• Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts

    Frustrated over the lack of progress on homelessness in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for increased oversight of cities and counties that receive state funds in an effort to hold them accountable to deliver results. Newsom's more aggressive stance is the latest example of the governor wanting local governments to do more to lessen homelessness, which has worsened in his tenure despite more than $20 billion in state funds spent on programs to help over the last five years. He...

  • In California, Newsom’s Energy Experiment Goes Awry

    This Earth Day, which falls on Monday, California residents must be glad that their state accounts for less than 1% of the greenhouse gas emissions of the top 50 Read More

  • California Christians Fight Back Against City Removing Cross

    A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being "reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings" and offensive to "diverse communities."

  • Missouri lawmakers look to cap property tax increases

    Later this year, Missouri voters could be asked if there should be a cap on property assessment increases.

  • From a chic pillbox to a feathered cap, the personality hat is back

    It may have practical benefits, but a personality hat is mostly for the vibesThere was a time when it was shocking to venture into public bareheaded. You or I would no more have done our weekly shop without a hat than we would have done it barefoot. Now the opposite is true. Hats, which used to be a badge of duty and propriety, have become the opposite – a bold sartorial choice that marks you out as a flamboyant dresser.There are exceptions. Some hats are so normalised we barely register them. A...

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    California farmers and residents to receive an increase in water supply from DWR

    (FOX40.COM) -- The California Department of Water Resources announced an increase in the State Water Project water supply allocation forecast for 2024. •Video Above: California uses innovative ways to improve groundwater storage. On Monday, DWR said the forecasted allocation was increased to 40 percent, up from 30 percent last month. The State Water Project provides []

    • KSBW

    Healthy California snowpack increases water resources across state

    The forecasted allocation has increased to 40%

  • MPs to debate increasing rent controls, PVV still undecided

    MPs will on Monday debate legislation to expand rent controls to cover more homes in the Netherlands, with the far right PVV likely to hold the balance of power. The party is known to have doubts about the plan, and MP Barry Madlener told the Financieele Dagblad this week that it will be a “political choice” after the debate has taken place. The VVD and BBB, currently in talks with the PVV about forming a new coalition government, are both

  • Trump boosting efforts to wrest Pennsylvania back to GOP victory

    Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Trump won Lackawanna County in 2016. Former President Trump is turbocharging his efforts to win back Pennsylvania with visits set in critical swing areas of the state on Saturday. It’s part of an aggressive push by the former president to make inroads in the []

  • Shortage of Kansas trade workers calls for increased recruiting efforts

    TOPEKA (KSNT) - Many trade jobs in Kansas are seeing a shortage of workers, which is why one local group is working to recruit more young people to the industry. This week, the Topeka Area Building Association held a career day for high schoolers in the area. At the event, they had construction, plumbing and []

  • Gavin Newsom Proposes Law Allowing Arizonans to Get Abortions in California

    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.

  • Abcarian: Here's how antiabortion absolutists plan to drag California back to the 19th century

    In his entertaining 2019 book, “How to Become a Federal Criminal,” the criminal defense attorney Mike Chase offers dozens of examples of inane or outdated laws that somehow have remained in force over the decades, at least technically. For instance, did you know that unless you are an actor playing a postal worker, it is a federal crime to dress up as a mail carrier? Or to paint your vehicle to look like a postal truck? It’s also a federal crime to reuse a postage stamp. Or clog a toilet in a...