California’s Latino lawmakers choose priority bills for 2024. Here are their top issues California’s Latino Caucus gathered Tuesday morning to announce its legislative priorities for 2024 — highlighting a package of bills which concentrates on the state’s undocumented immigrants. The ... 04/24/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Goh, California mayors call for permanent funding for local homelessness programs Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh and other mayors from California’s largest cities met in Sacramento on Tuesday calling for permanent funding to tackle ... 04/23/2024 - 4:20 pm | View Link
Facing record housing shortage, New York Democrats finally take action The legislative package moving through the state capital reflects growing political angst over the housing crisis. 04/21/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Longtime health administrator, public defender compete to represent Southeast Portland in Oregon House Retired public health administrator Mary Lou Hennrich and public defender Willy Chotzen will compete in the May 21 Democratic primary to represent House District 46 covering much of Southeast Portland ... 04/18/2024 - 12:47 pm | View Link
Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts The call to ramp up accountability is the latest example of Newsom pointing at local governments for the failure to lessen homelessness, which has only worsened in his tenure. 04/18/2024 - 2:36 am | View Link
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday in the blockbuster case over whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity from prosecution in the federal election subversion case. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
CNN's Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic explains why the Supreme Court is seriously considering former President Donald Trump's argument of "total immunity" in the Department of Justice's federal election case.
At this time last year, Colorado lawmakers were preparing to gut Gov. Jared Polis’ massive and marquee land-use bill that would have reshaped zoning across the state, spurring a stalemate that preceded the proposal’s death.
Now, after reviving most of that proposal in smaller pieces as part of a new strategy, reform supporters see a finish line in sight.
Colorado lawmakers have passed new legislation in a years-long effort to curb foreclosures by homeowners associations and metropolitan districts that are based on unpaid fines and fees.
The reform bills — including one for metro districts that’s already been signed into law — have aimed to create new regulations for HOAs and metro districts by restricting foreclosure filings of the kind that hit thousands of homeowners in recent years.
The West Virginia Senate primary is May 14.
When Zach Shrewsbury started campaigning, he was running against reactionary Democrat Joe Manchin, who has since announced he isn’t running for reelection. At that point, another special interest, corporate-backed right-of-center Democrat, Glenn Elliott, jumped into the race against Shrewsbury. On Monday, as expected, Manchin endorsed Elliott.
And if you want to see another senator just like Joe Manchin, Elliott’s the man.
By JACQUES BILLEAUD, JONATHAN J. COOPER and JOSH KELETY, Associated Press
Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press fileJenna Ellis, a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington.
PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others — including two attorneys with Colorado ties — for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020.