Newsom leans toward allowing autonomous trucking in California
“And as the years go by Our friendship will never die You’re gonna see it’s our destiny You’ve got a friend in me” — Randy Newman The battle over whether to allow heavy-duty autonomous trucks on highways in California is coming to an end. It would be premature to call the outcome, but Gov. Gavin […]
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The 2024 crisis McCarthy is fielding – that you don’t know about yet | #alaska | #politics
Weeks later, Republicans are making progress in their bid to grow their narrow and unruly majority. While a few holes still remain — most notably in Maine and Alaska — party strategists said their recruitment worries have largely abated as Labor Day approaches. Their efforts may bear fruit come the 2024 general election, when former […]
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Why an illegal Alabama redistricting map was allowed in 2022 : NPR | #elections | #alabama
ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: Lawmakers in Alabama are tasked with coming up with new congressional voting districts for the state. That’s after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Alabama’s current map for likely weakening the power of Black voters. But the high court did not block that illegal map’s use in last year’s midterm elections. NPR’s […]
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Arkansas lawmakers to complete higher ed DEI study by end of 2024
The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday authorized a subcommittee to conduct a study regarding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in Arkansas colleges and universities by the end of 2024. The study was requested by ALC Higher Education subcommittee co-chair Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, who on Thursday announced plans to study the issue with the intention […]
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California delivering millions to accelerate process of building climate-friendly homes
A construction worker works on the framing of a new home August 19, 2003 in Rodeo, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California is set to spend more than $200 million to speed up the process of building environmentally friendly homes in select regions across the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state would deliver […]
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Detroit voting rights advocate Mildred Madison dead at 97 | #citycouncil
Detroit — Funeral services for Mildred R. Madison, a voting rights advocate who successfully led the campaign to have Detroit City Council members elected by district, were held Friday following her death last week. Mrs. Madison, longtime president of the League of Women Voters’ Detroit chapter, died Aug. 16, 2023. She was 97. “A big […]
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Mayor Steinberg concludes State of the City address
Mayor Steinberg proposes the Climate, Clean Transportation, and Affordable Housing Act of 2024 during State of the City Updated: 4:00 PM PDT Aug 25, 2023 Friday morning, Mayor Darrell Steinberg stood in front of a large crowd on S Street in Sacramento’s Midtown, with an announcement he explained could change the landscape of the entire […]
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Tuberville’s stonewalling of military confirmations draws first criticism from a GOP presidential hopeful | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley became the first GOP presidential hopeful to criticize Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Ala., blockade of senior military nominations. Haley said the Pentagon’s policy of reimbursing personnel who travel for abortions — the source of Tuberville’s ire — is misguided, but she maintained that the Tuberville play is […]
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Police identify three dead, six injured in California bar shooting
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — A Scottsdale woman is among three people who were killed in a shooting at a Southern California bar Wednesday night. A husband in the midst of divorce proceedings went to a bar where his wife was dining on Wednesday and shot her before opening fire at random, killing three people and injuring […]
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Michelle Laxalt, political consultant and mother of Adam Laxalt, dies | #alaska | #politics
Michelle Laxalt, longtime political consultant, daughter of U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt and mother of former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, died Saturday, Aug. 19. She was 69. Laxalt died of pneumonia complications after a fall, Adam Laxalt told the RGJ. She had lived with multiple sclerosis for decades. “I never could have asked for a […]
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