L.A.’s bid to redo its City Charter kicks off with a leadership battle
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, with an assist from Julia Wick, giving you…
LA County’s charter reform accidentally repealed anti-incarceration ballot measure
Last November, voters approved a sprawling overhaul to L.A. County’s government.They didn’t realize they were also repealing the county’s landmark criminal justice reform.Eight months later,…
Charter restores Disney-owned cable channels for Spectrum customers
Charter Communications is returning the Walt Disney Co.-owned cable channels that were dropped from its Spectrum TV service in 2023 after the two sides negotiated…
Iran condemns US attack on nuclear sites as ‘grave violation’ of UN Charter | Israel-Iran conflict
NewsFeedIran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the US military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling it an ‘outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation’ of international…
Supreme Court splits 4-4, blocking first religious charter school in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt an unexpected blow Thursday to the conservative drive for religious charter schools.The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a…
HHS sends first self-deportees to Honduras, Colombia on charter with $1,000 stipends
May 19 (UPI) -- The first immigrants who agreed to self-deport and accept a $1,000 stipend left on a chartered flight out of the United…
Charter Communications to buy rival Cox for $21.9bn | Media News
The proposed merger, which would create the largest cable provider in the US, could face antitrust hurdles.Charter Communications has agreed to buy its rival Cox…
Charter, Cox Communications merger valued at $34.5B
May 16 (UPI) -- Charter Communications, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States, announced a merger Friday with privately held Cox Communications…
Supreme Court may allow church-run, publicly funded charter schools across the nation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised Wednesday to rule that church-run schools have a right to operate as public-funded charters.If so, the decision could…
Online charter schools skirt California’s childhood vaccine laws
Heartland Charter School in Kern County has several dream field trips on the calendar this spring, including tours of In-N-Out Burger, an Amtrak train ride…
Sudan’s RSF, accused of genocide, signs charter to form rival government | Sudan war News
The signatories said they would establish a government of ‘peace and unity’ despite concerns from human rights groups and the international community.Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support…
L.A. city charter amendments and L.A. County ballot measures: A last-minute guide
Charter Amendment FF would give some members of smaller L.A. policing departments access to the same retirement benefits enjoyed by the vast majority of the…
Charter cuts jobs, programs on Dodgers and Lakers channels
NEW YORK — Charter Communications, the company that runs the SportsNet channels for the Dodgers and Lakers, is cutting back programming on those channels.Live coverage of…
The UN Charter needs rewriting | United Nations
On Sunday, the world’s governments made a series of commitments to transform global governance at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York.…