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And whenever I see an article about the move for California to secede from the United States , the more I think that a vote to split is , collecting signatures for the 2018 ballot, "We feel like this current initiative is more feasible and will hold up more to scrutiny and legal challenges." " California made Arnold Schwarzenegger its governor.
In this June 2, 2017, file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt looks back after speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to provide records he contends could show conflicts of interest by Pruitt on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017.
One would think these would be happy days again for the Democratic Party of California. For one thing, there is probably no easier place to be a Democrat, given the party's utter dominance of state government.
A flag flies in front of a store Aug. 3, 2017, in Nipton, California. American Green Inc., one of the nation's largest cannabis companies, announced it has bought the entire 80-acre desert town.
Hell hath no fury like a president scorned. And with the embarrassing collapse of the GOP-controlled Senate's plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, many health care experts predict that Donald Trump and his administration will do whatever it takes to “let Obamacare fail,” as the president put it last week.
Mike Jacobson, a driver for AB Trucking, checks his oil Tuesday at the Port of Oakland. Drivers in California are entitled to more break time than drivers in many other states, but a proposed Congressional amendment could change that.
California's signature initiative to fight global warming will get another decade of life after lawmakers from both parties joined Gov. Jerry Brown in extending the law credited with reducing the state's carbon footprint. Monday night's votes to renew California's cap-and-trade program bolster the Democratic governor's quest to portray the state as a leader in the fight against climate change.
The Democratic donor class is abuzz about Kamala Harris after the freshman California senator was feted this weekend at an event in the Hamptons surrounded by top fundraisers. They see the former prosecutor-turned-California attorney general as embodying the qualities a Democratic presidential candidate would need to win the White House in 2020.
California lawmakers voted Monday to extend a climate change initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as a model for states and nations looking to lower carbon emissions. Brown's signature will add another decade of life to the state's cap-and-trade program, bolstering the Democratic governor's quest to portray California as a leader in the fight against climate change at a time when President Donald Trump is pulling back.
A plan to extend California's signature climate initiative for another decade is scheduled to go before legislative committees Thursday, despite opposition from some environmental advocates. Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers have struggled to line up support with Democratic legislative leaders indicating Wednesday that climate and air quality negotiations had expanded to include the state's lack of affordable housing.
Brown is pressing lawmakers to extend California's cap-and-trade legislation, which puts a limit on carbon emissions and requires polluters to obtain permits to release greenhouse gases. The governor touts the program around the world as an effective way to affordably address climate change, but its legal authorization expires in 2020.
Rep. Jeff Denham, center, faces constituents angry about his vote to repeal Obamacare during a town meeting held in Riverbank, Calif., on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. On the surface, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision this week to delay a vote on the Senate's health care bill might seem frustrating to the House Republicans who backed a measure to rip up Obamacare.
He personally sent packing a so-called single-payer universal healthcare bill that was virtually all fluff with little substance. Then he was viciously attacked by the nurses union that pushed the bill, playing bully politics.
Gov. Jerry Brown, unveiling his revised budget plan in May, signed a $183.2-billion state spending plan on June 27. Gov. Jerry Brown, unveiling his revised budget plan in May, signed a $183.2-billion state spending plan on June 27. Gov. Jerry Brown placed his signature Tuesday on a $183.2-billion state budget, a spending plan that boosts public schools and programs aimed at California's less fortunate while stashing away an additional $1.8 billion in the state's long-term cash reserves. The budget is the first crafted since President Trump's election and includes money for a few programs that Democrats insisted were a necessary response to the changing political times.
Free speech on college campuses attracted congressional attention on Tuesday as a Senate panel questioned students, academics and lawyers after the abrupt cancellation of several high-profile speeches from California to Texas. Students and academics insisted the golden rule is for the speech to go on as long as violence can be prevented, dismissing the idea of intolerance.
Rep. Jackie Speier said Friday that she has the "greatest sympathy" for House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who is in critical condition after being shot in the hip by a gunman, and says his actions cannot be forgotten. Ms. Speier was shot in 1978 with Rep. Leo Ryan during a visit to Jonestown where many of his constituents had family members.
California doctors and dentists will get a raise for treating low-income patients under legislation headed to Gov. Jerry Brown. The Legislature voted Thursday to spend $546 million on higher payments for health care providers using revenue from a $2-per-pack tobacco tax increase approved by voters last year.
Gilbert Feliciano, center, and other delegates supporting Kimberly Ellis chant for an opportunity to speak after the election of a new California Democratic Party chairperson on the final day of the party's convention in Sacramento on May 21, 2017. Gilbert Feliciano, center, and other delegates supporting Kimberly Ellis chant for an opportunity to speak after the election of a new California Democratic Party chairperson on the final day of the party's convention in Sacramento on May 21, 2017.