Tag: California

California Gov. Jerry Brown delivered his annual State of the State address Thursday.

Jerry Brown: World, way of life ‘all are at immediate and genuine risk’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 26, 2018 2:02 am

"We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways and oceans," California State Assembly Democratic Majority Leader Ian Calderon said in a press release. (iStock by Getty Images)

California lawmaker wants to make it a crime to serve plastic straws at restaurants without a customer request

Tristan Justice · January 25, 2018 11:02 pm

Afternoon Links: All Hail Corporate Speech, Crazy Candidates, and the Last Straw

Jim Swift · January 25, 2018 10:00 pm

A flag outside Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., flies at half-staff Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. On Tuesday, a 15-year-old student opened fire at the school, killing two teenagers and wounding several others. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)

Beltway Confidential

False: There haven’t been 10 other school shootings this year like the one in Kentucky

Siraj Hashmi · January 25, 2018 7:03 pm

Last year, President Trump charged the EPA with reviewing Obama-era rules that would require automakers to nearly double the average fuel economy of new cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA not looking to fight California on fuel-efficiency standards, official says

Josh Siegel · January 25, 2018 6:21 pm

Kevin McCarthy, the $20 million majority leader

David M. Drucker · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

A new poll from the American Federation for Children shows that school choice is highly prized by parents and voters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

To celebrate school choice, expand federal support for charter schools

Nina Rees · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

Last month, the Department of Justice asked the Census Bureau to return a question about citizenship status to the 2020 census. The DOJÃ¢â¬â¢s reason was to gather data to better enforce the Voting Rights Act.

Why we need to count citizens in the 2020 census

james-wlucas · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

$The Obama-era rule targets the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which has made the U.S. the world's leading producer of natural gas. The rule is intended to increase the safety of fracking by reducing the risk of water contamination. (Steve Gonzales//Houston Chronicle via AP, File)$ Energy and Environment

California sues Trump administration for repealing Obama fracking rule

Josh Siegel · January 24, 2018 8:29 pm

Tommy Fisher's company was one of six chosen to build the four concrete and four nonconrete wall prototypes in San Diego last fall. The barriers are being tested and evaluated by Department of Homeland Security agencies. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Border wall builder will attend Trump’s State of the Union address as GOP guest

Anna Giaritelli · January 24, 2018 5:45 pm

Fact Check: Is California Registering Illegal Aliens as Democratic Voters?

Holmes Lybrand · January 23, 2018 6:48 pm

On Monday, protesters in favor of codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program temporarily blocked access to one area of Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Beltway Confidential

Blocking Disneyland, DACA protesters prove their arrogant idiocy

Tom Rogan · January 23, 2018 12:00 pm