WASHINGTON — As progressives seek to place a new tax on billionaires on California’s November ballot, a Republican congressman is moving in the opposite direction: proposing federal legislation that would…
Read more GOP lawmaker proposes measure to block key element of proposed California wealth taxA suspect fleeing a homicide scene in Camarillo led authorities on a high-speed chase Saturday night before dying by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport. The suspect, whose…
Read more High-speed chase of homicide suspect ends in suicide near LAX, police sayThe battle over a new tax on California’s billionaires is set to heat up in the coming months as citizens spar over whether the state should squeeze its…
Read more Explaining California’s billionaire tax: The proposals, the backlash and the exodusWASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups urged the Supreme Court on Friday to block new California laws that will require thousands of companies to…
Read more Supreme Court urged to block California laws requiring companies to disclose climate impactsWASHINGTON — The longest government shutdown in U.S. history was poised to come to an end Wednesday as the House finalized a vote on a spending package that President Trump…
Read more House is poised to approve measure to end longest government shutdown in U.S. historyWASHINGTON — President Trump and Republican lawmakers took a victory lap on Tuesday after securing bipartisan support to reopen the government, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history without ceding…
Read more Republicans take a victory lap as House gathers to end shutdownAs California voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot on a measure that could block President Trump’s national agenda, state officials ridiculed his unsubstantiated claims…
Read more California officials push back on Trump claim that Prop. 50 vote is a ‘GIANT SCAM’Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner…
Read more Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime ministerProposition 50, the California-slaps-back initiative, is cruising to a comfortable victory on Nov. 4, a slam dunk for Gov. Gavin Newsom and efforts to get even with Texas.…
Read more Commentary: Who’s winning the redistricting fight? Here’s how to read the pollsA leading consumer group is proposing a policyholder rights initiative that would require insurers to offer coverage to California homeowners who fireproof their homes — or lose the…
Read more After insurance pullback, advocates demand a ‘bill of rights’ for California policyholdersLos Angeles landlords may soon be required to keep rental units cool — or at least make it possible for tenants to do so. County supervisors last month…
Read more In face of extreme heat, L.A. may require landlords to keep their rentals coolA decade and a half after California voters stripped lawmakers of the ability to draw the boundaries of congressional districts, Gov. Gavin Newsom and fellow Democrats are pushing…
Read more How Democrats plan to reshape California’s congressional delegation and thwart TrumpGov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic lawmakers and their allies on Thursday launched a special election campaign urging California voters to approve new congressional districts to shrink the state’s Republican…
Read more Newsom calls for special November election to block Trump from ‘rigging’ 2026 midtermsOne of California’s most influential labor organizations endorsed redrawing the state’s congressional maps to counter President Trump’s effort to push Republican states, notably Texas, to increase his party’s…
Read more Powerful labor coalition backs redrawing California’s congressional map in fight with Texas and TrumpOAKLAND — Candidates seeking to lead the Oakland Unified School District faced a barrage of tough questions one recent evening — an interrogation led by an enthusiastic group of…
Read more Teens 16 and 17 get to vote in two Alameda County school board racesThe tech billionaires backing a proposal to raise a brand-new city on the rolling prairie northeast of San Francisco Bay have agreed to pull their measure off the…
Read more Silicon Valley billionaires put plans for new California city on holdSEATTLE (AP) — A school district, a nurse, and civil rights and youth services organizations sued Thursday to block a new Washington state parental rights law that critics…
Read more Lawsuit Seeks To Block Washington Parental Rights Law That Critics Call A ‘Forced Outing’ Measure – KXLIn a world obsessed with public image and attention-seeking, learn about the cultural forces propelling society to become more narcissistic – and how this influences us to be…
Read more The Narcissistic Culture of “Image” and Excessive Self-MonitoringA new California law that would bar licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms into an array of public places will not go into full effect on Jan.…
Read more 'Repugnant': Federal judge blocks new California law that would bar guns in many public placesLos Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian has struck a deal with the politically powerful hotel workers’ union to remove a measure from the March election ballot that…
Read more Deal struck to remove homeless hotel housing measure from L.A.’s March ballot
