Senate Dems Kill Legislative Effort To Protect Women’s Sports
Senate Democrats blocked laws Monday evening to ban trans athletes from girls and women’s sports. The senators voted between 51 and 45 along the party’s line to beat the coagulation votes for Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville Protection of women and girls in sports law. This law will codify President Donald Trump Presidential Order Enacts […]
Yuma-area Democrats hope to take full control of a blue-leaning Legislative District 23
In 2022, Democrats were surprised to see Republicans being elected in a largely blue legislative district in southern Arizona. Now, Democrats are adopting a new strategy to get that seat. In 2022, Republican political rookie Michel Peña won elections to the House of Representatives 23, which includes parts of Yuma County, Goodyear and West Pinal […]
Fate of Trump’s legislative agenda in peril as GOP holdouts balk at House budget proposal
House Republican budget proposals to promote President Trump’s legislative agenda face serious headwinds in which several GOP members suggest vote against the bill. Speaker Mike Johnson faces a vital moment around the House of Representatives this week to pass a budget resolution that will advance the president’s first year tax and spending priorities (the first […]
Republican Latinos are on the rise. This legislative caucus is just one sign
On last election day, conversations with the family confirmed Suzette Martinez Valladares’ prediction that Latino Republicans were about to shock California. “I swear when they were 20, they’re socialists,” the Acton-based state senator said of her relatives when she had lunch at a restaurant in Santa Ana. Ta. “But after that [one of them] I […]
Trump Makes Game-Time Decision On Fate Of His Legislative Agenda
President Donald Trump came out Wednesday morning in support of the House GOP budget proposal. The Senate and House Republicans are pursuing competing budget plans in the Senate later this week. Budget resolution This will allow $340 billion in new border security and defense spending, change federal energy policies, and allow for new oil and […]
Mark Finchem claims legislative immunity fighting traffic ticket
Prescott, Arizona (Az Family) -Arizona lawmakers who were recently handed over by police want to dismiss his civil speeding ticket, citing a state law that allows members of the legislature to grant certain privileges and immunity. Police records obtained by Arizona Family Arizona Senator Mark Finchem (R-District 1/Yavapai County) was pulled in the evening near […]
Column: Amid Trump Latino gains, is it time to let Republicans into California Latino Legislative Caucus?
Lena Gonzalez’s voice over the phone had the patient yet proud tone of a lawyer charged with defending abominable people. Her metaphorical client is the California Latino Legislative Caucus, led by a state senator from the Long Beach area. With 38 members, it is one of the largest groups of its kind in the United […]
Special interests spend big to influence L.A. legislative races
The California State Legislature is poised to welcome its largest freshman class in more than a decade, and special interests are looking to decide which freshman voters will be sent to Sacramento in November’s election against Democrats. He is spending millions of dollars on Democratic campaigns. The independence movement, funded by big tech companies, labor […]
Yavapai Republicans accuse Bennett of not being conservative enough in legislative debate
During Tuesday night's debate, incumbent state Sen. Ken Bennett (R-Prescott) defended himself against accusations from his Republican opponents that he's not conservative enough. Former state legislators Mark Finchem and Steve Zipperman, Bennett's opponents for the Republican nomination in Yavapai County's heavily Republican 1st Congressional District, accused him of undermining the GOP cause. Bennett is known […]
Democrats in South L.A. legislative race accused of misconduct
A congressional race in South Los Angeles pitting two Democrats on the November ballot is resurfacing allegations of misconduct by the candidates in their past public offices. Former Compton City Councilwoman Michelle Chambers and former Assemblywoman Laura Richardson are running to replace state Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) in the 35th Senate District, which encompasses Carson […]
