Regional & State News

Gov. Janet Mills is expected to sign into law a bill aimed at strengthening the yellow flag law and background checks on private sales, among others.

The developer, who lost to Bass in 2022, said billions in taxpayer dollars spent on homelessness has amounted to a “blank check” for failing programs.

The bill’s author said she was targeting “material that our own federal government considers too obscene for adults to hear or view on radio and television.”

People are fed up with the high cost of living, especially women, Latinas, and renters. Many respondents said they fear becoming homeless.

To boost transparency, a state senator’s bill would require LLCs, or limited liability companies, to identify their owners.

The city’s first giant pandas in decades are due to arrive, Mayor London Breed announced from Beijing. She calls it “a momentous opportunity.”

West Virginia will stop investing in China-based companies through its $667 million college savings investment plan.

‘There is no question that there is a political bias in the legal profession that skews dramatically to the left,’ one expert says.

A tort claim alleges Los Angeles DA George Gascon dropped the case after being praised by former President Donald Trump.

Lawmakers were shocked to hear that a Tehama County station north of Sacramento couldn’t issue bonds for a project because its coverage fell short.

‘When you take off access to our resources ... this is the energy insecurity that we’re talking about,’ Rep. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said.

The money will support 20 projects in 17 cities. LA County will receive by far the largest sum: $51.5 million.

An appeals court issued a ruling on the matter Wednesday.

‘Rumors circulating online about student behavior are completely untrue,’ Nebo School District said.