Governor Newsom Welcomes President Biden Back to California, Highlights New Investments in Climate Action and Clean Energy
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: President Biden, alongside Governor Newsom, announced a $600 million investment for climate resilience projects across the country and $67 million to help build power lines to support the state’s transition to 100% clean electricity – emphasizing the need to accelerate these sorts of projects to fight back against climate change. […]
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Biden, in California, seeks to shore up support from environmentalists
Comment on this storyComment PALO ALTO, Calif. — Touring a coastal wetland here Monday, President Biden sought to tout his environmental record and offer assurances that bills he signed during the first two years of his presidency would help communities protect themselves from natural disasters for decades to come. “The impacts we’re seeing from climate […]
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African Americans selected for all Dallas City Council leadership posts – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
On the Juneteenth holiday, the Dallas City Council elected all African American leaders at a special meeting to begin a new term. All African American leadership is historic in Dallas. The posts have been divided in the past between Latinos, African Americans and whites and the selections Monday left some hard feelings. Dallas City Council […]
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North Charleston group expresses support for electing Black candidate for mayor | News
NORTH CHARLESTON — Community leaders gathered June 19 in front of City Hall to press for electing the city’s first African American mayor. Led by local business owner Beverly Gadson-Birch, members of the newly created North Charleston Mayoral Committee said the African American population in the city should unite behind a single Black candidate. “We are […]
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New voting districts could change again in some states, including Utah, before the 2024 elections – St George News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
FILE – Reggie Weaver, at podium, speaks outside the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C, on Feb. 15, 2022, about a recent partisan gerrymandering ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court. A similar case is pending in Utah | Photo by Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press, St. George News ST. GEORGE — The 2022 elections marked […]
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Opinion: Democrats should beware feeling righteous in the Trump era | #elections | #alabama
It was easy for my generation of baby boomer liberals to be humble, because we had much to be humble about. Many on the left had erred on what was perhaps the most important issue of the 20th century, global totalitarianism: Too many had been soft on Soviet communism or Chinese Maoism. When you see […]
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Dunleavy vetoes more than $87 million in education funding | #alaska | #politics
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaking to reporters on April 27, 2023. (Sean Maguire/ADN) Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday vetoed more than $87 million in one-time funding approved by the Alaska Legislature for public K-12 schools that educators said was critical for contending with rising costs amid years of flat education spending by the state. The […]
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Weekend storms leave thousands without power in Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas — Over the weekend, powerful storms ripped through parts of Arkansas and many have still been dealing with the aftermath. On Monday, there were still thousands of people in Russellville left without power, and electric crews have been working hard to turn the lights back on. Steven Perry was at home when he […]
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Newsom gives political boost to Biden in California
PALO ALTO, Calif. — When President Biden touched down in California on Monday, an enthusiastic Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stood at the bottom of the stairs of Air Force One to welcome him. The governor stepped forward from the line of greeters to be the first to shake the president’s hand. After speaking for a […]
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DeSantis Raises Cash in California and Pokes at Newsom
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, took his campaign into the backyard of his most vocal Democratic critic on Monday, courting donors at an event near the home of Gov. Gavin Newsom of California weeks after sending two planeloads of migrants to California’s capital. The $3,300-a-plate fund-raiser, hosted […]
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