Elias: Local control backers attempt new initiative
The folks who vowed in 2021 they’d repeal SB 9 and 10 hope to circulate petitions for a new initiative aimed at those laws and...
Thomas Elias
Elias: Will ‘Greater Idaho’ inspire new State of Jefferson push?
The Greater Idaho movement is far younger than the notion of a State of Jefferson, but it has moved much further toward its goal....
Elias: Western grid proposal threatens Enron-like crisis
Regional electricity transmission organizations manage multi-state movements of power mostly to benefit companies that own the power lines....
New cars all electric by 2035? Maybe not
More than a dozen Republican state attorneys general have filed a court document claiming the federal law behind the idea is unconstitutional....
Elias: Mass transit merits potential budget cut
A look at the numbers gives a pretty good idea why Gavin Newsom chose transit to help make up a predicted $22 billion deficit....
Elias: Major questions for state’s gas companies
The nation’s biggest natural gas utility, SoCalGas, over the last two months more than tripled charges to most of its 21.8 million customers....
Elias: California resists bullying along Colorado River
Southwestern states that draw water from the Colorado River are trying to bully California but Gavin Newsom isn’t standing for it....
Elias: Decision time on gasoline gouging
The “special” legislative session on gasoline price gouging called for last Dec. 1 by Gov. Gavin Newsom has dragged on for months....
Elias: The fantasy world of state housing policy
If you’re looking for sure things among bills under consideration in the state Legislature, think of one word: housing....
Elias: Utility execs might pay for negligent decisions
Corporate utility executives whose decisions cost lives and burn homes and other buildings have been warned....
