Fight intensifies over bill by former Edison executive to gut rooftop solar credits
A bill to sharply reduce the energy credits given to homeowners with rooftop solar panels is pitting union electrical workers and the state’s big utilities…
’60 Minutes’ executive producer Bill Owens resigns
Bill Owens, the beleaguered executive producer of “60 Minutes,” resigned Tuesday.Owens had been fighting efforts at CBS parent Paramount Global to settle a $20 billion…
Millionaire owner of ‘Britain’s biggest man cave’ faces eye-watering bill from council which demolished it
THE millionaire owner of “Britain’s biggest man cave” faces a £220,000 bill from the council which demolished it using taxpayers’ money.Accountant Graham Wildin, 71, built…
Lawmaker, a former Edison exec, takes aim at rooftop solar credits
Nearly 2 million California rooftop solar owners could lose the energy credits that help them cover what they spent to install the expensive climate-friendly systems…
Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts
PHOENIX — Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials…
Contributor: Small nuclear reactors are no fix for California’s energy needs
It might seem like everyone from venture capitalists to the news media to the U.S. secretary of Energy has been hyping small modular reactors as…
Energy meter warning for 41,000 customers who face HUGE bill hikes due to electricity meter switch off in WEEKS
THE UK's largest energy supplier has issued a fresh warning to 41,000 customers ahead of a huge electricity meter switch off.Households still using Radio Teleswitch…
Californians in Congress push for break on mortgage payments after natural disasters
The Southern California lawmakers who represent the Eaton and Palisades fire zones introduced a bill in Congress on Thursday that would give homeowners affected by…
Faction of ‘abolitionists’ wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges
WASHINGTON — As Kristan Hawkins, president of the national antiabortion group Students for Life, tours college campuses, she has grown accustomed to counterprotests from abortion rights activists.But…
India deploys troops after deadly protests over Muslim endowment bill | Religion News
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeals for calm, saying Waqf Amendment Act will not be ‘applicable’ in state – home to 25 million Muslims.Indian…
U.S. Atty. Habba investigating New Jersey governor over immigration enforcement policy
TRENTON, N.J. — The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she has launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Atty. Gen. Matt Platkin…
House GOP approves framework for Trump’s big bill after intense wrangling wins over GOP holdouts
WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework on Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who…
New Zealand parliament votes down bill targeting Maori rights
April 10 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty Principles Bill was voted down 112-11…
California lawmakers kill voter ID bill, launching a citizens’ ballot initiative instead
SACRAMENTO — A bill to require voter ID and proof of citizenship to register to vote was rejected by California lawmakers Wednesday, though the Republican sponsor of…
House approves Issa bill, putting Trump a step closer to limiting federal judges
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday brought by one California Republican to limit the ability of federal judges to pass rulings that have…
California lawmakers take steps to shield immigrants from Trump policies
SACRAMENTO — California legislators announced several bills to protect the state’s immigrants being targeted by President Trump’s aggressive new policies, including federal enforcement raids at schools, hospitals…
Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action on President Trump’s “big” bill of tax…
Schiff’s first Senate bill proposes tax credit for hardening homes against fire, disasters
For his first bill in the U.S. Senate, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has joined a Republican colleague to propose a federal tax credit for certain homeowners…
Billionaire Trump backer Bill Ackman warns of ‘economic nuclear winter’ over tariffs
A billionaire backer of Donald Trump has urged the US president to pause his recently announced trade tariffs, or risk "a self-induced, economic nuclear winter".Amid…
Prep talk: Narbonne baseball coach Bill Dillon enjoying time with sons
Brandon Dillon was 8 years old and serving as a bat boy for the Narbonne High baseball team under his father, Bill, the coach. Narbonne…