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Los Angeles voting on eviction moratorium, owners warn of ‘rent holiday’ impact
(The Center Square) – The Los Angeles City Council is voting for a one-year eviction moratorium on Friday for anyone “economically impacted” by the wildfires, which the regional apartment association said could lead to a citywide “rent holiday,” as happened after COVID-19. After the pandemic, some eviction protections lasted until the end of May 2024. The full…
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California GOP legislators clash over new GOP-led Hispanic Caucus, identity politics
(The Center Square) – Last year, when State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, R-Jackson, a Latina woman, switched from the Democratic Party, she was booted from the state’s Latino Caucus for being a Republican. Now Hispanic Republicans have launched a Hispanic Caucus of their own, with one notable holdout: State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa-Bogh, R-Yucaipa, who cited a rejection of…
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Madigan potentially faces multiple years in prison at sentencing
(The Center Square) – Government attorneys say the corruption conviction Wednesday of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was historic. In Courtroom 1203 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse Wednesday, a jury convicted Madigan on 10 counts of bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and use of a facility to promote unlawful activity. Morris Pasqual, Acting…
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House Republicans seek to expand CBP maritime authority in new bill
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are reviving efforts to expand the U.S. Customs and Border Protection‘s maritime jurisdiction, relying on the new GOP trifecta to send a bill sponsored by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) to President Donald Trump‘s desk. The bill, Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act, was first introduced in the last Congress by…
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Photos from a Border Patrol ride-along where no illegal immigrants could be found
The Washington Examiner has reported from the border on dozens of occasions since 2018, but in a first, its staff did not witness a single immigrant attempt to cross the Rio Grande while on a predawn into late morning ride-along with Border Patrol. The number of illegal immigrant arrests across the entire southern border has dropped to…
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Colorado’s congressional delegation must stand up to Trump, Musk | NOONAN
Paula Noonan The administration in Washington, D.C. is running amok, or rather aMusk. Colorado is missing out on $570 million in federal government commitments. Our U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper have written a letter to the Office of Management and Budget to release the funds. The federal government is burning down. They wrote…
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Proposed state legislation sanctions abuse of federal Rx benefit program | OPINION
Bryan Head A decade of abuse of the federal 340B prescription drug benefit program is harming Coloradans. A bill in the Colorado state Senate would sanction that neglect and must be defeated. The 340B program was created in 1992 to make medications more accessible for low-income and underserved patients by providing discounted pricing to eligible…
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Arts community reeling from new federal funding directives
Artists and arts organizations are speaking out in defiant response to the Trump administration’s newly announced directives regarding eligibility for funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. On Monday, the NEA posted new guidelines for its grant programs stipulating that federal funds may no longer be used for arts projects that promote “diversity, equity…
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Douglas County declares support for bill allowing Colorado law enforcement to work with ICE
Douglas County law enforcement officials on Wednesday declared support for legislation to flip a state law that has barred local officials from working with federal immigration agents. If approved by the Democrat-controlled legislature, it would reinstate a bill allowing local law enforcement to work with federal immigration officials with a focus on those who commit…
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Federal judge orders Englewood woman to explain why Trump removal lawsuit should proceed
A federal judge on Tuesday directed a self-represented plaintiff from Englewood to explain why she should be allowed to seek President Donald Trump’s removal from office on the grounds that he engaged in insurrection. Marcia M. Radin filed a one-page document on Feb. 5, labeled a “grievance,” in which she alleged Trump and Vice President…