46+ min ago   (534+ words) (The Center Square) – A bill that would have outlawed transactions involving glow-in-the-dark rabbits, "unicorns" and other genetically engineered animals stalled in the California Legislature this year despite bipartisan support. Transgenic animals, according to the most recent legislative analysis of the…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (499+ words) (The Center Square) – A consumer protection trial against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, started Tuesday in Oakland. A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general including California’s Rob Bonta made opening statements that Meta designed addictive, harmful features on…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (973+ words) (The Center Square) – As Republicans try to cling to majorities in both chambers of Congress this November, former two-term U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has some advice for candidates in closely watched races. “First of all, I think if you are…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago   (330+ words) (The Center Square) – More than 100 Eaton Fire survivors were headed to Sacramento Tuesday to speak with legislators and others about the Community Aid for Rebuilding Equity Fund. Before they started their six-hour ride on buses to California's capital, the survivors…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (316+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has formally entered the state case reviewing the proposed $67 billion merger of Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy. Spanberger and Chief Energy Officer Josephus Allmond filed a notice of participation Monday with the State…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (681+ words) (The Center Square) - Billions of dollars of government spending over a decade have done nothing to stop homeownership from slipping out of reach for millions of Americans. That's especially true for California. The conclusion? It did not. In fact, despite…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (549+ words) (The Center Square) – The California Fair Political Practices Commission's database of payments made to companies, organizations and government agencies shows that Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, is the legislator who requested this year's largest behested payment. A behested payment is made…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (748+ words) Michaelis: State Drug Laws Were Designed to Be Permissive (The Center Square) - King County continues to see drug overdose deaths at an alarming rate, with the most deaths in a single week being reported since the unofficial beginning of summer....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (393+ words) (The Center Square) – A bill that would have allowed people to walk away after being charged with theft-related crimes has died in committee, according to California's bill tracker. Assembly Bill 2108, authored by Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins, D-San Diego, would have allowed…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (817+ words) (The Center Square) – The typical American has to save for at least a decade to afford a home in their state, despite the federal government spending nearly half a trillion dollars on housing programs since 2015, a new report reveals. Open…...