Republican governors bash Biden on energy policy
The Chalmette Refining plant along the Mississippi River in Chalmette, which uses non-fossil fuels such as soybean and corn oil to create diesel fuel. (Dee J. Hall/ Floodlight) CHALMETTE, Louisiana…
USDA aims to aid small farmers by barring pay deductions from poultry companies
Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm on August 9, 2014, in Osage, Iowa. A new proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule would ban chicken companies from deducting farmers’…
Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the…
Henderson, North Las Vegas approved to open quasi-school districts, sponsor charter schools
Henderson City Hall in May 2024. (Photo: April Corbin Girnus/Nevada Current) Policy, politics and progressive commentary The charter school landscape in Nevada is changing. The Nevada Department of Education on…
The complexity of tax filing is harming Oregonians, but a solution is coming
Momentum is growing to create a tax filing system that will allow people to easily file their tax returns at no cost. (Getty Images) Barely had tax season come to…
God’s dog or devil’s demon: Maybe just grit
The ‘war’ on coyotes continues to this day, doomed to failure and perhaps with effects that are contrary to the intended ones. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Policy, politics and…
Get your health care through Covered California? Beware of this tax peril
In summary Every year thousands of Californians are shocked to learn they owe the IRS for their subsidized health plan. Here’s how to avoid it. Every tax season hundreds of…
How shots instead of pills could change California’s homeless crisis
In summary Doctors on the front lines of California’s homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients. As Dr. Rishi Patel’s…
Chula Vista tried to withhold police drone footage. Then a Latino newspaper fought back
When La Prensa publisher and longtime Chula Vista resident Art Castañares first filed a public records request in 2021 to review video footage from police department drones, he wanted “to…
Benson shares outlook on election law and poll worker protections ahead of November election
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson hosting a press conference during the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference | Kyle Davidson Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told the Michigan Advance one policy she…