Tough-on-crime measure officially qualifies for November ballot
SACRAMENTO — A ballot measure to impose harsher criminal penalties for drug possession and theft, altering the controversial Proposition 47 passed in 2014, has qualified for…
Signatures roll in for tough-on-crime ballot measure to reform California’s Proposition 47
SACRAMENTO — A coalition backing a tough-on-crime statewide ballot initiative to toughen penalties for retail theft and some drug offenses on Thursday submitted more than 900,000…
Sheila Jackson Lee loses Houston mayor’s race to tough-on-crime state Sen. John Whitmire
Whitmire leaned on a coalition of moderate Democrats, independents and conservative voters, with a prominent campaign promise to make the city safer with increased policing.…