Inflation is keeping the prices of goods high and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing oil and gas prices to rise, but your electric bill is also soaring. Natural gas prices are being affected by the Ukraine crisis and raising the costs for utilities to produce electricity. As a result customers are seeing increases of up to 20%. Katherine Blunt, energy reporter at the WSJ, joins us for why your electric bill is going up.

Next, rising crime has been on everyone’s mind lately and in California, the conversation over criminal justice reform and crime policies will play out over the next state attorney general race and also a pair of efforts aimed at recalling two progressive district attorneys in LA and SF. The crime issue will also be made a centerpiece for the midterm elections nationally. Jeremy White, writer for the CA Playbook at Politico, joins us for more.

Finally, the workplace has gone through drastic changes as a result of the pandemic and even attitudes about work have changed. With more job openings than people looking for work, employees feel like they have all the power, but how long can that last? There is also a movement for better pay transparency, but would you disclose how much you make to others? Tess Vigeland, host of the new WSJ podcast “As We Work” joins us to talk about the changing dynamics of the workplace.

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