Tag: California

People in Ohio, including some residents of Steubenville, voted against a ballot initiative that would require the state to pay no more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs does. However, the man behind the ballot, Michael Weinstein, hopes to get it on several states' ballots ahead of next year's mid-term elections. (Jmiller wiki / Wikimedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

The Drug Price Relief Act, defeated soundly in Ohio last week, is coming to a state near you in 2018

Salena Zito · November 15, 2017 10:45 pm

"The victims are the ones who do not want this exposed," Speier said, adding that she sees it as her role to protect the victims. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sexual harassment victims want identities of two accused lawmakers kept secret

Susan Ferrechio · November 15, 2017 5:57 pm

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on Tuesday said Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has it out for the state of New York, from tax reform to Hurricane Sandy relief.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Peter King accuses Mick Mulvaney of repeatedly trying to ‘screw’ New York

Daniel Chaitin · November 15, 2017 4:06 am

Slide Fire told customers in an email Tuesday night that bump stocks are again for sale, but in limited quantities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

House Democrats press for answers on NIH funding for gun violence research

Kimberly Leonard · November 14, 2017 10:03 pm

One student was wounded at the school and another child was shot while driving with a woman, who also was wounded. (Jim Schultz/The Record Searchlight via AP)

Gunman ‘randomly picking targets,’ including school, kills 4 in California

Associated Press · November 14, 2017 9:13 pm

The court's decision to limit the question on appeal to the free speech claim should be interpreted with care and not read as a further judicial retreat on religious liberty protections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Supreme Court to hear case over law that requires pro-life centers to inform clients California may provide a free abortion

Margot Cleveland · November 13, 2017 5:49 pm

As part of tax reform, there is an urgent need to ensure the preparation of current and future workers for the changing needs of the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pro-tax cut ads to run in districts of wavering Republicans

Joseph Lawler · November 13, 2017 4:36 pm

The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, one of the organizations that sued, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Supreme Court will hear case against California law requiring clinics to explain abortion options

Ryan Lovelace · November 13, 2017 4:15 pm

A new economic coalition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom could restart a global trading system that has been stalled since the mid-1990s. (iStock)

Trade with Britain: It’s Trump’s yuge-est opportunity yet

Dan Hannan · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

In California, Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, recently announced that when the state Senate reconvenes in January, she will introduce legislation to ban confidential settlements in sexual assault, sexual harassment and sex discrimination cases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State lawmakers weigh sexual assault, harassment laws

Kimberly Leonard · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

The University of California, Los Angeles has installed a safe-sex vending machine in their health center. It dispenses condoms, birth control, pregnancy tests, and other health products, as well as school supplies, such as note cards. (Downtowngal / Wikimedia Commons)

Plan B vending machine now accepting campus cash at UCLA

Neil Dwyer · November 12, 2017 2:17 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Brown's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states, cities, colleges, businesses, and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Energy and Environment

California Gov. Jerry Brown to protesters during climate speech: ‘Let’s put you in the ground’

Mandy Mayfield · November 11, 2017 5:38 pm