golden State.

What an encounter with a parent at a sporting event says about the mood of California’s Latino population.

Schools have a big impact on everything else. A new analysis can help metro areas benchmark themselves and learn what works to build quality into K-12 education.

Co-author: Cheryl Oldham

On May 6 the annual Hoover monetary policy conference returned. It was great. In particular, the opening panels by Rich Clarida, Larry Summers, and John Taylor, and the final panel with Jim Bullard, Randy Quarles, and Christopher Waller were eloquent and insightful.