Rough & Tumble is designed around one idea -- to save you time.

It’s a snapshot of the public policy and politics of California based on the reporting from more than two dozen publications that cover one of the most diverse, politically active, trend-setting places on the planet.

Assembled here are links to the stories about how Californians deal with their economy, jobs, education, environment, immigration, taxes and their often polarized politicians who struggle with public policy in a state that is so politically diverse it has often been criticized as "ungovernable."

The site is produced by two-time Emmy award wining reporter Jack Kavanagh with thirty years of reporting on public policy and politics on both coasts.

Rough & Tumble was the focus of an item over at CalBuzz. Please take a minute to take a look.

Here’s what Capitol Weekly had to say about your host on their list of the Top 100 political and public policy figures in California:

#34. Jack Kavanagh, founder, Rough and Tumble:
"In this world of blogs, feed readers and Twitter, it’s hard to keep up. In fact, many of us don’t. And in this increasingly fractured media world, the power of the aggregators becomes that much more pronounced. For more than 15 years, nobody has done it better when it comes to state news than Jack Kavanagh. Rough and Tumble is still the first stop for most political insiders who want a quick rundown of what’s happening in California. And for many reporters, if you’re not on Rough and Tumble, it’s almost as if you don’t exist."

Here's a more in-depth look at Rough & Tumble from the Capitol Morning Report.

Rough & Tumble readers are public policy and political pros who generate 400,000 page views a month.

Rough & Tumble is produced every day in Sacramento.

Contact info:
Jack Kavanagh
Rough & Tumble
2308 Swarthmore Drive
Sacramento, CA 95825
916-616-0263
Email: jkav@rtumble.com

Brief Bio info
Jack Kavanagh has been a political reporter for nearly thirty years and has received 2 Emmy awards plus a "Telly" award, which is presented by PBS and is their version of the Emmy. In California, Kavanagh was the political reporter for KOVR-TV for 17 years .Kavanagh covered the the start of the first Gulf War from Washington and has covered the national political conventions since 1976.

In 1997 he began hosting and consulting for California Capitol Week which originated in Sacramento and was seen on 10 PBS stations across California. He is a native of Providence, Rhode Island where he began his reporting career at NBC affiliate WJAR-TV.. Jack and his wife Irene live in Sacramento.