California Invests $757 Million to Create Affordable Housing and Clean Transportation
Investment will create more than 2,500 affordable homes, 150 zero-emissions buses, and over 50 miles of new bikeways In total, projects will reduce 800,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, equal to removing 178,000 gas-powered cars off California’s roads for one year WHY IT MATTERS: As cities around the country wrestle with how to rebuild communities, […]
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AG says California needs to lower cannabis taxes
FILE: California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference at Patriotic Hall on Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Bonta called for California to lower taxes on recreational cannabis Tuesday to fight the state’s booming illegal weed market. Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag California’s illegal cannabis industry is booming, with billions of […]
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New federal water pollution rule draws mixed reaction | #alaska | #politics
A federal rule limiting agencies’ power to regulate water pollution will severely restrict protections for waters and wetlands throughout the country, but could also be subject to challenges from conservative groups that maintain the new rule exerts more federal jurisdiction than the U.S. Supreme Court intended in a May decision. With the rule published Tuesday […]
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Wednesday’s Special City Council Meeting Canceled – Pasadena Now | #citycouncil
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Wednesday’s special City Council meeting has been canceled due to the lack of a quorum. A quorum is the minimum number of members that must be present at the meeting to make the proceedings of that meeting valid. The City Council was scheduled to discuss a settlement in a lawsuit between a billiard hall and […]
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Michelle Wu doesn’t need an ‘acting mayor’ to replace her on vacation
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks at a press conference with BPD Commissioner Michael Cox after eight people where shot during the Caribbean Festival Saturday. (Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald) Michelle Wu doesn’t need to hand off the reins of power to a fake mayor every time she steps out of the city. She can still preside over […]
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Alabama Republican Rep. David Cole Arrested on Felony Voter Fraud Charge | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
An Alabama Republican lawmaker was arrested Tuesday on a charge of felony voter fraud in the wake of allegations he voted in a district where he wasn’t living. On Tuesday afternoon, according to jail records, state Rep. David Cole was booked into the Madison County Jail on a charge of voting at multiple or unauthorized […]
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Newsom embraces dirty energy in bid to stave off blackouts
Newsom is grappling with the same nuts-and-bolts challenges of running the electric grid as other blue-state officials in New York as well as the Biden administration. The pivot reflects the awkward reality faced by Newsom and other climate-minded governors: Politics moves far faster than the building of solar fields, wind farms and transmission lines, while […]
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California a step closer to becoming 1st state to officially ban caste discrimination
[Source] California could soon become the first state in the country to officially ban caste discrimination. Moving forward: Sen. Aisha Wahab’s (D-CA) anti-caste discrimination bill, Senate Bill 403, received an overwhelming 50-3 vote during Monday’s state assembly and is now being returned for a re-vote before Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the new bill into law. […]
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Secretary of State spends time in Jasper | News | #elections | #alabama
Wes Allen, Alabama’s 54th Secretary of State, was in Walker County Tuesday visiting with small business owners throughout downtown Jasper. A lifelong Republican, Allen is responsible as Secretary of State for overseeing Alabama’s business filings and elections process. He was sworn in and assumed office on January 16, 2023. “During my first eight months in […]
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Arkansas crews sent to combat wildfires in Louisiana
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark — The Arkansas National Guard announced that crews were deployed to Louisiana on Wednesday to help combat lingering wildfires in the state. The announcement was made on today, with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders authorizing the sending of active duty personnel to aid in the wildfire battle. Officials shared that the […]
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