Challenger Who Rarely Voted Seeks California Elections Post
Like the high-profile races for California governor and U.S. Senate, the race for secretary of state pits a seasoned politician against a businessman making his first run for public office.
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Like the high-profile races for California governor and U.S. Senate, the race for secretary of state pits a seasoned politician against a businessman making his first run for public office.
House Democrats have shelved a last-ditch effort to broker a compromise between phone, cable and Internet companies on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or degrading online traffic flowing over their networks.
The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional this year announced Wednesday he is retiring from the bench after 21 years.
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and GOP challenger Carly Fiorina displayed sharp differences in their second debate Wednesday over a wide range of issues, particularly Republicans' call to repeal national health care reforms.
As part of a nationwide effort to boost the use of broadband services, Mayor Gavin Newsom and the U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced a $7.9 million stimulus grant to improve San Franciscans' access to technology.
Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman clashed Tuesday over remedies for the state's teetering economy, using their first gubernatorial debate to draw sharp contrasts between their potential solutions for returning California's luster.
Nearly a quarter of the way through California's fiscal year, legislative leaders and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger still were struggling to end the state's record budget impasse and make long-term reforms.
A few would-be whistleblowers suspected for years that the government in this working-class Los Angeles suburb was corrupt and that leaders were secretly paying themselves six-figure salaries.
The independent commission tasked with redrawing California's legislative districts does not yet exist, but voters in November will have the opportunity to either expand its reach or dismantle it entirely.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have canceled their scheduled budget talks, continuing a record-long impasse over enacting a state spending plan.
California became the largest state to limit the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry on Monday, effectively creating a new national standard ahead of promised federal action.
Nearly a quarter of the way through California's fiscal year, legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are scheduled to resume negotiations over closing the state's budget deficit.
The campaign for attorney general has tarnished the reputations of rival prosecutors from California's two most prominent cities while eclipsing what could be a robust debate over their conflicting positions on environmental law, gay marriage and criminal justice.
Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman face off Tuesday in their first gubernatorial debate, as new poll numbers show Brown edging his Silicon Valley rival.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Monday proposed a wide-ranging plan to rein in Washington's spending—ranging from a federal spending cap to letting people designate their taxes toward paying down debt.
