Tag: California

EPA joined CFTC to protect the public from potential fraud, market abuse in the biofuel credit trading market. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Energy and Environment

Probe into EPA’s biofuel standard begins as debate heats up

Kyle Feldscher · October 18, 2015 4:01 am

(Screen grab courtesy of theÂ sjvideographyÂ Instagram account)

President Obama, wedding crasher

Kelly Cohen · October 13, 2015 6:34 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislationÂ which would allow terminal patients access to medicines certified as safe but not approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration.Â (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Beltway Confidential

Jerry Brown: Suicide good, extending life not

Michael Barone · October 12, 2015 9:53 pm

In a two-to-one decision, the appeals court ruled that the University of California at Los Angeles was not responsible for one of its students getting stabbed and having her throat slashed by a fellow student. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

California court rules colleges might not have duty to protect students

Ashe Schow · October 12, 2015 3:47 pm

Debbie Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks to the media after the passage of legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.Â Brittany Maynard became the long-awaited face of the right-to-die movement.Â (AP Photo/Carl Costas, File)

Legalized assisted suicide is dangerous

David Stevens · October 12, 2015 4:01 am

"Their historic step to build a better future stands in stark contrast to the dogged inaction of Washington's NFL team," according to a statement from theÂ Change the Mascot campaign and Jacqueline Pata,Â executive director of theÂ NationalÂ Congress of American Indians.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

California becomes first state to ban ‘Redskins’ team name and mascots in public schools

Daniel Chaitin · October 11, 2015 10:34 pm

Estes Express Lines was busted for violating emission rules for big-rig trucks and buses. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Energy and Environment

EPA busts truck company in emissions crackdown

John Siciliano · October 8, 2015 6:44 pm

Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson hold the top three spots among Granite State Republicans, according to a new New Hampshire poll. (AP Photos)

Poll: Trump, Carson, Fiorina lead in California

Gabby Morrongiello · October 8, 2015 5:07 pm

Editorial: California’s grotesque suicide law

Washington Examiner · October 7, 2015 4:01 am

Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her late daughter, Brittany Maynard, as she receives congratulations from Ellen Pontac, left, after a right-to die measure was approved by the state Assembly in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

California governor signs right-to-die bill

Robert King · October 5, 2015 8:49 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown's administration called the deal with ChinaÂ a big victory for the Golden State to address drought and climate change together.Â (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Energy and Environment

Can China solve California’s drought crisis?

John Siciliano · October 5, 2015 7:07 pm

All of the bills to lower costs wereÂ filed earlier thisÂ year, but so far none hasÂ advanced out of their respective legislative committees.Â (AP Photo/Kelley McCall)

States try to rein in pricey drugs

Robert King · October 3, 2015 10:28 am