Google Pledges $1 Billion to Address Bay Area Housing Crunch
Google unveiled plans Tuesday to invest $1 billion to help solve the San Francisco Bay Area’s worsening housing crisis.
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Irrigation – and Dwindling Water Supplies – on the Horizon for Midwest Corn Farmers
A warming climate and bigger corn yields mean Midwestern corn growers who today rely on rainfall to water their crops will need to switch to irrigation by midcentury if current trends continue, possibly setting off a battle royale for dwindling water supplies, new research released Monday suggests.
Read moreCap-and-Trade Legislation Advances in Oregon
The nation’s second statewide cap-and-trade plan, intended to ratchet down carbon emissions over the next 30 years, passed Monday in Oregon’s House of Representatives.
Read moreWest Virginia House Debates Education Bill Amid Teacher Protests
Lawmakers in West Virginia considered another education omnibus bill Monday, amid nearly two years of strikes by angry teachers in the state demanding pay raises and a Republican-led state Senate intent on privatizing education across the state.
Read moreFight Over Michigan City Council Race Hits Federal Court
Four city council members in a Detroit suburb lost their spots on the ballot because of an incorrect interpretation of term limits, their supporters claim in a federal lawsuit filed over the weekend.
Read moreLA Renters Fight Rent Hikes in Court to Avoid Life on the Streets
Nearly a third of Los Angeles renters spend over half their income on rent. It’s a startling figure that housing advocates say is directly connected to the homeless crisis but has gone largely untouched over the decades as rent has outpaced wages.
Read moreSuspect Dead After Shooting at Dallas Courthouse
Dallas police took a suspected shooter into custody at the downtown federal courthouse early Monday morning after exchanging gunfire, with no injuries of bystanders reported.
Read moreLAPD Investigates After Officer Kills Man in Store
The Los Angeles Police Department is gathering evidence and video footage in an investigation of an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man authorities say attacked him inside a Southern California Costco Wholesale store.
Read moreNevada Governor Signs Gun Control Bill Into Law
A law tightening Nevada gun restrictions in the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 that left 58 people dead was signed by the governor Friday.
Read moreKansas Justices OK School Funding Plan, But Keep Case Open
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that the state has met its obligation to adequately fund public schools, but will retain jurisdiction over the 9-year-old case to ensure state lawmakers carry out scheduled funding in the future.
Read moreLawyer Takes Fight Against State Bar Dues to 8th Circuit
An Eighth Circuit panel heard oral arguments Thursday in an attorney’s challenge over a state bar association’s requirement that attorneys be members of – and also pay dues to – the association in order to practice law.
Read moreNevada Settles 2016 Wildfire Claims for $25 Million
A board chaired by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday signed off on a $25 million settlement between the state and 105 plaintiffs over a 2016 wildfire that swept through homes after a state agency failed to contain a controlled burn.
Read morePG&E Ordered to Prove New Board Is Fit to Serve
Seeking bankruptcy and scrambling to complete a $1.3 billion state-mandated wildfire prevention plan, Pacific Gas & Electric will now have to prove that its newly hired directors are fit to transform the mega-utility blamed for starting the 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California.
Read moreScathing Report Calls ‘Cancer Alley’ Land-Use Changes ‘Deceitful’
The high school was closed, the land sold to a Chinese industrial company that sold it for $100 to the Koch Brothers, then the post office was closed. Welcome to Cancer Alley.
Read moreMarshals Defer to State Investigators After Shooting Spurs Riots in Memphis
The U.S. Marshals Service said it will conduct an internal review after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation finishes its investigation into a task force’s fatal shooting of a 20-year-old black man it was trying to arrest Wednesday night, which sparked riots that injured 25 police officers.
Read moreAdult Shop Takes Fight With Arkansas City to Eighth Circuit
An attorney for an adult store argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday that an Arkansas city’s refusal to grant it a business license violates its right to equal protection.
Read moreVirginia Primary Paves Path for Democratic Trifecta
While national headlines may point to the re-election of the state’s most notorious legislators, Virginia voters made a number of surprising choices in Tuesday’s primary election that some say paved the way for Democrats to take full control over the once deeply red state.
Read moreOregon Groups Push for Contempt Over Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates
Disability rights advocates argued in federal court Tuesday that the state of Oregon should be held in contempt for not meeting the needs of criminal defendants who require mental health treatment.
Read moreWashington High Court to Decide Legislator Exemption on Public Records
Washington state lawmakers illegally withhold records routinely provided to the public by other elected officials, an attorney for a coalition of news agencies told a panel of the state’s high court justices Tuesday.
Read moreCalifornia Democrats Push to Ban Facial Recognition Tech
At the behest of civil rights and civil liberties groups, California Democrats are pressing to ban an emerging technology that law enforcement says could better protect nearly 40 million residents and the state’s countless tourist destinations.
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