Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 9.2.22
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Avyark “Avy” Mallik, 36, of San Francisco, has been appointed General Counsel at the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. He has served as Director of Fintech Policy for the Financial Services Committee at the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021, where he was Senior […]
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Pennsylvania Stakes Its Claim as Center of the Political Universe | #alaska | #politics
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Pennsylvania, the site of crucial victories and devastating defeats for both political parties in recent elections, has emerged as the nation’s center of political gravity and its ultimate battleground as peak campaign season arrives. Perhaps no other state features as many high-stakes, competitive races, each pulsing with political currents shaping midterm campaigns […]
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How Abortion Will Affect the California Midterms
CERRITOS, Calif.—Abortion rights dominated the message when the Democratic congressional candidate Jay Chen sent off a small group who had gathered to canvass for him here early on Sunday morning. “A right that we had all assumed we would have, the right of a woman to have control of her own health-care decisions, was taken […]
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Two Gun Control Bills Fail on Final Day of 2022 California Legislative Session
A bill restricting concealed carry rights, Senate Bill 918 by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), was dead in early August, until it was moved out Assembly Appropriations with 32 pages of 185 new amendments. SB 918 creates a new issuing process for concealed carry weapons licenses (CCW licenses) following the June 2022 U.S. Supreme […]
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Cove City Council to meet Sept. 6 | #citycouncil
Sep. 2—COVE — The city council will meet for its regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Counselors will discuss the soap box derby, a one-time forgiveness of a water leak and the annual city audit. After the council addresses new business, the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on a request by two […]
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Faith leaders meet with South Bend mayor, call on him to improve public safety
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – South Bend’s mayor today met with leaders of the faith community five weeks to the day after police shot and killed a man who was having a mental health episode. 14 faith leaders from 12 different congregations attended a closed-door session that lasted about an hour and ten minutes. After […]
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Republican State AGs Are Celebrating Labor Day By Trying to Cut Workers’ Wages | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
In recent media appearances and press releases, Republican Attorneys General have been talking a big game about inflation and kitchen table pocketbook issues. Over the coming weekend, these same officials will likely be wishing their constituents a happy Labor Day and boasting about their commitment to working families on social media. Meanwhile, more than a dozen GOP AGs are […]
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Both Parties Flood New Hampshire With Ads About Chuck Morse | #alaska | #politics
Another day, another deluge of outside money into New Hampshire’s Republican Senate primary. National Democrats on Friday began a $3.1 million television advertising blitz aimed at influencing the opposing party’s contest, one day after national Republicans launched their own $4.5 million spree of ads. By the Sept. 13 primary, outside groups will have spent far […]
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California EV owners asked to curb charging ahead of travel holiday – TechCrunch
As a brutal heat wave cooks the West in the run-up to Labor Day, California’s power grid manager is calling on electric vehicle owners to avoid charging at peak times. The request is part of a broader effort to keep the state’s grid up and running, while locals crank their air conditioners to outlast a […]
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Mark Kelly votes like a California liberal — not an Arizonan
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) likes to pretend he’s a moderate everyman in a black t-shirt who aligns with Arizona voters. But his partisan record tells a different story. Since he was elected, Kelly has voted with Joe Biden 94 percent of the time — and Arizonans have paid the price. Voters in the Grand Canyon State […]
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