Gavin Newsom Pulverizes DeSantis’s Loopy Lies About California Crime
“I think people are getting a little exhausted by the fact that we’re focusing on New York’s crime rate and not the crime in these other Republican-led cities in Republican states,” Newsom said. “Crime is a real issue, but I find the hypocrisy, the unwillingness to be honest with the American people, and the unwillingness […]
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City council sets budget at $428,174 with 6.48% millage rate increase | #citycouncil
While the Keystone Heights City Council approved a new budget for 2023-24, which includes a 6.48% millage rate increase compared to last year’s rollback rate, members learned City Manager Lynn Rutkowski plans to tender her resignation. Members were told informally before the special meeting to set the budget, and Rutkowski made her decision public shortly […]
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Biden to announce library in honor of longtime friend John McCain in Arizona | #alaska | #politics
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images John McCain. Washington CNN — President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce the construction of an Arizona library in honor of his longtime friend, the late Republican Sen. John McCain. The McCain Library will boast “a new multi-purpose facility to provide education, work, and health monitoring programs to underserved communities in […]
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City Council signs off on firefighter contract | #citycouncil
The City Council approved a labor agreement reached between the Wu administration and the city’s firefighters union, Local 718. The sign-off, which came at Wednesday’s Council meeting and sent the agreement to Mayor Wu’s desk, was unanimous. The agreement, which Wu announced at the Greater Boston Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast earlier this month, runs […]
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California guns: Industry fears ‘expiration date’
In summary Gov. Newsom just signed a tax on firearms and ammunition, among other new gun control laws. California’s remaining gun manufacturers wonder if they have a future. HUNTINGTON BEACH — There are two decisions about the future of gun rights in California that the employees at Rifle Supply are closely watching these days. Like […]
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Scientists Scramble To Solve Disgusting Way Wildfires Affect California Wine
ALPINE, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but the region is also prone to wildfires — a combustible combination that spelled disaster for the wine industry in 2020 and one that scientists are scrambling to neutralize. Sample a good wine and you might get notes of oak or […]
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California Republicans face a moment of truth- CalMatters
In summary GOP leaders and activists will hear Friday from Donald Trump and other presidential candidates before deciding whether to change the party platform on abortion and same-sex marriage. For the California Republican Party, the moment could be ripe with opportunity. Nationally, some reliably Democratic voters are straying, including some Latinos and those who blame […]
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Yakima City Council candidates talk budget deficit, homelessness | #citycouncil
Tackling homelessness Homelessness has long been a critical election issue for other communities such as Seattle and Spokane. However, increasing unsheltered homelessness — which has become more visible in downtown Yakima — has made it an important issue for the Yakima City Council as well. Nearly a third of Yakima County’s 554 unhoused households counted […]
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4 things to watch in Biden’s offshore oil plan | #alaska | #politics
The Biden administration is barreling toward a self-imposed deadline to release its plan to guide drilling for oil off the nation’s coasts for the next five years. But what President Joe Biden will approve — allowing new oil sales or imposing a moratorium on leasing — remains a mystery. If the program includes new offshore […]
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Rep. Griffith turns his attention to Hawaii’s wildfires | #alaska | #politics
The congressman from Southwest Virginia on Thursday will turn his attention from Hiwasse and Hurley to Hawaii. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem. Official portrait. More specifically, U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, will chair a congressional hearing into “what role, if any” electric utilities played in the deadly fires that swept the Lahaina community on the island […]
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