Some L.A. politicians won’t state a position on Measure HLA
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith and David Zahniser at the helm, letting you…
Talia von Oelhoffen stuns UCLA on buzzer 3 in Oregon State win
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Talia von Oelhoffen made a three-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer to lift No. 11 Oregon State to a…
14 GOP-led states reject federal money to feed low-income kids
Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14…
Secretaries of state are trying to cooperate at NASS ahead of the 2024 election
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, the Republican currently leading the organization, and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, the Democrat who will assume the…
Victorians call for better infrastructure as power outages continue across the state
In short: Victorians are calling for electricity networks to be improved to prevent extended power outages.Some hospitality businesses have had to throw out of food and owners…
Climate voter guide to the 2024 California senate election
If you live in California and confronting the climate crisis is one of your top priorities, I wouldn’t blame you for not knowing whom to…
JPMorgan, State Street Leave Biggest Investor Climate Group
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe world’s largest investor group formed to fight climate change suffered a blow when two of the industry’s biggest money managers left…
State Propositions: A Snapshot of Voters
Proposition 209, the initiative on affirmative action, had a huge gender gap: Most men voted for it and a majority of women opposed it. White…
Brown Denies TV Report He Hosted Drug Parties : Politics: State Police officers tell of finding cocaine, pot in L.A. home owned by then-governor. The candidate questions accusers’ motives.
WASHINGTON — Former California Gov. Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. on Thursday denied a report by a television network that he had hosted parties in his…
Next year’s Super Bowl needs more clean energy ads
“It’s not time to escape. It’s time to engage.” So said Matthew McConaughey during a 2022 Super Bowl ad for Salesforce, touting the software company’s…
Pet cat blamed for first case of bubonic plague in US state in nine years
In short: A man in the US caught the plague from his pet cat.Health authorities confirmed no additional cases.The patient was treated in the early…
Granderson: If the economy is so great, why are evictions soaring?
There is another migrant crisis brewing. Unlike the one at the southern border, this one will be all over the country. A recent Harvard study…
Michigan state lawmaker loses staff, committee post after sharing racist conspiracy theory
Republican State Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford, Mich., was stripped of legislative staff resources and a committee assignment on Monday amid a furor over his…
Which states could have abortion rights on the ballot in 2024?
The Florida Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday on whether a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution should go…
Tasmania’s Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he’s ‘actively considering’ an early state election
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he's "actively considering" calling an early state election, after he failed to reach an agreement with the two independents who…
Florida asks state Supreme Court to keep abortion rights amendment off November ballot
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lawyers trying to keep an abortion-rights measure off the Florida ballot have told the state Supreme Court that the proposed amendment is deceptive,…
5 ways Supreme Court could rule for Trump on 14th Amendment
WASHINGTON — Now that the Supreme Court has heard arguments in the case of President Trump and the 14th Amendment, it seems clear which side will…
Chile bids final farewell to former President Pinera in state funeral | News
Sebastian Pinera died on Tuesday in a helicopter crash in southern Chile. A state funeral for Chile’s former President Sebastian Pinera who died after the…
No Super Bowl wager between Newsom and Missouri governor. Instead, a poke at DeSantis
Gov. Gavin Newsom flew to Las Vegas on Friday to cheer for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII against the Kansas City Chiefs…
Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses essentially unopposed
LAS VEGAS — Former President Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a contest in which he was the only major candidate to compete. Former U.N.…