Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.  If you’ve used ChatGPT to ...

There’s bipartisan support for allowing other manufacturers of zero-emission vehicles, like Rivian and Lucid, to do so. Car ...

High-income earners, retirees and the wealthy have the most to gain from no state income tax, local experts said. Low and middle class people feel more of the burden from sales and property taxes and ...

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked ...

Supporters believe the free food would boost student outcomes, though the state’s budget shortfall could shadow the proposal.

The IRS launched the pilot program known as Direct File in 2024 so that people can file their tax returns directly with the federal government.

The Washington Nationals are entering Spring Training ... players from the championship-winning group either left in free agency or were injured. Piece by piece, the Nationals started tearing ...

WA Labor has made a pre-election commitment to trial free full-time kindergarten at 10 locations as part of a $33 million plan. The trial is promised to start in 2027 across five metropolitan and ...

The Trump administration last month sent a mass email to some 2 million federal employees titled "Fork in the Road" and offering, essentially, seven months of severance pay if they resigned by Feb. 6.

Wes Moore (D) on Tuesday announced a plan to raise income tax rates for the state’s wealthiest ... sector in Maryland to up its game.” (The Washington Post) Make living in D.C. a little ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will put in place 25 ... Trump had said he was weighing issuing an exemption for Canadian ...

Currently, a payroll tax of 5.5 per cent is imposed on WA businesses with a wages bill of more than $1 million — providing a windfall of almost $5.5 billion last financial year. The tax has long ...