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Most Attorney General candidates taking the fifth

Most frontrunning incumbents avoid debate stages. Especially in crowded primary fields, debates pose too much risk of wall-to-wall...

No comment from Rep. Matsui on opioid donations, legislative record & other mega-fined donors

Last issue, SactoPolitico.com exclusively reported a call from Congressional CA-7 Democratic challenger Jimmy Fremgen for the Democratic...

CA-7 Congressional candidate Jimmy Fremgen Q&A

Congressional redistricting significantly rearranged Sacramento County’s two Congressional districts. Instead of the current city-suburb...

Year-in-Review: Our 10 best political articles of 2021

Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...

Supervisor Frost on vax mandates, Sac Bee criticisms

The Sacramento Bee editorial board is no stranger to trafficking in sophomoric insult. In recent years, it has called targets “dimwits”...

Matsui, Bera letting public foot opioid settlements

The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently reported that four major opioid makers and distributors are close to finalizing a...

As Opioid Crisis raged, companies gave Matsui $125K

When speaking of the “shame of our campaigns,” no episode in the last decade should disgust more than the federal response to the Opioid...