Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Or companies with anti-union records? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.

A State Assembly oversight hearing on petroleum in California Tuesday painted an uncertain picture with projections the state has enough oil and gas for the next six weeks.

Oregon led the coalition of states arguing the president did not have the authority to levy widespread import taxes.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that President Trump does not have the authority to impose broad tariffs under the emergency act he has cited. Tariffs have affected California ports, farms, businesses, workers and consumers.

Overall, job vacancies normally go up in the final three months of the year. But in 2025 there was an unusual drop from the summer.

Chelsea Rose, host of Underground History, looks at the impact of a railroad that once linked southern Oregon and northern California over the Siskiyou mountains.

Migration trends are up from the lows of the pandemic but have not returned to the heights of the 1980s through 2010s.

Declining economic growth, population and rising unemployment put Oregon behind national rates.

The Trump administration has hinted at plans to bail out U.S. commodity farmers caught in the president’s ongoing trade disputes.

The Trump administration argues tariffs will create manufacturing jobs in the U.S., but some company leaders say import taxes are driving up the cost of parts while demand falls.

Economists and others worry about politicizing jobs and inflation data after Trump firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief and nomination of partisan replacement.

While cherry production was up this year, staffing shortages and a lack of demand at the grocery store could spell financial losses for farmers.