Progressives going after incumbents in hot Democratic primaries It’s a safe bet Democrats will barrel into 2025 with their supremacy intact at the Legislature. Barring an unexpected shock during this year’s elections, Democrats’ stranglehold on power is assured. 04/23/2024 - 2:24 am | View Link
Biden marks Earth Day by going after GOP, announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants President Joe Biden has marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He ... 04/22/2024 - 10:29 am | View Link
California legislators debate health policy from Froot Loops to free condoms Dozens of California bills range from banning a Froot Loops ingredient to providing free condoms for high schoolers. 04/22/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Robert Kennedy Jr. pivots right on climate change — but sharpens his threat to Biden The scion of the Kennedy political dynasty is drawing attacks from both Democrats and Republicans — and from his former environmental allies, who call him "no different than Donald Trump." ... 04/21/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
In reversal, more areas allow high-speed police chases, including Florida A handful of jurisdictions have rolled back restrictions over the past year, including Florida, the District of Columbia, San Francisco and Washington state. On the other side, Michigan restricted ... 04/20/2024 - 9:31 am | View Link
During a Supreme Court hearing on Idaho abortion law, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and Justice Samuel Alito clashed over fetal protections under federal law EMTALA. Prelogar argues women deserve necessary medical care, challenging Alito's focus on "unborn child" protections.
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in that state.
It would apply only to doctors licensed in good standing in Arizona and their patients, and last only through the end of November.
Defendants in Colorado sexual assault cases soon will be prohibited from using what a victim was wearing or a victim’s hairstyle as evidence of consent.
Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, who is the acting governor this week, signed House Bill 1072 Wednesday afternoon. The bipartisan legislation is aimed at strengthening protections for sex assault victims in court by expanding the rape shield law.
John Cage, the influential composer and artist, is dead. So it’s technically impossible to know with absolute certainty how he would feel about the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University.
But the question emerges after New York Times columnist John McWhorter, a music humanities and linguistics professor at Columbia, wrote that he was forced to stop students from playing Cage’s 4’33”—a seminal work that’s effectively four minutes and 33 seconds of silence (though Cage-heads might disagree with that description)—because of the demonstrations.