Legislature

20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (621+ words) Published 2:38 pm Sunday, September 13, 2026 By the Pacific County Voices Uniting team Democracy can look pretty serious from a distance. Ballots. Candidate forums. Public meetings. People standing behind microphones answering questions about budgets, public safety, housing and the future of our…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (587+ words) The proposal has caused a rift within the Democratic Party and among labor unions that are typically aligned. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California labor leader behind a proposal to tax billionaires has been accused of harassing and intimidating several women who…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (262+ words) SEIU California executive director Tia Orr told investigators that Regan told her in December that the union needed to support the tax measure by Jan. 1 or “I’m coming for you,” the AP reported, citing the report. Orr later told members…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (574+ words) SACRAMENTO — Labor leader Dave Regan claimed Friday that he was the victim of a “smear” campaign orchestrated in part by wealthy Californians and said he has been falsely accused of attempting to “extort” an endorsement of the billionaire tax ballot…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (124+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 3:33 PM CT Milwaukee County Executive and Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor David Crowley has received the endorsement of former Attorney General Eric Holder in the race for Wisconsin governor. Former President Barack Obama’s attorney general is also supporting other…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (485+ words) La Plata residents Maggie Larrick, left, and Renata Rhodes hold signs in front of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in town on Sept. 9. Larrick and Rhodes started a petition to get a charter amendment on the May 2029 ballot. Councilman Paul C. Guttenberg,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (102+ words) f approved, the initiative would change the environmental review process established under the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. Enacted in 1970, CEQA requires state and local agencies to identify and disclose the potential environmental effects of projects they propose to…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (227+ words) September 9, 2026 by To The Editor As a Licensed Family Therapist who has been treating addictions for over fifty years, I am appalled at the presence of Question 8 on the Massachusetts ballot. The legal prohibition of mind-altering substances has a long…...

5+ day, 8+ min ago   (438+ words) Political leaders on both sides of California’s political spectrum have for years argued the “landmark” California Environmental Quality Act has become a well-intentioned mess that delays and halts necessary projects. Each year, lawmakers carve out narrow CEQA exemptions to jumpstart…...

5+ day, 42+ min ago   (233+ words) House Bill 2763, introduced in the state House by Representative Greg Scott (D-Montgomery) with companion efforts led by Senator Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) and Representative Lindsay Powell (D-Allegheny), would create a “Medicare-for-All” style framework administered within the state government. If enacted, the…...