Tubbs, Ma and Bradford join 2026 California lieutenant governor race
SACRAMENTO — The election for California’s top offices is more than two years away, but campaigning has begun in the race for lieutenant governor, a low-…
Texas governor threatens utility company over remaining Beryl outages
1 of 3 | Vehicles trapped in flood waters following heavy rain from Hurricane Beryl in Houston, July 8, 2024. The storm, which caused widespread…
Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, who called climate change a ‘hoax,’ dies at 89
OKLAHOMA CITY — Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible…
Tokyo governor declares win after exit polls show her clinching third term | Elections News
Yuriko Koike’s win fends off challenges from dozens of candidates vying to unseat the ruling party-backed incumbent.Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has declared victory after exit…
Newsom abandons effort to put competing Prop. 47 measure on ballot
SACRAMENTO — In a wild turn of events, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers backed away Tuesday from plans to put an anti-crime measure on the…
Newsom praises Biden, shoots down post-debate questions about replacing him
President Biden’s lackluster performance in the first debate of 2024 with former President Trump ended with harsh questions about whether Biden should end his campaign,…
Lawmakers add measure to end forced prison labor to ballot
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to completely ban involuntary servitude, a change that would remove an exception…
Column: Why Newsom might not be cut out for Washington
SACRAMENTO — Sorry, governor, that wasn’t very presidential. It would never fly in the nation’s capital. A president couldn’t get away with delivering a State of…
Newsom attacks ‘poisonous populism of the right’ in speech
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom took on California’s critics and lauded the state’s economic prowess and inclusive values in an unorthodox State of the State speech…
California Gov. Newsom is moving his family back to Marin County
Gov. Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom plan to move their family back to Marin County, a spokeswoman said Monday. Both Newsom and the…
Iowa governor asks Biden for presidential disaster declaration following severe flooding
1 of 2 | Nearly 2,000 properties were affected by flooding caused be recent torrential rain. Photo courtesy of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds/X June 23…
Wilson’s Ex-Wife Makes an Uneasy Return to Spotlight : Politics: As governor wrestles with the issue of their housekeeper, Betty Hosie struggles to keep a private life.
LA JOLLA — It is one of the curious side effects of modern politics that, suddenly and without warning, a private person becomes public. That lesson…
Newsom, Democrats use cuts, reserves and ‘budget emergency’ declaration to solve California deficit
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers struck a deal Saturday to make $16 billion in cuts, declare a statewide fiscal emergency and pull money from…
Long a Republican state, Louisiana is redder than ever under new governor
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000, with…
Secret negotiations heat up over California budget and ballot
SACRAMENTO — With hundreds of thousands of Californians losing homeowners insurance as companies pull out of an increasingly tinder-dry state, political leaders in Sacramento have spent…
Can Utah Gov. Spencer Cox fit into Trump’s party?
SALT LAKE CITY — Spencer Cox stopped watching cable TV years ago when he tired of Fox News polluting his home with bile and outrage. He…
Column: Sacramento’s tax rebate giveaway is coming home to roost
SACRAMENTO — It’s budget season in Sacramento and there are bound to be screwups. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators are paying now for a huge…
A year after Newsom called for constitutional amendment on gun safety, no other states have joined him
SACRAMENTO — On NBC’s “Today” show last June, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a proposal that seemed politically impossible from the start: Convincing two-thirds of state legislatures…
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, frequent Newsom critic, ponders a run to succeed him
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a conservative firebrand known for law-and-order views and fierce criticism of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is considering a run for governor…
With deadline nearing, Newsom and lawmakers disagree over solutions to California budget crisis
SACRAMENTO — With a deadline looming, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are working to settle their differences over access to public…