Mike Harris | Monday, March 3rd, 2025
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Tri-County Economy Central Coast universities, nonprofits and support organizations are keeping close tabs on the Trump Administration’s attempts to cut trillions of dollars in federal funding. Republican President Donald Trump has vowed to cut wasteful federal spending but Democrats have challenged the funding freeze in court with some success. Meanwhile, regional universities, including Cal Poly San Luis Read More →
Mike Harris | Friday, February 21st, 2025
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Mike Harris | Friday, February 21st, 2025
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Subscriber content Three months after they joined forces, the Hub International Limited/Western Growers Insurance Services partnership is blooming. With offices throughout California, including the Central Coast, Hub announced in November that it had acquired the retail insurance brokerage business of the Western Growers Association. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Chicago, Hub is a Read More →
Mike Harris | Thursday, February 20th, 2025
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Ventura County Ventura County is experiencing a prolonged period of economic weakness, according to the 2025 forecast from the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. “CERF’s forecast of average annual (GDP) growth from 2024 to 2027 is an improvement, but not hugely so, at an expansion of only 0.1%,” the Read More →
Mike Harris | Sunday, February 16th, 2025
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Mike Harris | Saturday, February 15th, 2025
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Tri-County Economy The Sansum Clinic’s Foothill Surgery Center has become one of the first outpatient surgery centers in the country to start using the innovative Intuitive da Vinci 5 robotic system. The $3 million investment was funded by a $1 million anonymous gift, $675,000 from community supporters and $1.3 million from Sutter Health, an integrated health system headquartered in Read More →