Another losing candidate is challenging the defeat in court, and this time alleges there were so many problems in St. Louis on Election Day that a judge should order the entire election to be redone. Rep. Rodney Hubbard, D-St. Louis, lost the primary for a state Senate...
Another losing candidate is challenging the defeat in court, and this time alleges there were so many problems in St. Louis on Election Day that a judge should order the entire election to be redone. Rep. Rodney Hubbard, D-St. Louis, lost the primary for a state Senate...
The project to build high-speed rail connecting Northern and Southern California survived a showdown in a State Senate committee Tuesday, beating back a Republican effort to remove a $10 billion bond measure from the Nov. 4 ballot. The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee voted 8-4 to approve AB3034,...
A Senate bill that would amend the Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 could go a long way toward ensuring votes cast in November by our military personnel serving abroad are counted before the polls close on Election Day. The bill, which lists Sen. Pat...
Stephens to Senate? State Rep. Amy Stephens is taking a look at the Senate District 4 race after Sen. Tom Wiens said Thursday he won't seek re-election. The Republican-dominated District 4 includes northern El Paso County, southern Douglas County and all...
DENVER - State Rep. Douglas Bruce and liberal advocacy groups joined forces Monday to oppose making it harder to change the state constitution. The unlikely allies objected to a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase the number of signatures needed to qualify a constitutional amendment for the...
Ballot bill stuffed The Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Thursday to kill a bipartisan plan to mandate the use of paper ballots in the 2008 elections, one day after most of its backers withdrew their support. SB189 would have allowed every voter to request...
SACRAMENTO -- In a vote that could send term-limited lawmakers packing sooner than they'd hoped, Californians Tuesday were rejecting Proposition 93, a ballot measure to loosen those limits. Though neither side proclaimed victory nor conceded defeat late Tuesday night, Californians were essentially reaffirming the term limits that...
SACRAMENTO -- In a vote that could send term-limited lawmakers packing sooner than they'd hoped, Californians Tuesday were rejecting Proposition 93, a ballot measure to loosen those limits. Though neither side proclaimed victory nor conceded defeat late Tuesday night, Californians were essentially reaffirming the term limits that...
DENVER - After a summer in which government panels discussed the need for more money, Democratic leaders vowed Tuesday to raise taxes only as "a last resort." Senate President Peter Groff and House Speaker Andrew Romanoff said substantial changes could be made during the legislative session beginning...
SACRAMENTO -- Voters will likely now face the task of sorting through dueling water bonds after the Legislature on Tuesday failed to agree on how best to solve the growing water supply crisis that may result in water rationing in the Bay Area and Southern California by next year. ...
SACRAMENTO -- Democratic and Republican lawmakers Monday said they are considering placing dueling, multibillion-dollar water bonds on the November 2008 ballot if a special session on water policy fails this week. Whether the state should build more reservoirs is the key point of contention. ...
SACRAMENTO -- Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Monday said they are considering placing dueling, multibillion dollar water bonds on the November 2008 ballot if a special session on water policy fails this week. Whether the state should build more reservoirs is the key point of contention. ...
SACRAMENTO -- Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Monday said they are considering placing dueling, multibillion dollar water bonds on the November 2008 ballot if a special session on water policy fails this week. Whether the state should build more reservoirs is the key point of contention. ...
SACRAMENTO -- California voters could become the first in the nation to formally ask President Bush to end the Iraq war under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The measure written by Senate president Don Perata, D-Oakland, would place on the Feb. 5, 2008, presidential...
SACRAMENTO -- California voters could become the first in the nation to formally ask President Bush to end the Iraq war under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The measure written by Senate president Don Perata, D-Oakland, would place on the Feb....
SACRAMENTO -- California voters could become the first in the nation to formally ask President Bush to end the Iraq war under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The measure written by Senate president Don Perata, D-Oakland, would place on the Feb....
SACRAMENTO -- California voters could become the first in the nation to formally ask President Bush to end the Iraq war under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The measure written by Senate president Don Perata, D-Oakland, would place on the Feb. 5, 2008, presidential...
SACRAMENTO -- California voters could become the first in the nation to formally ask President Bush to end the Iraq war under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The measure, written by Senate president Don Perata, D-Oakland, would place on the Feb....
SACRAMENTO -- California voters could become the first in the nation to formally ask President Bush to end the Iraq war under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The measure written by Senate president Don Perata, D-Oakland, would place on the Feb. 5, 2008, presidential...