We are living in hyper-partisan, politically polarized times, which is precisely why crossing party lines is more crucial than ever.
We are living in hyper-partisan, politically polarized times, which is precisely why crossing party lines is more crucial than ever.
Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California, an area known as the Inland Empire, have a higher rateof people on food stamps and welfare than elsewhere in southern California. But the numbers for other counties in the area are hardly encouraging either.
When Jerry Brown became California. governor, he spent six months crossing party lines in an attempt to get a deal on the California budget. It didn’t work
Members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot were given harsh prison sentences in prison for performing street theatre that might have been ignored by US police
In what has become a depressingly normal occurrence in California, the state makes rosy estimations of projected California tax revenue in order to get a balanced budget passed, only to discover a few months later that revenue is less than expected.
Las Vegas and the Southern Nevada Water Authority are making controversial moves to get Colorado River water from four remote valleys
A City of Los Angeles bankruptcy could be nearing, with the city a victim of the same unfunded public pension liabilities that are crippling municipalities like Stockton and San Bernardino across California, and elsewhere as well.