Bill to regulate California warehouse development generates sweeping opposition
Xochitl Pedraza moved to San Bernardino County eight years ago. After 30 years in the city, unincorporated Bloomington offered her a rural community where she could buy an acre of land and raise chickens. But Pedraza's neighborhood has become more industrialized in recent years, as developers turn large swaths of land along the 10 Freeway […]
‘Shameful’: Newsom decries Elk Grove’s opposition to homeless housing
A Northern California city has agreed to build more low-income housing and pay the state's legal costs to settle a fair housing lawsuit, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials announced Wednesday. The state sued the city of Elk Grove last year, alleging the city wrongfully rejected a 67-unit homeless housing development in a historic […]
Rachel Mitchell sides with police union in opposition to DOJ report
The Arizona Police Association, an umbrella group representing police officers statewide, held a press conference with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office on Tuesday to urge Phoenix not to enter into a consent decree with the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice released a report in June alleging that the Phoenix Police Department committed numerous […]
U.S. House backs Barry Moore’s opposition to face scans at airports
Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) believes the increasing use of facial recognition technology in airports is a threat to Americans' personal freedoms. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Moore Amendment to the 2025 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, signaling congressional disapproval and allowing for increased scrutiny of the Transportation Security Administration's new policy to expand the […]
Company disputes Coconino supervisors’ opposition to uranium mine near Grand Canyon
The company, which owns an active uranium mine 16 miles off the Grand Canyon's South Rim, is asking the Coconino County Board of Supervisors to rescind a recent resolution calling for the mine to close. A five-page letter from Mark Chalmers, president and CEO of Energy Fuels Resources, said the regulators' Feb. 20 unanimous resolution […]
VA Officially Overturns Abortion Ban Despite Republican Opposition
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday formally codified a policy to provide abortions in certain cases, including in states that ban abortions. The Biden administration's Department of Veterans Affairs will be retired under interim rules starting in September 2022 after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June of the same […]
Yaffee: Alabama Democrats’ opposition to IVF solution is playing politics
It has become a cliché at this point for mainstream media to cover Republican responses to controversies rather than the controversies themselves.The headline will be “Republicans Strike” [insert issue here]. ” But I have never seen a political party “jump on” as much as the Democratic Party over the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos […]
Alabama Democrats’ opposition to IVF solution is playing politics
It has become a cliché at this point for mainstream media to cover Republican responses to controversies rather than the controversies themselves.The headline will be “Republicans Strike” [insert issue here]. ” But I have never seen a political party “jump on” as much as the Democratic Party over the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos […]
Coconino Board of Supervisors reasserts opposition to Pinyon Plain Mine | Navajo-Hopi Observer
First Published: February 27, 2024 at 7:50am FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Coconino County Board of Supervisors reaffirmed its opposition to the Pinyon Plains uranium mine at its Feb. 20 regular meeting. Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution calling for the mine's closure and several environmental protection requirements. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the […]
7 Things: Bill protecting IVF already filed and supported by Alabama Republicans; school choice opposition flames out; and more …
7. More information has been released about legendary Alabama football broadcaster Eli Gold's less than amicable departure, and it doesn't look good for Eli Gold. 6. After protests at the home of a Supreme Court justice, members of the media, and even the mayor of Decatur, the Alabama Legislature is trying to ban people from […]
