In a data-driven world, pauses in government economic data do more than inconvenience economists, they create dangerous blind spots for investors and business leaders.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is pitching California as a model of entrepreneurial vigor, but the state's economy is actually in an extended slowdown.

BEFORE THE YEAR’S OUT IN DECEMBER. WELL, HERE WE ARE. IT’S A WEEK LEFT TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION HERE IN CALIFORNIA, AND MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted to authorize a strike, the United Auto Workers union said Wednesday evening, paving the way for a potential walkout at the Chattanooga facility.