Tag: California

Harris has threatened censorship, fines and other penalties for those charities trying to protect their donors' privacy. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Kamala Harris crosses lines of both privacy and the law

Mark Fitzgibbons · January 28, 2016 5:01 am

Liberals for Tax Cuts!

Jim Swift · January 27, 2016 2:02 pm

Jerry Brown's administration previously opposed calls for a raise to $15, a stance that has not prevented two groups affiliated with Service Employees International Union from pushing statewide ballot initiative proposals to that effect. (AP Photo)

Calif.’s Brown snubs $15 min wage push

Sean Higgins · January 22, 2016 4:29 pm

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

The Scrapbook · January 22, 2016 6:10 am

Activists sporting Black Lives Matter shirts and signs, chaining themselves and several cars along the width of the Bay Bridge bridge pass. (Photo courtesy of the Twitter account of BrownBlaze)

San Fran MLK traffic jam: Black commuters matter

Daniel Chaitin · January 19, 2016 3:23 am

Energy and Environment

Dems want to bring in the feds on California gas leak

John Siciliano · January 13, 2016 5:34 pm

Beltway Confidential

USC asks students to detail sexual history

Ashe Schow · January 12, 2016 8:35 pm

Volkswagen AG chief executive officer Matthias Muller is scheduled to meet with EPA administrators in Washington on Wednesday. Plans for a recall are among the issues expected to be discussed. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

California, EPA reject Volkswagen recall plans

Kyle Feldscher · January 12, 2016 7:01 pm

During oral arguments Monday Scalia repeatedly expressed skeptism of the union's position, suggesting he would instead align with the court's other conservatives. (AP File Photo/Jim Mone)

Scalia’s skepticism bad news for unions

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2016 11:29 pm

The case is of major interest to labor unions, for whom the fees are a major source of revenue. (AP photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court questions unions’ worker fees

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2016 5:55 pm

"It gives unions a stronger collective bargaining position to advocate for everybody, members and non-members," said Lily Garcia, president of the 3 million-member National Education Association, of which the California union is a member. (AP File Photo)

Supreme Court to examine fairness of mandatory union fees

Sean Higgins · January 8, 2016 5:01 am

Energy and Environment

Greens call for stronger rules for gas wells after Calif. leak

Kyle Feldscher · January 7, 2016 5:01 am