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California net neutrality bill gutted at tense Assembly hearing
Protesters fighting to save net neutrality rally outside the Verizon store on Market Street in San Francisco, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Verizon stores across the country were sites for coordinated protests one week before the FCC votes on the net neutrality issue.
Legislative Year Ends on Wednesday, Likely With A Whimper
Since the legislative session began in January, there have been political clashes, surprise reconciliations , corruption convictions , sexual abuse revelations - and even some legislating. The Senate is having a hard time establishing a majority and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo basically declared most of the state's business done in April.
Democrats see Wisconsin as proving ground for party revival
Margo Miller thanked her hosts, covered herself in a blue plastic poncho and headed back into the driving sleet Saturday morning, with more doors to knock on in this rural subdivision but with another new volunteer's name on her clipboard.
Governor yields, sets legislative votes
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker reluctantly issued an executive order Thursday scheduling special elections to fill two vacant legislative seats, as Senate Republicans abandoned their efforts to block the contests amid Democratic criticism that the GOP is afraid of losing more seats. The seats -- one in the state Senate and one in the Assembly -- have been vacant since December, when Walker appointed the Republican incumbents to his administration.
Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.
Courts weighing numerous challenges to political boundaries
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.
Investigation of California senator finds 6 misconduct cases
WEBVTT HE WILL STEP ASIDE UNTIL THEINVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.IT'S BACK TO WORK FOR LAWMAKERSAT THE STATE CAPITOL BUT NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.TONIGHT, ON THE ADVICE OF HISCOLLEAGUES LOS ANGELES SENATOR,TONY MENDOZA MADE THANNOUNCEMENT.>> I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILLTAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR THISMONTH OF JANUARY TO ALLOW THISINVESTIGATION TO MOVE FORWARDANA: THE SENATE ISINVESTIGATING AFTER THREE WOMENWHO WORK FOR MENDOZA ACCUSED HIMOF OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.MENDOZA INITIALLY REFUSED TOTAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE WHENASKED BY HIS FORMER ROOMMATE ANDSENATE PRESIDENT KEVIN DE LEON.>> WE HAVE HEARD THEANNOUNCEMENT FROM SENATORMENDOZA WITH REGARDS TO THPENDING INVESTIGATION, HIS LEAVEOF ABSENCE.I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN.SO WITH THAT, WE'LL RECONVENETOMORROW MORNINGDANA: TWO ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATSRAUL BOCANEGRA AND MATT DEBABNEHRESIGNED LAST MONTH FOLLOWINGCLAIMS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.THERE'S NOW A ... (more)
Brown looks back, pushes forward in final State of the State speech
In the opening scene of his final act on California's most prestigious political stage, Gov. Jerry Brown used much of his last State of the State address to remind everyone, in California and across the nation, of what's been accomplished in recent years. "Very few places in the world can match that record," he said Thursday to an audience of state lawmakers and guests gathered in the Assembly chamber of the state Capitol.
In N.J., party switches can end up with stitches | Editorial
Considering what is happening at the national level, this would be a good time not to question the reasons why a New Jersey Republican elected official would switch to the Democrat Party. But, as the case of Salem County Freeholder Melissa DeCastro demonstrates, broad policy differences between the parties don't carry as much weight in motivating those who prompt an officeholder to do the switching.
Federal court strikes down Republican-drawn maps in Wisconsin
Two weeks after a stunning election defeat, Wisconsin Democrats won an equally surprising legal victory Monday as a federal court struck down legislative maps drawn by Republicans in 2011. A panel of federal judges ruled 2-1 that the redistricting maps were "intended to burden the representational rights of Democratic voters throughout the [10-year] period by impeding their ability to translate their votes into legislative seats."
The Fray: Jacobson sees Democrats ‘unified’ by convention
Former Orange County Democratic Chairman Jonathan Jacobson gushed about the Democratic National Convention on Friday as he returned from it, calling it the most successful of the 11 presidential conventions he's attended in spite of the sharp party split that carried from the primary season into the four-day gala in Philadelphia. Jacobson, who was a delegate for Hillary Clinton, praised the acceptance speech she had given the previous night, saying Clinton had laid out a positive message while establishing a “clear contrast” with Donald Trump, the Republican nominee.