It was bound to end. This is California, after all. Losing population defies our history. Now we’re back growing again. Yes, that’s correct. California has resumed adding people after three years of shedding them. Just last week, I reported that California residents were fleeing the state. They still are. But our numbers again are rising, based on updated Newsom administration data to be released around May 1. What caused the turnaround? Fewer people are now able to work remotely in other...
To the editor: There are credible projections showing that the world population will peak midcentury then start declining. Once again, California is at the forefront. ("Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State," column, April 8) The only people truly worried about this are employers. A living wage will have to be paid and profits will shrink. Prices will go up across the board, causing demand to go down, thus exacerbating the hit to the bottom line. This is what happens in a...
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be a "good neighbor" by allowing Arizonans to abort their babies in his state, he said during an appearance on MSNBC's Inside with Jen Psaki on Sunday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday said “emergency legislation” would be introduced this week with the women’s caucus to help Arizonans get abortions in California.
Kate Movius knew it would be challenging when her son Aidan, who experiences profound autism, turned 22 and aged out of the programs and services provided through his school. What she didn't anticipate was the two years she would spend in a fruitless search for an adult program that fit her son. Ultimately, the family ditched the wait lists and created their own form of weekly programming for Aidan and others in the community. Finding an open space in a program that fit Aidan was made even more...
By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Google is removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content, the company announced Friday in a blog post. Google, which is a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOGL), wrote the move would affect only
By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Google is removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content, the company announced Friday in a blog post. Google, which is a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOGL), wrote the move would affect only
Governor Kathy Hochul and New York legislative leaders have come to a preliminary agreement on the state budget. Hochul’s original proposed spending plan $233 billion would increase to $237 billion. However, voting on the plan is not expected until later this week. Hochul said the budget will include “the most comprehensive housing policy seen in […]
The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure - and...
By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/ . The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members. To make special arrangements for...
The FBI requested documents from the treasurer's office as part of a federal grand jury subpoena involving a case that has not yet been made public.
Governor Hochul and & legislative leaders agree on a tentative 237-billion-dollar State Budget deal. The agreement includes renewed subsidies for developers to build new housing in New York City and additional tenant protections. Pro-housing communities, like the Town of Plattsburgh, will share 650-million-dollars to help build new homes. Another half-billion dollars will be used for housing on state-owned sites, including former prisons. No word yet whether that could include the former Moriah...