Government

USC Marshall alumnus Steven Bilderain is the city’s mayor, while USC Price grad Stone James serves as city manager.

Part D plans are accelerating cost-shifting to beneficiaries, many of whom won’t reach the law’s new spending cap, a USC Schaeffer Center white paper reports.

Shaz Umer is serving as director of strategic initiatives in the office of the DOT secretary.

COMMENCEMENT: Ashley Espinosa, who interned at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, got special insight into the system: She’s inspected every L.A. Metro station.

USC Price’s Michael Thom tells a California Senate committee that film production tax breaks don’t add up to gains for taxpayers.

A USC study finds presidents from both parties use federal funds to help mayoral candidates who share their political affiliation.

A growing number of U.S. senators have no elected experience — a trend that USC Price’s Jeffery A. Jenkins says undermines the chamber’s effectiveness and increases extremism.

VIDEO: Mark Baldassare of USC Price’s Bedrosian Center on Governance surveyed Californians to better understand their views on the economy.

Over his 35-year career at USC’s law school, Ed McCaffery has become one of the nation’s leading experts on tax policy and politics.

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are taking credit for the ceasefire. A USC expert looks at the deal — and the seemingly unlikely cooperation between the outgoing and incoming presidents’ staffs.