Former President Barack Obama reported for jury duty on Wednesday, November 8,2017, at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago. He shook hands, signed books and thanked people for serving.
State Treasurer John Chiang has risen through the hierarchy of California’s financial offices. Now, the Democrat wants to be governor.
Women who have experienced or seen sexual harassment in the Capitol are speaking out, but many fear the consequences of telling their stories.
Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León speaks at the Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Nov. 3,2017.
California Treasurer John Chiang on Nov. 1,2017 asked CalSTRS to divest from companies that sell certain kinds of guns and ammunition that are illegal in California. He was joined by the brother of Las Vegas shooting victim Jennifer Irvine.
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert explains why law enforcement groups are pursuing a ballot measure next year to expand the list of violent crimes, among other changes.
Increases to California’s gas tax were approved in 2017 and will continue for years.
Six contractors had until October 26 to complete eight models of President Trump’s border wall at a site near the Otay Mesa border crossing with Mexico in San Diego, Calif. The prototypes are between 18 and 30 feet high and cost the government up to $500,000 each. Congress has not approved funding for the border wall.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced that he will not seek re-election next year during a speech on the Senate floor on Oct. 24. Flake’s speech criticized the current state of politics. “Politics can make us silent when we should speak,” Flake said. “Mr. President, I will not be complicit or silent,” he said.
Ingrid Mueller, spokeswoman for a group called ‘Make California Great Again,’ says building the wall President Donald Trump has proposed is necessary to control illegal immigration.
Ingrid Mueller, spokeswoman for a group called ‘Make California Great Again,’ says Republican officeholders need to do more to support President Donald Trump’s agenda.
