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| Friday, June 15th, 2018

Letter to the editor: The history of Hollister Ranch

Latest news, Law & Goverment, Letters to the Editor, Nonprofits, Opinion, Real Estate, South Coast

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| Friday, June 8th, 2018

Balbien: Game theory can reform health care industry

Health Care & Life Science, Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion

By Joel Balbien Economists use game theory to model interactions among patients and doctors where there is strategic behavior by agents who understand that their actions affect the actions of others. It is assumed that each agent has a best response to the actions of all other players, and that this can lead to predictable Read More →

| Friday, June 1st, 2018

Letter to the editor: Tax cut bill not good for country

Latest news, Law & Goverment, Letters to the Editor, Opinion, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, May 25th, 2018

Apfelthaler: Landscape of hospitality careers changing

Central Coast, East Ventura County, Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

By Gerhard Apfelthaler Last year, Los Angeles County set another tourism record with 48.3 million visitors. In Ventura County, travel spending rose from roughly $1.1 billion in 2000 to $1.7 billion in 2016. In Santa Barbara County, the industry saw similar increases, from $1.3 billion to $2.1 billion. Local tax receipts related to travel spending Read More →

| Friday, May 18th, 2018

Skenderian: Girl Scouts are our future leaders

Latest news, Nonprofits, Op/Eds, Opinion

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| Friday, May 11th, 2018

Huffman: Online community college would ensure access

Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion

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| Friday, May 11th, 2018

Lesh: A college education should not be free

Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion

By Kirk Lesh Many people, including policymakers, have advocated that college tuition should be reduced or be free.  From an economic and societal perspective, this is a bad idea. The American taxpayer is not keen on giving people money for nothing. Instead, we, as a society, need to think of better ways to help young Read More →