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February 8, 2026

Guest column: $15 minimum wage and the war on small business

In the land of endless regulation, higher taxes and more fees, California seems to have declared all-out war on small businesses. The $15 per hour minimum wage increase is just one assault that will cause businesses to re-evaluate how they operate in unfriendly territory. Those workers the state intended to help may be the ones hit the hardest when businesses are forced to decide whether they can pass the increased labor costs along to the consumer our cut back their labor force.

Questioning Who Really Owns Your Children

A recent article by Reuters noted,

Parent Club quandary at Gilroy High

Here's the key question: Why is it that every public school

Enforce dress code, abandon uniforms

It's ironic

Escalation Pay Game

Salary increases for top-level employees should be based on

Work yet to be done on Gavilan’s plans for senior, student housing

Gavilan College's plans for student and senior housing on the

GUSD teacher evaluations: Not words, but deeds

Why is the Gilroy Unified School District negotiating with the

‘Policy-matic’ Pay Increases

Process has voided prudence and practicality. The City Council

Support our hospitals, Mr. Becerra

Santa Clara County Executive Jeff Smith has a difficult time understanding just what has occurred in the past two weeks. His vision of leading a dramatic expansion and improvement of a public healthcare system is suddenly on the verge of hitting a brick wall...

Build Second High School

Our View: City should provide GUSD with building permits,

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