WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxiety about costs and affordability is particularly high among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians, even at a moment when economic stress is widespread, ...

Billionaires are leaving California in droves in the face of a ballot initiative seeking to place a 5 percent tax on their wealth. At least six dozen billionaires left the Golden State before the new ...

Leaders a petition drive aiming to recall Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick have collected nearly 16,000 signatures.

Gov. Brad Little (R) signed the program ( HB 93) into law in 2025, and it began accepting applications on Jan. 15, 2026.

The California DMV is recalling hundreds of thousands of Real IDs, a mistake officials attribute to a 20-year-old software glitch. Trump floats cancelling election, then insists he won't Maduro and ...

A proposed billionaire wealth tax in California is sparking debate over whether the measure, if passed, would lead to more harm than good if ultrawealthy residents in the state flee to other locales.

It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk. By Ryan Mac Theodore Schleifer ...

SAN DIEGO — California's Department of Motor Vehicles is recalling approximately 325,000 Real IDs after discovering that expiration dates on the cards do not match the expiration dates on holders' ...

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, ...

The organizers behind the effort of a billionaire tax will start to gather signatures this week needed to put the measure on the ballot. The tax is drawing sharp reactions among politicians and the ...

California’s billionaires have threatened to pack up before—usually over taxes. Now, a new ballot proposal — 2026 Billionaire Tax Act— aimed squarely at the state’s richest is reigniting that debate.

Rachel Fassnacht, watched by election officer Megan Lopes, votes at the North Natomas Library in Sacramento in 2023. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Proponents can now begin collecting ...