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@HooverInst VA Hobbs Carpenter Distinguished Policy Fellow. California politics/governing. @washingtonpost contributing columnist. Tweets reflect my view only.
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Of Primary Concern in California

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By Bill Whalen
| Hoover Institution
X-actly what happened? Let’s begin with the man most likely to be California’s next governor: former state attorney general Xavier Becerra, the leading Democratic voter-getter this week (words that seemed unlikely as a few weeks ago, when Becerra as a lower-tier hopeful struggled to get on a debate stage). Why go bullish on Becerra, who didn’t get the most votes on Primary Day in California?
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Running on Empty

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By Bill Whalen
| Hoover Institution
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2026 NLRB Enforcement Priorities: Key Changes for Employers

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By Hope Sarah Goldstein, Bill Whalen
| JD Supra
After being sworn in on January 7, 2026, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel (“GC”), Crystal Carey, announced agency enforcement priorities. In a notable departure from her predecessors, Carey did not immediately issue advice memoranda outlining her intent to overturn precedent. Instead, Carey remains focused on clearing the NLRB’s backlog that resulted from the 2025 federal government shutdown and nearly a year of a lack of a quorum amongst the Board members.
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