1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (336+ words) (The Center Square) – A bill designed to prevent homelessness in California is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature after it passed the Legislature late last month. Under the legislation, the strategies have to be submitted in a report due on July…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (261+ words) (The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Elections Commission says there was no increase in late mail-in ballots last month, but there also wasn't a decline. The commission this week released a survey of local election clerks that focused on the problem of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (280+ words) (The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers in California are pushing back on two bills that passed the Legislature this year and are sitting on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk for his signature. Assembly Bill 2015, authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, would require…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (522+ words) (The Center Square) – In response to a lawsuit from 12 Democratic state attorneys general attempting to stop the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Paramount is requesting a $1.88 billion bond from the coalition of state officials. Executive Director of the Committee for…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (738+ words) (The Center Square) - Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at retaining startup companies after they grow big enough to leave their local incubators. The order proposes that Seattle set up a fund that would allow…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (513+ words) (The Center Square) – According to reports by the California Budget & Policy Center, Nov. 3 ballot measures could cost Californians billions of dollars. Despite the hefty price tags attached to those propositions, Chris Hoehne, the center's executive director, said Californians won’t necessarily…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (305+ words) (The Center Square) – According to numbers from the national firm J. David Tax Law, federal income tax burdens have grown dramatically across the country – with California in fifth place nationally. Californians saw an average increase in their federal income taxes…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1012+ words) (The Center Square) – National Democrats not only supporting Roy Cooper’s bid for U.S. Senate but coming to speak on his behalf in the state is becoming quite the list. And not necessarily for obvious reasons. A California governor defending…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (467+ words) (The Center Square) – Free market state policy group the American Legislative Exchange Council Wednesday released its fourth edition of States That Work, its report ranking states according to their labor policy. Arizona, Mississippi and Georgia have the strongest set of…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (554+ words) (The Center Square) — A federal appeals court has halted a proposed natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York and New Jersey after ruling that it violates local water quality regulations. In the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for…...