Wyoming governor signs bill banning gender reassignment surgery, care
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed a bill banning doctors in that state from performing gender transitioning and gender reassignment procedures for children. Photo courtesy…
California has an enormous budget deficit. Newsom and lawmakers say they plan to make a plan
With a budget deficit of at least $38 billion hanging over their heads, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly…
Will California finally elect a woman governor in 2026?
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors. Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties. Merchants, lawyers, former mayors. A…
Ohio governor declares state of emergency
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties Sunday in the wake of severe storms that struck the state last…
SXSW ‘does not agree’ with Texas governor amid artist boycott
South by Southwest has voiced support for artists boycotting its festivities and events in Austin, Texas, after they were criticized by that state’s governor, Greg…
Opposition concedes that Newsom likely to win on Proposition 1
Gov. Gavin Newsom brimmed with confidence about Proposition 1 in January as he sat in a Costa Mesa Motel 6 room that was converted into…
$2-billion downtown L.A. megaproject gets boost from governor’s office, hopes for approval in 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom will attempt to expedite construction of a $2-billion residential and commercial megadevelopment in downtown Los Angeles, his administration is announcing Thursday. The…
Alabama governor signs into law legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from…
Court rules Florida’s ‘stop woke’ law restricting business diversity training is unconstitutional
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that limits diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces is unconstitutional, a federal…
Latest Newsom recall attempt a case of sore-loser syndrome
Gavin Newsom is hardly beyond reproach. California faces a massive budget deficit, which may be worse than the governor acknowledges. There’s been voluminous amounts of…
Newsom’s office calls allegations about Panera Bread franchisee ‘absurd,’ says company is not exempt from law
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson refuted a Bloomberg News story that alleged the governor pushed to exempt bakeries from the state’s fast food wage law to…
Opinion: After Dobbs, Republicans promised to redefine ‘pro-life.’ How’s that working out?
It’s not yet spring, but think ahead to June. Kids will be out of school, and we’ll mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s…
Republicans to launch new long-shot effort to recall Newsom
SACRAMENTO — A group of Republicans involved in the failed 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that they plan another attempt to remove him…
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new state legislative maps into law
Democrats tried unsuccessfully for more than a decade to overturn the Republican-drawn maps. But it wasn’t until control of the state Supreme Court flipped in…
Column: Credit Newsom for trying to alleviate homelessness, not that he has much choice
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “treatment not tents” ballot measure would make only a puny dent in homelessness. But it’s still the biggest attempt ever by…
No Super Bowl wager between Newsom and Missouri governor. Instead, a poke at DeSantis
Gov. Gavin Newsom flew to Las Vegas on Friday to cheer for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII against the Kansas City Chiefs…
TerrAscend Applauds Governor Shapiro’s Prioritization of Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization in Pennsylvania
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Newsom to send 120 CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland
Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce Tuesday that he’s sending 120 Highway Patrol officers to Oakland under a new state law enforcement campaign targeting an…
South Dakota governor banned from Pine Ridge Reservation
1 of 2 | South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC22) in Orlando, Florida, in February 2022. File Photo…
Opinion: Why doesn’t South Carolina love Nikki Haley?
Nikki Haley titled her 2022 book after the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s assertion that “If you want something said, ask a man. If…